My Wife Became a Top Star After I Came Back from Quick Transmigration - Chapter 29

Lin Mo’s cake stand was also incredibly popular, and the people crowding around it didn’t want to leave.

Fortunately, Zhuo Zitao quickly came over and led these excited fans into the restaurant. Since more fans were constantly arriving, some people who had bought coffee simply sat in the courtyard, while others went to the back garden.

Before long, Ink Guest House was packed with people, and all the utensils were quickly used up. Thankfully, they had bought paper cups for takeout yesterday, but the cakes and fruit teas sold out early. The fans who came later would order a cup of coffee regardless of whether they wanted to drink it or not.

Seeing that the store had no more stock, Lin Mo was sent out alone to get more supplies during lunchtime.

By the evening, even the coffee had been sold out. When there was nothing left to sell, the fans slowly began to leave. However, many fans didn’t want to leave and found inns in the village to stay in.

At 6 PM, a few people finished cooking in the kitchen, Zhuo Zitao was calculating the accounts, and others were cleaning up the guest house. Lin Mo returned at 6:30 PM. She knew the store must have been very busy, so she didn’t call for help. She simply borrowed a cart from the village head and pushed a pile of supplies back.

Although it was only the first day, the number of fans still exceeded expectations. Zhuo Zitao suspected that this had a lot to do with Lin Mo’s earlier statement about “it’s just a thank you to the fans.”

Everyone had been busy all day and looked a bit exhausted.

So, they all ate dinner in a hurry and went upstairs to rest.

Meanwhile, in another control room, Feng Ye watched as everyone went back to their rooms to rest. He silently turned off the screen and began to think.

The assistant was about to get up and leave for the day, but seeing his boss’s thoughtful expression, he asked curiously, “Director Feng, what’s wrong?”

Feng Ye rubbed his chin. “Even though we didn’t have a script, we did set up some small tasks for dramatic effect. The problem now is, there’s no time! There are too many customers, and the guests are working too hard.”

The assistant asked, “Isn’t that a good thing?”

Feng Ye laughed. “If people wanted to watch a business, they could just find any store and watch the surveillance footage, right? Why would they spend a dozen hours watching a live stream here? Look at how busy they were today. Those few people didn’t even have time to interact, and the number of viewers dropped.”

“That’s true.” The assistant looked at the documents that were delivered today and sighed. The live stream data was monitored in real-time. Although the number of people wasn’t at its peak at the beginning of the broadcast, that was when the comments were at their highest. The low number of viewers was mainly because in the early morning, most people were either sleeping or on their way to work.

People came and went from the live stream room throughout the day. The number of viewers peaked during lunchtime, but the number of customers at Ink Guest House also peaked. Even the villagers came to watch the fun. While the scene was lively, the number of people watching the live stream slowly decreased. This showed that the live stream wasn’t very engaging at the time.

In the afternoon, the number of viewers in the live stream also fluctuated. However, the overall trend was even worse than yesterday.

This was indeed not a good sign.

The assistant was no longer in a hurry to leave. He put the documents aside, sat back down, and asked Feng Ye, “So what do we do? When we had the meeting, we didn’t anticipate this situation.”

In fact, they had talked about fans during the meeting and had anticipated a large number. They just didn’t expect them to be so dedicated.

If this were any of the first three seasons, there would have been a lot of drama today. The previous guests would argue or get into disagreements, creating highlights on their own.

But this group of guests was too righteous. They all worked hard and didn’t even have time to talk to their partners. Even when things went wrong, they were polite to each other, didn’t argue or fight, and ran the store very well.

If they were really the owners… they could even open a chain of stores. But they weren’t!

The assistant asked, “What do we do now? Netizens are so strange. They don’t like to watch arguments, but they find it too boring when there are no arguments.”

Feng Ye’s hand on his chin stopped. “It seems we still need to create some highlights.”

The assistant hesitated. “But arguments aren’t popular anymore.” The tragic state of the last season was still fresh in their minds.

Feng Ye made up his mind and said, “We have to change. We can’t keep going like this. The previous seasons were already filmed, so we couldn’t change anything. I think our current advantage is the live stream, right? Based on today’s situation, the first point is to limit the number of customers, and the other is…” He suddenly chuckled twice and said, “Maybe we can invite some temporary guests.” The good thing about live streaming was that they could quickly see the audience’s reaction and adjust in time.

Unlike the third season, where everyone felt the filming was exciting, and the production team thought the arguments were earth-shattering and would lead to an unbeatable viewership.

The result…

Was an unimaginably low viewership. The result of the low ratings was that even though this season was a complete makeover, the TV station was afraid to buy it.

If it had been a live stream back then, they would have canceled it halfway through.

The assistant heard that he was going to invite someone and asked curiously, “Who are you inviting?”

Feng Ye raised an eyebrow and said happily, “Call everyone over for a meeting. I have a great idea.”

Assistant: “Ah? Overtime?”

