The netizens were melting from the sweetness, but Liu Gao’s heart was bitter—his company had already sunk millions trying to push Lu Ying’s song onto the charts.

He never expected Yin Hai Entertainment to cut in like this at the last second.

That Yang Xian… was truly despicable! He just had to post a Weibo message at this exact moment!

A straight-up heart-killer!!!

Now even the other board members at the company were grumbling. They felt it wasn’t worth it anymore—this was way beyond the expected returns for this song.

The company wasn’t a one-man show. When there were profits to gain, everyone flattered him. But once it became a loss, they turned on him faster than flipping a page.

Liu Gao tapped his fingers lightly on the desk, and in the end, he gave up trying to fight for a spot on the chart.

But even so, the now-hyped-up netizens didn’t stop their momentum. Though it was already past midnight and into the next day, their passion hadn’t cooled in the slightest. In fact, more and more people were joining the celebration.

This was a sleepless night.

Every song Gu Xingyi had written surged onto the new song chart with insane streaming numbers. Even “Double Happiness”, which had dropped off the chart earlier, was pushed back up by the fans.

Finally, at 1:10 in the morning—

The top ten of the new song chart was completely dominated by Gu Xingyi’s songs.

One person monopolizing all top ten spots—this was an achievement that had never been reached in the entire history of the music industry!

At that moment, all the other still-awake singers couldn’t help but twitch their eyelids when they saw the situation.

This was just ridiculous! Absolutely insane! One guy flattening the entire industry? Was this a joke?

But the facts were undeniable—at least in this moment, the entire music scene was truly trampled under Gu Xingyi’s feet.

The netizens, now satisfied after witnessing this glorious feat, looked at the neatly aligned chart and felt utterly pleased. Finally, they lay back in bed, earphones on, listening to music as they happily drifted off to sleep.

Though… one had to wonder—those falling asleep to “Double Happiness”… would they end up having nightmares?

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Early the next morning, as soon as Gu Xingyi woke up, his phone exploded with messages from all directions. Unsurprisingly, every single one was a congratulatory message about the massive success of his songs.

Gu Xingyi didn’t have a huge social circle to begin with, but anyone who had even the slightest connection with him sent a message. Even people like Xue Xiaoqian and Liu Tianwang messaged him on WeChat to offer their congratulations.

He didn’t read them all in detail. After sending a blanket reply to everyone, he went straight into making breakfast.

Time to cook now—once breakfast was done, Xiao Nainai would finish eating just in time to head off to kindergarten!

Not long after, Xia Xiyao came out of the bedroom carrying a yawning Xiao Nainai. She quickly got the little one washed and dressed, handling everything smoothly and skillfully. Just as they were finishing up, Gu Xingyi emerged from the kitchen with breakfast in hand.

Everything was perfectly timed—the couple worked together in flawless sync!

The three of them had just sat down, ready to start breakfast, when someone suddenly knocked on the door with loud “bang bang bang” sounds.

Gu Xingyi looked up, a little confused. He had no idea who would show up so early in the morning.

But Xia Xiyao quickly stood up and walked toward the door, saying as she went, “It’s Lele and the others. I invited them over.”

Sure enough, as soon as the door opened, Tao Lele’s loud voice rang out, and she pounced on Xia Xiyao in a big hug.

“Waaah~ Xiyao-jie! You’re amazing! I was so hyped last night I barely slept, hahaha!”

Yun jie followed behind her, looking at the girl with a mix of helplessness and affection.

“Lele! Get down, now!”

Seeing Tao Lele nearly choke her out with that hug, Xia Xiyao quickly pulled her off with a playfully “disgusted” look on her face.

Once the door was shut, the three of them entered the house together.

Gu Xingyi gave Yun-jie and Tao Lele a polite nod in greeting, and Xiao Nainai chirped out a sweet “aunt” twice with a bright smile.

It was just that when Tao Lele saw Gu Xingyi greet her, her eyes actually dodged a little, which left Gu Xingyi feeling utterly baffled. What did he do to offend this little girl again?

But that wasn’t it. The next second, a soft greeting came from Tao Lele’s mouth.

“Bro… brother-in-law, good morning!”

“???”

Gu Xingyi was instantly stunned. He seriously wondered if he was hearing things—Tao Lele had always just called him by name.

It took him a good while to react, stammering, “Ah??? M-morning!”

Tao Lele’s face flushed bright red. She had a strong feeling Gu Xingyi was laughing at her inside!

Xia Xiyao saw the scene and walked over to the dining table and sat down. Her cheeks were slightly red, but she was smiling.

“I told Lele to call you that. I’m her jie, so naturally, that makes you her brother-in-law~”

“Oh~ Oh~ I knew it!”

Gu Xingyi let out a breath of relief. He’d felt strange about Tao Lele’s sudden change—like some troublemaker was trying to mess with him.

But if Xia Xiyao had told her to do it, then it wasn’t weird at all.

“Yun-jie, Lele, have you eaten breakfast?”

Gu Xingyi looked up and asked. The two of them replied in unison that they had already eaten. Then Yun-jie turned to Xia Xiyao.

“Xiyao, why did you call us over so early?”

“Mm~ Yun-jie, Lele, sit for a while first. I’ll explain in a bit~”

Although Yun jie and Lele didn’t know what was going on, they both nodded and sat down on the sofa.

After breakfast, Gu Xingyi—as usual—took the little one to kindergarten. When he got back home, he saw the three of them sitting on the sofa, all frozen in a daze for some unknown reason.

Gu Xingyi’s arrival broke the silence.

Yun-jie’s expression turned complicated, Tao Lele’s eyes widened as if she were in shock, and Xia Xiyao also looked utterly stunned.

Gu Xingyi scratched his head, not sure what had happened in such a short time.

“Did something happen?”

He asked, a little worried. Xia Xiyao looked up and, after a long pause, finally raised her phone and said,

“The… the first-day sales of the album are out.”

Hearing that, Gu Xingyi’s eyes lit up and he hurried over to sit on the sofa.

“That’s great news! Let me see—how much in total?”

“Just my album alone—first-day sales—seventy-five million!!”

Gu Xingyi’s hand trembled as he took the phone. He turned his head mechanically, equally stunned.

“Ho-how much?”

“Seventy-five million! And the top ten on the new song chart? All your songs!”

“!!!”

Gu Xingyi had gone to bed around ten last night. This morning, he’d just come back from dropping Xiao Nainai off and hadn’t had time to check the charts. Last night, before going to bed, his songs only took up half the new song chart!

He didn’t expect to wake up and find netizens had given them such a huge surprise!

“That means if you add in the earnings from the Huayang song, plus my two singles, and the profit share from that Yinhai Entertainment song… our first-day sales will break 100 million!”

After saying that, Gu Xingyi unconsciously swallowed.

He’d thought sales would blow up, but he never imagined it would be this insane!

In the original world, even Old Zhou’s most powerful album only did 120 million on its first day—and that album had ten full songs!

His album also had ten songs, but half of them were available for free!

This was totally outrageous!

No wonder Yun-jie and Tao Lele looked like that. Xia Xiyao had promised them ten percent of the net profit!

With this… the two of them had just become millionaires in an instant!

Anyone would be stunned by that!