She became a heartthrob among internet celebrities.

As the comments in the live stream gradually decreased, Jiang Lai began to tell her story.

She gently approached the microphone, making sure her voice wouldn't disturb the neighbors but would still be picked up by the microphone, then took out her original phone and began to softly read the story inside.

Perhaps because it was a bedtime story, Jiang Lai subconsciously lowered her voice and made it softer.

"Hello, my darlings and little ones~ I'm about to tell you a story that will make you sleepy."

Some people can fall asleep instantly, while others need a little more time to fall asleep.

(Yawn) Honey, shouldn't you go to sleep now? Still can't fall asleep? Okay, I'll tell you a story about a little rabbit.

"Lola is a little rabbit. She is the same age as you. She likes to do whatever you like to do. She is just like you and doesn't want to sleep right now."

Jiang Lai's voice seemed to have a magical quality, capable of soothing people's souls. While she was focused on telling her story, several people were commenting in the live stream.

—Waaaaah, who understands? I'm really, really smitten! This voice-obsessed person is absolutely thrilled!

—She really understands me! She calls me "baby" and spoils me so much!

—I just clicked in and was drawn in by the host's voice. Does he call me "wife" directly?

—That yawn was so cute, I almost fainted.

Those netizens who put down their phones to listen attentively to the story were soothed by Jiang Lai's voice, gradually clearing their minds and listening intently to the story, as sleepiness slowly crept in.

Fu Changyuan had never heard this story before. He put down his work, leaned back in his chair, and listened attentively. He should have continued to focus on the documents in his hands, but for some reason, as soon as he heard the anchor's voice, he felt an unprecedented sense of relaxation, and even stopped what he was doing.

Perhaps he was really too tired? Should he take a couple of days off? Fu Changyuan thought to himself, took out his phone, opened the calendar, and considered whether to take a day to go back to the old house to see his grandfather.

While employees get weekends off, he, the president, works year-round without a break.

The female voice echoed in the office. Fu Changyuan clicked back on Douyin and saw that the number of viewers in the live stream was still rising rapidly. There were quite a few night owls, so this situation was normal.

Is this a blogger who helps people fall asleep? I love it, I'm following!

—I'm putting down my phone and going to sleep!

—Storytelling helps people fall asleep; it's very effective at lulling them to sleep.

Every now and then, a few free light sticks would float across the screen; those were free gifts set up by Douyin.

The streamer was still telling the story seriously, seemingly not paying any attention to what was happening in the live stream. Fu Changyuan opened the gift-giving interface, thought for a moment, and directly sent ten Dream Carnival items, instantly filling the live stream with gift effects.

—Holy crap? Who is this big shot? Ten Dream items? That's just a joke, I'll take the cash too!

—I don't understand, how come even streamers who are good at putting people to sleep get gifts from wealthy patrons? Aren't pretty girls who dance and sing more appealing?

—Get out of here, upstairs!

—Could this be a publicity stunt by the guild to promote a new player?

—Why didn't the streamer thank him?! What if the big spender ran away?!

—It's obvious that the streamer is genuinely focused on putting the child to sleep; he doesn't even glance at the live stream chat.

Fu Changyuan didn't think too much about it and continued to give gifts. It was still the Dream Carnival, and he gave ten gifts in one go, nine times in a row. His generous gesture attracted a group of people who were surprised by the official announcement to come and join in the fun.

When the amount of gifts sent on Douyin reaches a certain threshold, an official announcement will be triggered, which can be seen in every live stream. As a result, many people flocked to Jiang Lai's live stream to see what was going on.

Fu Changyuan sent out 100 Dream Carnival gifts in one night, which is equivalent to spending 990,000 yuan. This may not be much for a big streamer, but for Jiang Lai, a new streamer with only about 100,000 fans, so few videos, and no fixed direction, it is a huge amount.

001 reminded Jiang Lai: "Fu Changyuan sent you a gift in the live stream."

"Huh?" Jiang Lai was surprised for a moment, but her storytelling voice remained unchanged. "What's going on?"

"He gifted you over 900,000 yuan worth of virtual gifts, which attracted a lot of attention. Shouldn't you go and thank him?"

Jiang Lai silently replied to 001: "Not now, we're still live streaming."

While he was diligently telling the story, the people in the live stream were already arguing wildly.