Feng Ye clicked his tongue. “I’ll pay for overtime.”

The assistant happily rushed out.

The next day, the sky was clear. The guests woke up feeling a little sore all over.

When they went downstairs, they saw Lin Mo in the kitchen, making breakfast for everyone in the soft morning light. At that moment, everyone was already shocked. Before they could even say anything, Feng Ye came in with his assistant.

Lin Mo put all the things that needed to be steamed into the steamer and then sat down at the table with the other guests, waiting for Feng Ye’s announcement.

Normally, Feng Ye wouldn’t come unless there was a special circumstance.

Now, he not only came but also chose the time when the live stream started. It seemed that he was either announcing a small task or there was something that needed to be announced on the live stream.

As expected, Feng Ye came in with a smile on his face and said thoughtfully, “Yesterday, I saw that everyone was very tired from work. After our production team’s meeting, we felt that it would be inhumane to be this tired for a whole month.”

Lin Mo looked up at him.

Feng Ye’s words faltered. He cursed at how sharp this woman was, but he still said, “So, after some discussion, we’ve decided to limit the number of fans who can enter the store.”

Zhuo Zitao also suspected a trick and said in disagreement, “We don’t feel tired!”

Feng Ye didn’t accept her opinion and just said, “You will soon.” Then, he continued, “After observing yesterday, we also found that we don’t have enough manpower. So, after a heated discussion, we’ve decided to hire temporary help.”

He means temporary guests.

[Huh? A new guest? It’s only the second day!]

[Causing trouble, causing trouble.]

[There are four couples here. What’s the point of adding one person?]

[Maybe two people? Hehe…]

Zhuo Zitao immediately understood, but she liked the current team dynamics. Adding a new person temporarily always required a reason.

Clearly, the production team’s purpose for adding a person was to create a buzz.

Zhuo Zitao: “I think you guys have ulterior motives!”

Feng Ye said with righteous indignation, “…What are you saying? As the director of this show, everything I do is for the good of the show.”

Qiu Mingyi chuckled. “That’s a vague answer, Director Feng. Don’t play these games with us. Tell us, who’s coming?”

Feng Ye: “…Tsk, if you keep this up, I’m going to throw a fit.”

Qiu Mingyi said, “Oh? You can’t say? It must be someone important!”

Feng Ye was helpless. He ignored the two of them and continued to give instructions. “So, starting today, we will limit the number of people who can enter the store. You know, if we let any fan come in, the store will be so crowded there won’t be any standing room. Besides, it’s not good to have too many people, as a stampede might occur.”

When the number of people in a space exceeds a certain safety limit, it becomes dangerous. Jiang Lun was once the top star in China, and such accidents had happened at his concerts. Therefore, he was still a little traumatized by such things.

He couldn’t help but nod at the director’s words. “That’s right, that’s right.”

Feng Ye pointed at Jiang Lun and praised, “See? See? That’s the correct way to interpret my words.”

The others: “…That’s even more suspicious. Who’s coming?”

Feng Ye: “They’re not coming that soon anyway. Just do your own thing.” They haven’t even finalized the deal yet!

Feng Ye was stubborn and didn’t say anything, turning around and leaving.

He left a group of people to discuss heatedly. “Who do you think it’s going to be?”

“I have a feeling Director Feng is going to cause trouble.”

“You don’t need a feeling. The person he’s inviting might not be a big shot, but they’re definitely a rival.”

“Don’t jinx it. We don’t know what kind of trouble the new person will bring. We’d better have a plan.”

As they talked, they noticed that Lin Mo had been very calm the whole time. After Director Feng left, she even got up and went to the kitchen to continue making breakfast.

Su Qixi couldn’t help but be confused. She turned around, hugged the back of her chair, rested her chin on it, and asked her, “Aren’t you curious?”

Lin Mo heard her call her and said helplessly, “No, I’m not. By the way, I bought too many ingredients yesterday.”

The scene paused. Everyone turned to look at Lin Mo. “Is this the time to talk about that?”

Lin Mo chuckled. “They’re not coming that early. But there are only 45 minutes until the store opens. We need to eat and also be concerned about our supplies.”

Suddenly, everyone felt sore all over again.

[Wow! I feel so bad for my baby! She must have been exhausted yesterday.]

[Wu Yu didn’t even say a word yesterday. I feel sorry for her.]

[CP fans, wake up. They haven’t seen each other for so many years. They haven’t said a few words since the show started.]

[Yeah! I feel more sorry for the Wu Yu CP fans. How do you ship them?]

[You don’t understand. Avoiding each other means it’s real.]

[…]

[Speaking of which, my couple is doing great. They argued with each other all day yesterday while working.]

[The Kirin CP fans are still full from the big sweet moment from yesterday morning.]

Lin Mo’s interruption made even the fans forget about who was coming. They started to ship their own CPs. Before long, they were shocked by the breakfast Lin Mo brought out.

Meat buns, fried dough sticks, fried noodles, and crepes…

They were all common items, but they were time-consuming!

