134: Fourth stop: Jiangcheng

"Alright, Brothers, the Wuling has been successfully rescued. I'd like to thank Brother Quan for his help here~"

"We've been delayed for so long, but now that the Wuling is back on land, everyone can rest easy. Brother Gu and I are going to get some rest too. I'm ending the stream now, and we'll be back on air tomorrow~"

After quickly ending the stream, Qiu Gu drove the rented car in front while Gao Xiaofan drove the little wuling, leisurely following behind.

The BGM of 'Love Like Fire' didn't cause much of an issue; it seemed to perfectly offset the 'emo' effect of the previous 'after i leave' BGM, leaving only the newly joined viewers in the livestream room still excited.

The rescue of the Wuling only took about twenty minutes, yet it left the viewers in the livestream room wanting more.

They all flocked to the comment sections of related videos to discuss it.

"Wait, weren't we here to watch the drama??? How did it get rescued already?"

"I didn't realize it until you mentioned it, but now I see what's wrong."

"It was just too fast; it really was pulled out by a helicopter!"

"Mind-blowing, simply mind-blowing—the first Flying Wuling!"

Clips from the livestream room were edited and quickly posted to TikTok, and the 'Ground-Baiting Wuling' on the trending list turned into the 'Flying Wuling.'

This also stopped the downward trend of Gao Xiaofan's follower count, which instead rose significantly, once again approaching the 50 million follower threshold.

After being busy for a while and returning the rented car, Gao Xiaofan finally climbed into the passenger seat.

"Let's go wash the car~"

"I'll see if there are any discounts online~" Qiu Gu nodded and prepared to take out his phone.

"No need. This car will probably only be washed once in its life, so let it be a bit expensive."

Qiu Gu's face was full of question marks.

Gao Xiaofan ignored him and dialed Zhao Fu's WeChat call.

"Brother Quan, thanks, many thanks!"

"Heh, next time something happens, just come to me directly. What's the point of just sitting there?"

"I've been busy these past few days and haven't had time to watch the stream. If Hu Bu Shi Lang and the others hadn't told me in the group, I wouldn't have known about this."

"Hehehe, how was I to know my Brother Quan was so capable that he could help from so far away~"

Qiu Gu looked at Gao Xiaofan's sycophantic expression in the passenger seat and curled his lip in disdain.

"The company happens to have a branch over there, otherwise we couldn't have made it so quickly. Alright, if there's nothing else, I'm hanging up; I'm a bit busy lately."

"Oh, no problem, no problem. Go ahead with your work, Brother Quan."

After Gao Xiaofan hung up with a fawning smile, he looked at Qiu Gu, who was still wearing a look of disdain.

"What are you looking at? Let's go. After washing the car, we're going back to sleep. Tomorrow is the fourth stop!"

After finishing their tasks and returning to the hotel they had checked into that morning, Qiu Gu took his clothes into the bathroom for a shower while Gao Xiaofan took out his phone to look at a map.

Ezhou's Jiangcheng doesn't seem that far... Early the next morning, Gao Xiaofan was eating breakfast in his room while Qiu Gu was downstairs checking the supplies in the car's trunk.

With the heavy rain earlier, it was inevitable that some things got damp; whatever needed replacing was replaced, and whatever needed to be thrown away was discarded.

Gao Xiaofan took out his phone and started the livestream; fans who received the notification immediately flooded in.

He glanced at the viewer count in the top right corner of the livestream room: 80,000, and it was still rising.

"Hello everyone, we're changing locations again~ Our fishing trip continues!"

"For this fourth stop, we're going to Jiangcheng in Ezhou~"

As soon as the viewers in the livestream room entered and heard Gao Xiaofan's words, they started flooding the screen with messages~

"What? What? We haven't even done the draw yet! Did I miss it?"

"No, there were only a few thousand people when I joined; there's no way he did the draw!"

"Wow, Brother Wo Zi is being lazy. Jiangcheng doesn't count, redraw!!"

"Sichuan Prefecture, Sichuan Prefecture, Sichuan Prefecture, Sichuan Prefecture!!!"

Gao Xiaofan looked at the constant questions in the bullet chat, took a sip of water, and said unhurriedly.

"Jiangcheng in Ezhou is Brother Gu's hometown. I thought I'd take the opportunity to go there and give him a break; he hasn't been home since the Xiushui Mingshan Program Group started broadcasting~"

"It's true we didn't do a draw; this was my own idea. Jiangcheng also happens to be in the Central Plains, so it'll be convenient to go anywhere for the next stop, right, Brothers?"

Hearing him say this, although the viewers in the livestream room were still making a fuss, the noise died down after a while. After all, it was the same no matter where they went fishing.

"Brother Wo Zi really is a good boss, but I just want to ask, can you even survive without Brother Gu? Hahaha~"

"Yeah, I almost forgot. Your left arm is like that, and you're still giving a vacation to your driver + cameraman + chef + net man?"

"When he gets back from this vacation, Brother Gu's salary is going to have to go up. You only realize how important Brother Gu is after he's gone, Hahahaha~"

Gao Xiaofan looked at the jokes in the bullet chat and curled his lip, not taking it seriously. He was slowly getting used to using only one hand.

After finishing breakfast, Gao Xiaofan glanced around the room to make sure nothing was left behind, then headed downstairs leisurely with his phone.

"I was just about to go up and call you. You've started the stream?" As soon as he got down, Qiu Gu looked at the phone he was holding and couldn't help but ask curiously.

Gao Xiaofan nodded, climbed into the Wuling's passenger seat, and clipped his phone into the passenger seat bracket.

"Let's go, depart!"

Qiu Gu nodded, walked around to the driver's side, sat down, and asked as he started the car.

"Are we doing the draw for the fourth stop now?"

"Already done. Jiangcheng, Ezhou."

Gao Xiaofan reclined the seat back and said casually.

Qiu Gu was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile.

"I have my phone right here, how did you do the draw?"

"None of your business, just drive!"

Qiu Gu grinned, opened the navigation on his phone, and sped off with a stomp on the gas.

The entire journey was over 1,000 kilometers. When they were rushing from Yuchuan to Chacheng, they happened to pass through Jiangcheng. Now, they had to backtrack.

"This is hilarious, they're always on the road~"

"Streamers who spoil their fans like this are becoming rarer and rarer, hahaha~"

"Spoiling fans? Fake fan, this guy fell asleep again."

The bullet chat in the livestream room was constant, but Gao Xiaofan had already fallen asleep. On the driver's seat, Qiu Gu's smile hadn't left his face since he found out this stop was Jiangcheng.

Gao Xiaofan woke up a few times along the way, and then he couldn't fall back asleep, so he started chatting and shooting the breeze with the viewers in the livestream room.

For lunch, they had instant noodles; there were two boxes of instant noodles in the car specifically for situations like this. As for Qiu Gu, aside from two bathroom breaks, he basically didn't rest.

At 7:00 PM, the van drove out of the Jiangcheng toll station and stopped at a crosswalk at an intersection to wait for the light to turn green. Gao Xiaofan rested his right arm on the window, propped up his chin, yawned, and then looked at Qiu Gu.

"Once you've checked us into a hotel, go home for a couple of days. When things are wrapped up here, you can come back."

Qiu Gu looked stunned, then delighted, but then he shook his head.

"It's fine, Xiaofan. If I leave, it won't be convenient for you."

Gao Xiaofan pulled a cigarette from his pocket and handed him one.

"Are you the boss? Just go when I tell you to!"