65: Hyperthyroidism

...For tonight's football match, 'Zhao Wei', known as the Poet of Football, was invited to provide commentary.

He, who usually speaks in life philosophies, poetic moments, humorous metaphors, and inspirational quotes, seemed at a loss for words tonight.

At the end of the first half, he merely said, 'The Korean Team temporarily leads 3-0.'

The second half began quickly.

After the Koreans scored four goals, the National Football Team finally managed to score one.

The fans who had been holding their breath finally let out a long sigh and began to cheer loudly in encouragement.

Sitting at the commentary desk, Zhao Wei also began to commentate with excitement.

'The National Football Team has scored! Please do not believe that victory is as easily obtained as dandelions on a mountain, but please believe that there is always a kind of beauty in this world worth our full effort, even if we are broken into pieces. Perhaps no one knows their ultimate fate until the very last moment, but the effort made toward it cannot be lacking by even a fraction. Let us look forward to the National Football Team's next performance!!'

...However, scoring that one goal seemed to have exhausted all the National Football Team's strength, and they subsequently allowed the Korean Team to score two more in a row.

With fifteen minutes left in the match.

The Korean Team scored yet another goal.

Zhao Wei forced back the long paragraph of text he had composed in his mind and was about to say, helplessly stating, 'There isn't much time left for the National Football Team!'

...Finally, the match countdown reached the final second.

A long whistle signaling the end of the match echoed across the field.

'The National Football Team loses 1-7 to the Korean Team.'

Unlike the joyfully cheering Korean fans on the field,

The domestic fans were beating their chests and stamping their feet in indignation... Post-match interview.

A fan with tears in his eyes said to the interviewing reporter,

'I don't think the gap is that large. When we were trailing 1-4, 1-5, and 1-6, our fans were still cheering.'

'We aren't afraid of losing; we're afraid of having no fighting spirit. If you can't outplay them, you can kick them, right?'

'They're human too; they're definitely afraid of being kicked by you.'

...Meanwhile, cries rose and fell across the field.

'Disgraceful~ Disgraceful~'

'Disband~ Disband.'

...'Spit out the sea cucumbers!'

...'Spit them out!'

...After Chen Su finished watching, he didn't have much of an emotional reaction.

When the outcome is destined to be a loss, putting in more expectations only leads to geometrically increasing disappointment in the end.

It was more practical to care about himself.

For instance, he had earned over a million more tonight.

Isn't making money great... Just then, the door opened.

Li Chuxia walked in.

"I'm back. Come, hurry and eat. I specifically got this takeout for you."

Chen Su walked over and saw that it was indeed the dishes Li Chuxia had shown him earlier tonight.

There was roast goose, hairy crabs, and mushroom soup... After setting out the dishes, Li Chuxia went to the kitchen to get two sets of bowls and chopsticks.

She sat opposite Chen Su and they began to eat together.

When she was eating at her grandmother's house tonight, her father had called her grandmother again, saying a guest would be coming along on Saturday.

Li Chuxia, whose mood wasn't great to begin with, felt even worse after hearing who the guest was.

She lost her appetite instantly.

But she couldn't let a whole table of food go to waste, so she packed it up and brought it back to eat with Chen Su... The two talked as they ate until 11:30 PM.

Li Chuxia only then realized, "Sorry, I didn't notice it was so late."

Li Chuxia, who used to be desperate to linger here, was acting a bit unusual today.

"It's okay. I slept all afternoon and I'm not sleepy yet. You probably didn't have a nap this afternoon, so go back to sleep first. I'll clean up."

Li Chuxia's heart stirred slightly. Thinking back to her pestering when she followed Chen Su to buy a car this morning, she felt even more apologetic.

She wasn't even Chen Su's girlfriend yet; how could she control him like that?

"Chen Su, do you find me annoying?" she asked tentatively.

Chen Su smiled and said, "No. Since you weren't here for dinner tonight, I actually felt a bit unaccustomed!"

He was telling the truth. With Li Chuxia gone tonight, he had felt a sense of emptiness while eating alone.

"Really?"

"Why would I lie to you!"

The two looked at each other and smiled... Unknowingly, the slight distance Chen Su had previously felt toward Li Chuxia had vanished without a trace.

After eating,

Li Chuxia insisted on cleaning up with Chen Su, otherwise she wouldn't leave.

By the time they finished cleaning, it was already midnight.

"I'm heading back. See you tomorrow."

Chen Su saw Li Chuxia to the door.

"Sleep early. Goodnight!"

"Mhm! You too."

...After taking a shower, he lay in bed.

Chen Su summoned the Intelligence System.

【Today's Intelligence has been refreshed】

【Today's Intelligence 1 (C-grade): The first stop of the famous YouTube phenomenal mega-influencer 'Hyperthyroidism Brother' in China is set for Maple City. He will arrive at Maple City Airport an hour early on the 6 PM flight tomorrow afternoon. Arriving early to wait and take photos or videos with him can capitalize on his popularity.】

【Today's Intelligence 2 (D-grade): Maple City Jiangdong Petrochemical will have its grand opening tomorrow at 10 AM. Customers who go to refuel that day will get a discount of 1 yuan per liter for gasoline and 1.2 yuan per liter for diesel. Opening an account and getting a prepaid card will also earn you a bag of Northeast organic rice and a bucket of Silver Dragon Fish peanut oil.】

These two pieces of intelligence were fairly standard.

Chen Su took out his phone to look up Hyperthyroidism Brother. He was a contemporary 'Good Young Man' and would never do illegal things like 'scaling the firewall.' (Except for scaling the firewall to follow gossip).

Naturally, he didn't know who Hyperthyroidism Brother was.

He clicked on the relevant information for Hyperthyroidism Brother.

Incredible! This little black guy had nearly forty million followers across the entire internet.

Is he really that popular?

Chen Su thought about it; his own follower count was already massive, so he didn't need to piggyback on this popularity.

But if he could lead this little black guy to eat at Feng Wenjun's restaurant, it could give the shop another boost in popularity.

This way, not only would domestic netizens come again due to his reputation,

But foreign netizens traveling to China would also come.

Killing two birds with one stone.

Having made his decision, he called Feng Wenjun.

The call was quickly connected.

"Suer, what's up?" Feng Wenjun's voice sounded a bit tired.

"Don't open your restaurant tomorrow. I'm going to bring another heavyweight figure over to you."

"Who?"

Feng Wenjun's eyes lit up. Last time, Chen Su had called Giant Star De Hua over.

Business at his restaurant was booming, improving day by day.

If another celebrity came, the branch expansion plan could be implemented ahead of schedule.

"A foreign influencer called Hyperthyroidism Brother," Chen Su said over the phone.

"What? Hyperthyroidism? Does this person have a goiter?" Feng Wenjun asked.

He had never heard of such an influencer.

"Oh, 'Hyperthyroidism' is a name given by domestic netizens. You'll know if you look it up yourself. Remember, don't open for business tomorrow. That guy's flight is at five; prepare in advance."

"Okay, I got it."

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