Chapter 9 Viral Frame-by-Frame — Internet Detectives vs. Ghostly Easter Eggs

Xie Yizhi turned a blind eye to the danmu. He wasn't that popular yet, and giving out dolls to fans was still a bit too extravagant for him at the moment. So, he quietly arranged a small lucky draw bag for the live broadcast room instead.

——[Hahaha... I'm so angry that I'm laughing. How much is the lucky draw bag?]

——[Brother Xie really stays true to his original aspiration. He gives out a 10 Doucoin lucky draw bag whether there are 50 people or 5,000 people in the live broadcast room.]

——[Even a dog wouldn't want to grab a 10 Doucoin lucky draw bag! You're my real dad!]

There was no other way. Xie Yizhi could only fill in his own address and planned to find an opportunity to sell the items online later.

"I'll go to your place and pick a couple of my favorite ones later." Tan Yuxi showed a big white smile, looking very wise, and naturally put her hand on Xie Yizhi's shoulder.

——[Wait a minute!? I didn't fast-forward! How did we get to this part so quickly?]

——[Going to someone's home already? So sweet to ship them together~~]

——[No, you guys look closely at Brother Xie's eyes... Judging from the understanding of an old fan, he should be thinking in his heart: Damn! This woman wants to get something for free!]

——[Pfft hahahaha...]

Xie Yizhi nodded, indicating that it was okay. Then the two left the doll store. They weren't afraid that the bald store owner would renege on his promise. They had the transfer records, and the whole process was being live broadcasted. There might even be clips cut out later. These were all pieces of evidence, and they weren't afraid that he would run away.

As soon as they went out, Tan Yuxi received a call. It seemed that it was from the police station. After hanging up the phone, Tan Yuxi said that she had to leave first. She had a work arrangement later and could make an appointment another time.

"Okay, I still want to do some more shopping later and buy a birthday gift for my dad to take back." Xie Yizhi waved his hand and said.

"Is your uncle having a birthday? Then I wish your uncle a happy birthday, and may he make progress in his studies... grow up quickly...?" Tan Yuxi couldn't come up with the right words for a moment.

Xie Yizhi: "..."

"Sure, I'll definitely pass it on."

This girl might have not only lost half of her weight but also half of her brain. It was already ridiculous that he wished his dad a bright future, and now she came up with "make progress in studies and grow up quickly"...

After saying that, he parted ways with Tan Yuxi. Xie Yizhi didn't expect to run into a classmate in the mall today. It had to be said that Tan Yuxi had really changed a lot over the past few years, but her personality remained the same. Even though she had been in the police academy for several years, she was still as silly as ever.

Back in high school for three years, the two of them were in the same class, and in their senior year, Tan Yuxi was even sitting behind Xie Yizhi. So, the two of them were actually quite familiar with each other at that time, but they lost contact after graduation.

Without thinking too much, Xie Yizhi was already hungry from throwing sandbags. He quickly went to the fourth floor to have a meal. Then he went back to the second and third floors to do some shopping. He chose two sets of clothes for his parents and planned to take them home together in the evening.

He had also gained enough popularity during the live broadcast, so he ended the live broadcast after finishing his shopping.

"Just from the share of the gifts, I've received more than 2,000 yuan." Xie Yizhi said with satisfaction.

If he could have this kind of popularity every day in the future, that would be amazing. At the beginning of today's live broadcast, the popularity wasn't high. It only soared when he started throwing sandbags later. At the peak, the number of people online in the live broadcast room reached more than 7,000. He was quite satisfied with this kind of income. Life was much better than when he was in school.

To his surprise, after the clip of his live broadcast went viral last night, not long after he ended today's live broadcast, someone had already edited and made a video of today's live broadcast and posted it. And it really got a considerable number of views, making his followers soar from the original 12,000 to more than 30,000 all of a sudden. And it was still increasing. It was estimated that it wouldn't stop for a while.

——[The fully automatic non-natural phenomenon maker, the only one of its kind 全网独一台!]

——[Slow down the clip by 10,000 times, and the sandbag is flying in a spiral. Can anyone explain how it was done?]

——[Doll store owner, why did you provoke him? When he gets really angry, he won't even spare himself in the mirror!]

——[Rather than how the sandbag was thrown, I'm more curious about what happened after the rock-paper-scissors game last night...]

——[I have a hunch that this guy will definitely become popular soon. There's really no one who can imitate this style!]

Netizens were frantically discussing under various clips. They all thought that Xie Yizhi's live broadcast was really strange, and it could even be described as eerie. There was still no substitute for it on the entire Internet. There were even people who specifically analyzed the recorded screen frame by frame in slow motion, attracting a large number of onlookers.

——[Have you noticed that at the beginning, the sandbags that bro threw couldn't knock down the dolls either.]

——[Until... he took out that abstract bottle of ginger shampoo from his bag.]

——[After my repeated observation, I found that this bottle of shampoo also appeared in last night's live broadcast, the one in this guy's bathroom.]

——[And in this frame, the moment the host lifted the lid, the beautiful woman next to him and the bald store owner almost instinctively shuddered at the same time.]

——[This kind of instinctive micro-action of the body can only occur when one feels the temperature drop.]

——[...]

Even Xie Yizhi himself was fascinated by this commentary. It was very well-analyzed. To be honest, although it still didn't really explain anything clearly, it did capture some key information. Let them talk if they wanted to.

Xie Yizhi opened the software for purchasing train tickets and reconfirmed the time of the ticket. The bus would depart at 7:30 p.m., and Xie Yizhi needed to arrive at the bus station a little in advance. After having a meal and buying the gifts, it was already past 4 p.m. He would go back, pack up briefly, and then he could go to the bus station.

As soon as he got home and lay down, he found that someone had sent him a message. When he opened it, it turned out to be a message from Tan Yuxi.

'If you're going back to your hometown to celebrate your uncle's birthday, are you going back to Xiefeng Village?'

'Are you taking a bus? From the South Bus Station or the East Bus Station?' Tan Yuxi sent these messages to ask.

Since they had been in the same class for three years in high school, it wasn't strange that Tan Yuxi knew which village was Xie Yizhi's hometown. But it was surprising that she still remembered it after all these years.

To get to Xiefeng Village, there were only two bus stations, the South Bus Station and the East Bus Station, from which there were buses going there.

'From the South Bus Station.' Xie Yizhi replied.

The South Bus Station was closer to him. The East Bus Station was across half of the city.

After a long time, Tan Yuxi sent another message:

'Okay, be careful on the way. If possible, try not to take the bus.'

'Okay, okay, thank you for the reminder.' Xie Yizhi wasn't stupid.

From what Tan Yuxi said, it seemed that the police station must have some news and there was a situation at the South Bus Station. But it might be related to some confidential information, so Tan Yuxi could only say this much at most and couldn't explain it clearly to Xie Yizhi.