83: Gao Xiaofan was terrified

Cheng Yan watched the large screen in the control room.

He saw the number of viewers in the livestream rooms of Hua Hua, Mi Mi, and Han Han skyrocketing, continuously surging upward.

Cheng Yan glanced at the nearby popularity rankings.

Gao Xiaofan: 36.85 million.

Hua Hua: 32.04 million.

Mi Mi: 27.85 million.

Han Han: 19.85 million.

Reba: 7.63 million.

Cheng Yan looked shocked; what had happened in just a few short hours?

He turned around to look at the row of monitoring workstations behind him and saw Hua Hua on the screen, holding a Lobster and baring his teeth at the camera.

Lobsters??? Where did Lobsters come from... in Hua Hua's livestream room.

"Waaa, fishing for Lobsters! My childhood memories are rushing back and giving me a flying kick~"

"Can you really fish for Lobsters? I always thought they were farmed~ Hua Hua is so amazing, he even knows how to do this~"

"This is so good to watch, this is what rural life is really like~ Hua Hua is so down-to-earth."

Hua Hua tossed the Crayfish in his hand into the small bucket behind him. Seeing the bullet comments scrolling one after another, his heart bloomed with joy.

How long has it been~ Ever since Gao Xiaofan started his antics, how long had it been since he'd seen this many bullet comments~

"Tonight, I'll livestream cooking Lobsters for everyone~"

Hua Hua smiled and waved at the camera... By the water's edge, Gao Xiaofan watched Hua Hua's livestream room with a face full of question marks.

Crayfish???

There are Crayfish in Xiushui Village???

This guy actually didn't share!!!

At this moment, Gao Xiaofan felt that fishing was no longer interesting. Which fishing enthusiast doesn't love the pastoral life of catching fish and shrimp?

He had finally managed to compose himself after being disgusted by Jing Yu and was ready to fish properly, only for Lü Tao to tell him that many bullet comments were talking about fishing for Lobsters.

"Going to watch the Lobster fishing, Brothers~ It's been so long since Brother Wo Zi caught a fish."

"I'm totally hyping this variety show. Fishing for fish and shrimp—is the next step Reba blowing up cow dung~"

"I'm out, I'm out. Brother Wo Zi, I'm going to check out the other livestream rooms first~"

The popularity of the livestream room rapidly dropped to 30 million and was still declining.

After Gao Xiaofan saw this, he switched over to Hua Hua's livestream room and began to understand a little of how the other guests had felt over the past few days.

Eating and drinking the best at noon and fishing for Lobsters in the afternoon—it's so damn enviable~

He sighed and handed the pad back. It was already October, yet they could still catch Lobsters; that group of guests really had good luck.

Looking up, he suddenly noticed the float had moved away from its distant position. Gao Xiaofan was stunned for a moment, then quickly raised his rod.

The result was nothing~

Gao Xiaofan was a bit dazed. Looking at the two perfectly fine corn kernels on the hook, he shook his head, stood up, and performed a large whip cast.

This time, Gao Xiaofan stared intently at the float and finally discovered the clue.

The water was drifting.

The large surface of the water had begun to drift, causing the float to move.

Feeling the wind coming from the direction of the An River, Gao Xiaofan had no choice but to raise his rod and adjust the float.

This large body of water was connected to a pool below and the An River above; drifting water was normal, it was just that he hadn't encountered it the previous two times.

Gao Xiaofan pushed the float up. Since the water was drifting, he would fish at the bottom.

After adjusting the float, Gao Xiaofan did another large whip cast, throwing the corn out.

Once the float settled into position, he picked up the baiting spoon and threw a few corn kernels into the bait spot.

The float finally stopped moving and sat there steadily.

Gao Xiaofan looked at the bored Lü Tao and Yan Feng behind him and thought for a moment.

"You two go back. Come back tomorrow."