The guests sitting at the table looked at the breakfast Lin Mo set down, and all they saw were carbs, carbs, carbs, and more carbs…

Lin Mo was amused. She also brought out a pot of red bean and barley soy milk, and then sat down.

Qiu Mingyi was shocked and reached for a cage of soup dumplings. He couldn’t help but exclaim, “Your energy is… incredible, truly incredible!” They had been so busy yesterday that Jiang Lun went to bed as soon as he could. This morning, everyone was sore and tired.

Not only did this woman go to bed the latest yesterday because she had to prepare the ingredients for the cakes, but this morning, she woke up early to make the cakes and also made them such a hearty breakfast.

You have to know that Lin Mo was the only one who could make pastries. So, in Zhuo Zitao’s plan, Lin Mo wasn’t supposed to make breakfast. She already had to wake up earlier than everyone else every day, and making cakes was very troublesome.

Qiu Mingyi was so touched. Looking at the table full of food, he had to say: Lin Mo’s temper was really good. She must have helped because she saw they were all so tired.

Lin Mo didn’t think too much about it. Her experiences had made it so that very few things could provoke her emotions.

Not to mention, at her psychological age, she didn’t want to argue about small things. She was willing to help with things she was capable of.

Hearing Qiu Mingyi praise her physical strength, Lin Mo remembered a very special experience from one of her lives and naturally used it to answer Qiu Mingyi. “I used to do manual labor.”

“Manual labor?” Everyone tilted their heads at the same time and began to think. What kind of manual labor?

[Ah, in those eight years she was missing, was Miss Pig living so miserably?]

[I feel sorry for her.]

[I’m shipping Su Bao’s expression again.]

Qi Yushan asked simply, “Did you carry bricks at a construction site?”

Lin Mo: “Yes, but I stopped later. I was cheated, and it was a very unpleasant experience.”

Qi Yushan was shocked. She really did carry bricks! Then this strength… She couldn’t help but look at Su Qixi beside Lin Mo with pity. Su Qixi was confused by the look and secretly frowned at her. Qi Yushan quickly looked away.

Wu Qingqing: “Huh? You were cheated? Then what did you do? Did you sue him with a lawyer?”

Lin Mo looked at her with a chuckle. “How much would I get in compensation by suing him? I just carried all the bricks back to where they came from.”

The guests: “…”

[…] What kind of demonic answer is that?

Qiu Mingyi: “…That’s hurting your enemy by 800 and yourself by 1000!”

Lin Mo laughed heartily and said without a care, “As long as I can hurt him by 800, that’s enough.”

[But what Miss Pig did… was pretty cool.]

[Hahaha, I’m satisfied.]

After the mental complaints, they also understood that Lin Mo was a person who had done hard labor. But she was strong and had good stamina…

Everyone’s eyes secretly fell on Lin Mo’s fingers. Long, slender fingers…

I wonder if they’ll be happy in the future…

The strange silence caused by their minds wandering was so awkward that even Su Qixi noticed something was wrong. Lin Mo’s eyes scanned everyone’s faces, and she asked with uncertainty, “Was what I did not very cool?”

“Sigh.” Everyone sighed. This woman was very smart when she should be, and also very smart when she shouldn’t be, but why was she so slow-witted in the one area where she should be sharp?

Why?

Suddenly, a light bulb went off in their heads.

It had to be Qiu Mingyi. Relying on his seniority, he just opened his mouth and said nonsense. “You don’t happen to not know about that stuff between women, do you?”

[???]

[??????]

[How did the topic get here?]

Su Qixi immediately spit out a mouthful of soy milk. The breakfast on the table was a casualty. Su Qixi quickly took a napkin to cover her mouth, coughing and apologizing at the same time.

“Cough, cough, cough, I’m sorry… Cough, cough… You guys continue. No, no, don’t continue.”

Su Qixi was so red she was glowing like a light bulb.

Zhuo Zitao couldn’t help but tease her. “We’re all adults, it’s okay to talk about it.”

Su Qixi’s face was beet red. “Senior, you, you, you…”

[Ahhhh, my Su Bao is so cute!]

[Hahaha, this is the first time I’ve seen someone’s whole body blush.]

Su Qixi didn’t know what to say. She turned and pulled on Lin Mo. “Say something!”

Lin Mo was bewildered. “…That stuff… I know about it?”

Su Qixi went completely blank, her inner light turning off. “Who told you to say that!!!”

[Hahaha, Miss Pig really said something.]

[So what do you know, Miss Pig? (Hehe…)]

[Miss Pig, who are you thinking about when you’re learning about it?]

Lin Mo: “Then what should I say?”

Qiu Mingyi: “Hahahahaha.”

[Hahahahaha.]

Everyone was amused by this, and only Su Qixi was still glowing red.

The show’s loudspeaker broadcasted Feng Ye’s voice, coming to the rescue. “You guys, say something proper! This is a live stream. We’ll get blocked for obscenity!”