—Is this just hype?

"Wow! Rich lady, look at me!"

—I love how naive you guys are. Nine hundred thousand is a lot, isn't it?

—If you upstairs think it's not enough, why don't you try refreshing it once?

Why didn't the host say thank you?

—Didn't you see it?

—This is so fake! It looks like a self-directed and self-acted ploy to gain attention.

—I was drawn in, but the streamer's voice is so nice, so I followed!

When Fu Changyuan saw the comments getting chaotic, he sent a message. Because he had given a lot of gifts in the live stream, his title had changed to Hall of Fame Fan, and his message had a gold border.

—I gave it to the host because I liked the host's voice. It's not a publicity stunt. Everyone, please don't argue here. Just listen to the host's story.

——6. Ordinary person: Rich woman, fake, acting; Big shot: I gave it to you because I liked it.

—Wow, amazing! I never expected to find a wild pro in the live stream.

Fu Changyuan never expected that sending a gift casually would lead to such a thing. Nine hundred thousand yuan was really nothing to him. Besides, he used an account provided by the subsidiary, and the money in it was also deposited by the subsidiary. Half of the money he sent to the streamer still went back to his own company, so he really didn't feel like he had spent any money. Anyway, he didn't lose any money.

However, this action brought some bad speculation to the streamer. Fu Changyuan was a little worried. She was still a young girl. He wondered if she would be sad to see those malicious speculations in the live broadcast room.

Jiang Lai spent about half an hour telling this story.

"Little rabbit Lola finally felt sleepy. She yawned, snuggled into the covers, and drifted off to sleep with you."

"That's the end of the story. Goodnight, my darlings."

Some of the people listening to the story in the live stream were actually asleep, while others were still awake. In addition, there were people who were attracted by Fu Changyuan's gift-giving to watch the show, and at this time there were still over 100,000 viewers.

—Is that all? Waaah, honey, I'm not asleep yet! Tell me another story!

—Host, you should thank the big brother!

—This voice is so soothing. I don't care, even if it's self-directed and self-acted, I'll still follow it.

—My wife, I love you.

—Hey upstairs, you haven't even seen what this streamer looks like before calling her your wife? Haven't you heard that people with nice voices are all fat? Hey bro, why don't you come and see our little sweetheart? She's a real beauty.

—666, the person upstairs was obviously drawn here by our brother's announcement, right? Haven't you seen any of our wife's other videos? You definitely haven't seen the video of our wife pushing up her skirt, otherwise you wouldn't be saying things like that!

—Exactly! Going to someone else's live stream to recruit big spenders, have you no shame?!

Fu Changyuan also commented: I only watch her live streams.

—If this isn't love!!!

—A loyal, wealthy, and top-ranked male streamer x a beautiful and sweet-voiced new streamer?

—The person upstairs is publishing a book, you know?

Jiang Lai watched the comments scroll by quickly, ignoring some of the sarcastic ones, and said into the microphone with a smile, "That's all for today's live stream. Thank you all for your support and encouragement. I didn't see the gifts you sent earlier and didn't thank you in time, so I'd like to say thank you to everyone here. But please don't send any next time!"

—Ha, with an older brother around, of course he wouldn't care about these free little gifts.

—I was wondering if there would be dogs barking around at night.

—Is my wife about to become famous? Why are there even haters?

Jiang Lai continued, "Thank you to user 5940-wix298dhr for sending one hundred Dream Carnivals."

"Hmm, is your ID from a kid? Did a kid click the wrong button?"

—Hilarious! Even the streamer himself doesn't believe that someone would send so many gifts?

—That's actually quite possible!

—This ID is from a good system.

Jiang Lai knew, of course, that this account wasn't for children; saying this was simply to increase the interaction between the two of them.

Fu Changyuan was happy to hear the little girl thank him, but the doubt about his age made him feel helpless. As more and more people in the comments section questioned him, he typed: "I am an adult and can take responsibility for my actions."

"Thank you for the gift, um, user 5940-wix298dhr. I hope my voice can help you get a good night's sleep."

—I'm dying of laughter, isn't the top-ranked guy planning to change his name?

—My wife is so cute when she pronounces her name, she even pronounces the underscores.

—How can someone say thank you so sweetly!

When is your wife's next live stream? What will she stream? Will she still be telling stories?

