I’ve Gone Viral Because of a Money-Saving Variety Show

Chapter 83: Chapter 80 The Gold Coin is Gone!! Chapter 83: Chapter 80 The Gold Coin is Gone!! In the village at midnight, every household had already extinguished their lights. The small rural paths were also void of streetlights, leaving the entire village shrouded in the dark night.
Only one two-story villa stubbornly kept its lights on, as if intending to fight the eerie and fearful darkness to the end!
Following Zheng He’s statement, Jin Cheng and Han Qianyi immediately fell silent, and all four pricked their ears to listen to the surrounding noises, when suddenly, a faint ‘rustling’ sound began to emerge.
Wan Chen suddenly asked Zheng He in a low voice: “Did you lock the door?”
Zheng He answered nervously in a hushed tone: “Locked, and I also locked the windows, and even moved a cabinet to block the door.”
Han Qianyi swallowed nervously and spoke in a very soft tone: “It sounds like it’s coming from the kitchen behind me. Did you lock the kitchen window?”
Zheng He: “The kitchen… I didn’t notice if there was a window there or not…”
“I’ll go check it out.” Just as Wan Chen was about to stand up, Zheng He suddenly grabbed the hem of Wan Chen’s clothes.
Zheng He: “What if it’s a feint! We can’t go, no matter what happens, all four of us must stick together and not give Chen Xixi any chance!”
Wan Chen suggested: “Then let’s go together.”
The four exchanged glances and walked towards the kitchen.
The group even formed a formation. Facing east, south, west, and north, back-to-back, they walked such that they could be said to have 360-degree, no-blind-spot surveillance of their surroundings.
As they neared the kitchen door, someone suddenly cried out: “Ah!!!”
It was Jin Cheng at the forefront who suddenly howled, while Zheng He swiftly hid behind Wan Chen and Han Qianyi.
Jin Cheng turned and smirked at Zheng He, who had shrunk into a mouse-like figure, saying, “There’s nothing, I was just playing a prank on you!”
Zheng He patted his chest to calm his startled heart and said irritably: “Are you sick?!”
Jin Cheng chuckled lightly: “Could anyone sane stay up all night with you guarding a piece of plastic?”
Based on what he knew about Chen Xixi in the past few days, he didn’t think she would bother to sneak in late at night to steal.
After all, Chen Xixi had seemed to accomplish her tasks effortlessly, so she must have a more detailed and relaxed plan.
Zheng He’s request to stay up all night guarding the Gold Coin was simply stupid.
[Holy shit! The tension got to me, I need to wrap myself in my little blanket!]
[I feel like they’re not guarding against Chen Xixi but more like preparing against zombies in an apocalypse LOL!]
[There are four of them guarding the Gold Coin, surely they can’t fail to defend against just one Chen Xixi? Why are they so nervous?]
[Zheng He is probably scared stiff by Chen Xixi, having been bested by her too many times and now carries a psychological shadow!]
[Hahaha I can’t even, if they just had a smartphone with power to peek into Chen Xixi’s live stream, they wouldn’t have to be so anxious!]
[What’s Chen Xixi actually doing?]
[Go see for yourself!]
And at that moment, the scheming and precautionary Chen Xixi, whom Zheng He was so vigilant against and whom Jin Cheng believed to have a more elaborate and relaxed plan, was comfortably lying on a traditional heated brick bed, covering her mouth to stifle her giggles as she watched her smartphone.
On her phone screen was Zheng He’s live stream.
She was watching them scheme, lock doors and windows, and remain alert in full force, anticipating her to launch a stealth attack in the middle of the night.
Her phone was freshly charged at the hotel.
She had discovered a power outlet while cooking, and then she directly plugged in her portable charger to charge her phone.
Just now, feeling a bit sleepless, she had decided to open the live stream out of curiosity to check on Zheng He’s situation, and then she saw this scene.
…
The next day.
The chickens in the village hadn’t even started crowing when the four of them woke up trembling… Oh no, they hadn’t actually slept all night.
