Chapter Four: Cohabitation at the Three-Meter Line

Their first night held no romance. People pounded the shop door, shouting for the gold digger to leave Lancheng. Three livestream vans waited outside while drones buzzed against the windows. Gu Yanchen summoned security, but Xu Zhi opened the door first and planted a sign outside: INSULTS ARE FREE. BROKEN FLOWERPOTS COST TEN TIMES THEIR VALUE. ALL LIVESTREAM PROCEEDS BENEFIT PATIENT PRIVACY LITIGATION. The gawkers' cameras recorded a protester knocking over an entire stand. Tang Man called the police, and a demand for compensation reached him within ten minutes. The third silent slap sounded especially crisp when the money arrived.