The two were stunned for a moment, then Lü Tao stood up and handed the pad back to Gao Xiaofan.

Yan Feng scratched his head and said, "I'm going back too?"

"Yeah, I saw you didn't sleep well last night. Go back to the village and sleep."

Yan Feng nodded and followed Lü Tao toward the village.

Gao Xiaofan placed the pad on a small dirt mound nearby and focused all his attention on fishing.

But perhaps because the wind was too strong, or perhaps because the temperature had dropped, Gao Xiaofan didn't catch a single fish until evening.

Gao Xiaofan silently built a fire and stared blankly at the dancing flames.

He felt as if he had forgotten something.

Beside him, Qiu Gu looked on with a pained expression. Although he didn't know what the Program Production Crew had discussed with Gao Xiaofan, it was clear that they were already finding ways to suppress him.

First, he wasn't allowed to smoke, and second, just now, he had received notice that the employees Gao Xiaofan hired would not be coming tomorrow.

The Program Production Crew had canceled the hiring system.

Qiu Gu didn't know how to break it to Gao Xiaofan and sighed inwardly; if all else failed, he would wait until tomorrow morning.

Gao Xiaofan shook his head, fried the few fish he had prepared one by one, and heated some steamed buns on an entrenching tool. Once finished, the two quietly ate their simple dinner.

The popularity of the livestream room was still falling, currently down to just over 20 million.

The other guests' livestream rooms were still full of singing and dancing, with them drinking wine and eating various braised delicacies. Looking at Gao Xiaofan's side, he was all alone, gnawing on a steamed bun.

People are like that; they watch livestreams for novelty. There's no reason to watch you if you're living so miserably. Now, Gao Xiaofan was just like the other guests before, his popularity slowly bleeding away.

But as for this, Gao Xiaofan had already gotten used to it in the afternoon. Compared to the few hundred thousand viewers he had before joining the show, the current number of viewers was already a several-fold increase; what was there to be dissatisfied about?

Gao Xiaofan lay in his sleeping bag, eyes wide open, staring blankly at the top of the tent.

The old fans in the livestream room began to worry.

Strong Hand Cracks Skull: "Is Brother Wo Zi feeling emo? Ever since he came back from taking a crap, his whole state has been off~"

Hu Bu Shi Lang: "Is it? I think Fan Ge has insomnia from seeing others eating well~"

First-Class Competitive Fishing Master Yu Weibao (Li Yuer): "I bet Brother Wo Zi is missing his 'study materials'~"

"Makes sense!"

"Makes sense!"

Gao Xiaofan stared blankly for a long time, but still couldn't figure out exactly what he had forgotten.

He shook his head irritably, preparing to sleep, but the sound of the wind outside the tent seemed to be getting louder and louder.

Wind? Typhoon? Typhoon!

Gao Xiaofan's eyes widened. He finally knew what he had forgotten—the typhoon!

The water was drifting, this body of water was flowing water, the typhoon!

Once it started raining... Gao Xiaofan swallowed hard in fear, not daring to think further.

Wouldn't Xiushui Village be flooded then~

The terrain of the An River was high, a full hundred meters higher than the current large body of water, and the large body of water was above the pool's terrain, with Xiushui Village below the pool.

The elevation drop between Xiushui Village and the An River was over 100 meters. If a flood really happened, it would be a disaster-level event~

Thinking of this, Gao Xiaofan was in no mood to sleep. He jumped up and scrambled into the adjacent tent.

"Qiu Gu, quick, don't sleep! Contact the Program Production Crew immediately and get people to evacuate."

After finishing dinner, Qiu Gu had set up the tripod in Gao Xiaofan's tent and then returned to his own tent to sleep.

Even with his years of experience in the industry, facing a subject like Gao Xiaofan was a bit overwhelming; he had fallen asleep as soon as he lay down in his sleeping bag.

At Gao Xiaofan's shouting, Qiu Gu opened his eyes with a look of confusion.