Last night, they not only didn’t sleep, but they almost suffered a nervous breakdown because of Zheng He.
Zheng He would exclaim that there was a noise at the window, say he seemed to hear knocking at the door, and when he had a stomachache and made everyone accompany him to the bathroom, he even claimed Chen Xixi must have drugged the leftover food, all to steal his Gold Coin.
The other three people: “…” Crazy, really crazy…
To defeat Zheng He, there’s no need for tumultuous waves; Chen Xixi alone is enough.
As a result, when the netizens went to check Chen Xixi’s livestream, they found that the so-called ‘culprit’ Chen Xixi was sleeping soundly, not bothering with Zheng He at all.
This contrast left the netizens laughing and crying.
[Is Zheng He suffering from delusions of persecution?]
[No, he just has the Chen Xixi Syndrome. But it seems his Chen Xixi Syndrome has gotten worse, not sure which hospital can treat this condition now…]
[Such a unique disease hahaha!]
Inside the small single-story house where Chen Xixi was staying.
Just after six in the morning, a staff member brought over Chen Xixi’s own phone: “You’ve got a call.”
Chen Xixi, having changed but not yet washed her face, with somewhat disheveled hair, performed a morning dance for the staff member, “Thank you.”
The staff member smiled politely: Although she was quite polite, the stiffness in her dance, akin to a chilled corpse, still traumatized him…
Chen Xixi couldn’t help it; she had never received an artistic education since she was young, and now her old arms and legs were set in their ways, plus her body was all stiff bones and she couldn’t loosen up at all.
As soon as the staff member left, she answered the call.
She put the phone to her ear, and while moving her body and swinging her other hand, she spoke up: “Hello, Mom, what’s up?”
On the phone, the warm and loving voice of a woman reached Chen Xixi’s ears: “Nothing much, I just wanted to ask… How are you doing in Jiang City? Is Yichen taking good care of you?”
Xu Yichen was the son of their neighbors, two years older than her, both from the same village and both working for the same company. Thus, Xu Yichen’s parents and her own parents had asked him to help take care of her.
Chen Xixi replied with an unchanged expression: “He can’t even take care of his girlfriend properly.”
Shen Shulan was surprised: “Yichen has a girlfriend?”
Chen Xixi rolled her eyes, “Yeah, he’s really good to his girlfriend!”
“Oh…” Shen Shulan didn’t catch the subtext in Chen Xixi’s words and continued to ask with concern: “I heard from your uncle that you’re livestreaming on your cellphone? Your dad and I don’t know how to use a cellphone, and we don’t know where to watch you.”
“There’s no need to watch, I’m doing fine. In sixteen days, I’ll be able to come home. I’ll bring you gifts then!”
“Don’t keep spending money willy-nilly, it’s not easy for you to earn money.” Shen Shulan voiced her worries: “By the way, I heard from your uncle that you couldn’t even eat properly during the livestream and had to beg for food, is that true?”
“Of course not, that’s other people. I have more food than I can eat every day!”
“That’s good, that’s good. So now you’re livestreaming, what about your job?”
Speaking of work, Chen Xixi lowered her eyes and sighed inwardly. She had been unemployed for a month already; what job did she have?
Then Chen Xixi smiled and said: “You don’t need to worry about my job, I can take good care of myself!” She quickly changed the subject: “By the way, how’s Dad recently? Is he still getting his insulin on time? Do you have enough medicine?”
“Enough, it should last till the end of the month.”
“That’s good.”
The two chatted a bit more, and Shen Shulan’s words were all filled with concern and worry for Chen Xixi, afraid that her only precious daughter might be suffering in the outside world.
Before hanging up, Shen Shulan said: “Your dad and I are doing well at home, there’s no need for you to worry. But as for you, if you’re not happy in Jiang City, come back home.”
“Okay, Mom, I understand.”
After hanging up, Chen Xixi went to wash up and then left the house.
At eight o’clock, a wail came from the two-story villa: “My Gold Coin is gone!!”