A few small gifts were delivered here and there, and Jiang Lai thanked them one by one: "Thank you Xiaoniangao, Zzzzz, Juzi, and Xiao Zhang Meifan for the light sticks."

"Alright, that's all for today's live stream. Please don't send any more gifts. The time and content of the next live stream are still uncertain. You can follow me for daily reminders."

That's all for today, it's already 11 o'clock, goodnight everyone!

Goodnight, my wife!

Sweet dreams!

Jiang Lai turned off the live stream, then immediately went to Fu Changyuan's private messages, followed him, and sent him a message.

Lai: Hello, thank you for your support and liking, but this gift is a bit too much today. I can probably ask for half of it back. Can I return the money to you later?

Fu Changyuan was still debating what nickname to change on his profile page when he saw a new message in his private messages. It was from a young girl. When he clicked on it, he saw that the girl had received too many gifts and felt uneasy, so she wanted to return them.

He thought for a moment and replied, "It's okay. I am an adult and I'm already working. I can take responsibility for my actions. Don't feel guilty. I gave you the gift voluntarily and I won't ask for it back. To be honest, this amount of money is nothing to me."

When Jiang Lai saw the message from the other side, she said, "Damn rich people. Once upon a time, this amount of money was nothing to me."

But she still sent a message: "I cannot accept rewards without merit."

Fu Changyuan changed his nickname to the single character "Yuan".

He replied, "I love your voice. It helped me through several sleepless nights, and that makes it all worthwhile."

Lai, not Lai: I'm so glad you like my voice! I'll post more sleep-aid videos in the future!

Yuan: Yes, I'll continue to follow you in the future.

Lai: How about we add each other on WeChat? You're my top supporter, and many streamers add their top supporters. I can create a custom sleep aid video just for you.

Fu Changyuan hesitated for a moment after seeing the message, then typed: Okay.

Then he sent a string of numbers to Jiang Lai, who immediately added him on WeChat and said to 001, "I thought he would be hard to approach, but I didn't expect to get his WeChat so easily."

"Maybe they gave you their assistant's WeChat?" "Damn it, shut up."

Lai, not Lai: I've added you, remember to accept! That's all for today, let's chat again later! Good night and sweet dreams.

Yuan: Good night, goodbye.

Fu Changyuan opened WeChat and accepted the friend request. He usually didn't add strangers on WeChat, but for some reason, he didn't reject her this time, and even he couldn't explain why.

He stared at the chat box, unsure of what to say, so he simply put down his phone, went to the break room, and decided to get some sleep early. The work wasn't urgent.

When Jiang Lai saw that Fu Changyuan had accepted her friend request, she didn't contact him immediately. Instead, she lay on the bed and chatted with 001.

How much favorability does Fu Changyuan have towards me now?

001 screamed: "50!!! It increased gradually over time. I wanted to tell you this when he was sending gifts a while ago! Then when you chatted with him privately, it increased by a few more points!"

Jiang Lai was somewhat surprised, "So many? But he seems to be the type that's not easy to approach, so it might not be so easy for him to rise any higher."

"It's okay, host, I believe you can do it."

"However, with all the gifts Fu Changyuan gave me tonight, plus the scattered donations from other fans, I should be able to get at least 500,000, right?"

Thinking of this, Jiang Lai immediately took out her phone and went into the backend. She had not signed a contract with Douyin, so the revenue from the gifts was split equally between her and the platform. The backend showed that she had received over one million yuan worth of gifts. She clicked to withdraw the money, but the system told her that after deducting taxes and the platform's share, she would only receive 500,000 yuan in revenue.

Jiang Lai clicked to confirm the withdrawal. Seriously, 500,000 is a huge sum of money, okay? At least for a long time, she won't have to live so frugally!

Large withdrawals don't arrive immediately; it takes seven business days. Jiang Lai is still quite satisfied, though: "Finally, I have money."

"Although I initially thought that posting videos was just to gain some goodwill from netizens, I never expected that I could also get some benefits from my target. Fu Changyuan is truly my lucky star."

001: "Agreed."

"Go to sleep, go to sleep." Jiang Lai lay down comfortably. "This is the first time I've gone to bed so early. I've been so busy these past few days, I'm exhausted."

After saying that, Jiang Lai closed her eyes and quickly fell asleep, having a good night's sleep.