At this moment, inside a heavily guarded house.
On the mahogany sofa in the living room sat a spirited old man.
It was Lu Mingyu's grandfather, Lu Wei.
Lu Qi stood respectfully to the side, holding the remote control.
"Xiao Qi, has that female soldier program started yet?"
Lu Wei stared at the financial news playing on the TV, asking somewhat impatiently.
"I want to see how impressive that brat Mingyu is in the army, whether he's just like his father back then."
Lu Qi quickly replied:
"Dad, don't worry, the live broadcast just started. I'll cast it to the TV for you now."
He operated it a few times.
Soon, the financial news on the TV screen was replaced by the live broadcast of "if i were a female special forces soldier."
The camera happened to sweep over every female guest in the dormitory.
Lu Wei carefully searched for his grandson's figure on the screen.
He muttered, "Where is that brat?"
Lu Qi's gaze, however, paused when it swept over Gu Lina Zha's face.
"Huh?"
He let out a soft exclamation, leaned forward slightly, and squinted his eyes to carefully look at the face on the screen.
"This person, why do I find her a bit familiar?"
He frowned in thought, a vague memory fragment flashing through his mind.
"I remember now!"
Lu Qi slapped his thigh.
"It was my second brother, Lu Hai, who mentioned it to me before."
He no longer hesitated, immediately took out his phone, found his second brother Lu Hai's number, and dialed it.
The call was quickly connected.
"Hello, second brother, are you free now?"
Lu Qi asked directly.
"Quickly open Qu Yin and watch the live broadcast called 'if i were a female special forces soldier.'"
"Quickly look, is that female celebrity named Gu Lina Zha the person you mentioned before?"
Lu Hai was currently sitting in his study, a freshly brewed cup of hot tea on the coffee table in front of him.
He heard his elder brother Lu Qi's voice and was slightly stunned.
He then reacted and said, "Okay, I'll watch it now."
He hung up the phone and quickly opened the Qu Yin App.
He entered "if i were a female special forces soldier" in the search bar and quickly found the official live streaming room.
The live streaming room was packed with people, and the scrolling speed of the bullet comments was dizzying.
Lu Hai didn't bother looking at the bullet comments and directly clicked into the live broadcast screen.
On the screen, the female guests were tidying up their internal affairs, and the camera happened to sweep over familiar faces.
When the camera focused on Gu Lina Zha, Lu Hai's eyes instantly widened.
He had seen that face before, although it was on a phone screen, there was absolutely no mistake.
Gu Lina Zha was lowering her head, meticulously folding her quilt, her movements a bit clumsy, but her expression focused.
Lu Hai looked at the girl on the screen, completely stunned.
He never expected that Lu Mingyu's "girlfriend" would appear on this show.
Moreover, he was the one who proactively arranged for Lu Mingyu to participate in this show.
Although he facilitated the show, he only knew the identities of the instructor team among the participants.
He also knew that the show's guests were several delicate female celebrities who couldn't carry or lift anything.
He even instructed his subordinates to verify and confirm the celebrity guest information.
Now, this was truly a coincidence, a coincidence that made his heart tighten.
Lu Hai's mind buzzed, and a bad premonition arose.
He tried to calm himself down, taking a deep breath.
He knew that this matter had to be clarified as soon as possible.
Lu Hai picked up the phone and called Lu Qi back.
"Big brother, I saw her."
Lu Hai's voice was a bit tight.
"It's really her."
"I'm going to find out the situation now. I'll call you back in about half an hour."
Lu Qi responded on the other end and then hung up the phone.
After Lu Hai hung up the phone, he didn't hesitate at all and immediately found a number in his phone's contacts.
It was the Cheetah Special Forces Brigade Commander's phone number.
He dialed the number, his heart pounding.
The call was quickly connected.
"Hello, Old Zhang, I'm Lu Hai."
Lu Hai tried to make his voice sound calm.
"I have something urgent I want to ask you now."
The Commander on the other end had a booming voice:
"Old Lu, what could make you so anxious?"
"It's like this, Old Zhang, I want to ask you."
"Is that 'if i were a female special forces soldier' being filmed at your place?"
Lu Hai asked directly.
"Yes, it's already started filming."
The Commander replied.
"Isn't your Mingyu also on the show? Don't you know?"
"I know Mingyu is in it."
Lu Hai interrupted the Commander.
"What I want to ask is, is there a female celebrity named Gu Lina Zha on the show?"
The Commander was silent for a moment, then said:
"Oh, you mean Gu Lina Zha, she is indeed one of the show's guests."
"What's wrong? Are you interested in female celebrities too?" The Commander teased.
"Old Zhang, stop joking." Lu Hai's tone became serious.
"I'm asking you, is she Mingyu's... his girlfriend?"
There was another brief silence on the other end of the phone.
After a while, the Commander's voice became somewhat hesitant.
"This... why would you ask that?"
"Old Zhang, just tell me directly, is she or isn't she!"
Lu Hai's tone was a bit urgent.
The Commander sighed, seemingly helpless.
"Old Lu, this matter... I didn't want to say much about it originally."
"But since you asked, I'll tell you the truth."
"I verified Mingyu's girlfriend's information, and it is indeed that big star Gu Lina Zha."
"Your nephew is dating, didn't you privately verify the other party's identity information?"
Lu Hai said somewhat helplessly, "Of course I verified the information, I know she's a celebrity."
"But I didn't know she was also participating in this show."
"If I had known she was participating, I definitely wouldn't have arranged for Mingyu to be this instructor!"
"You also know how big the impact of public opinion on the internet is now, what if..."
Lu Hai sighed and didn't continue speaking.
The Commander explained, "Alas, our original intention in agreeing to appear on the show was to have Mingyu as an instructor."
"To showcase the style of our troops, and we also hoped that through him, we could attract more young people to join our troops."
"Mingyu's own image and ability fully meet our requirements for positive energy promotion."
"As for the list of female guests, that was decided by the show team; we are mainly responsible for providing the venue and instructors."
"Gu Lina Zha participating was indeed an unexpected surprise."
Listening to the Commander's words, Lu Hai felt his scalp tingle.
His heart skipped a beat, and a chill ran from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
He finally understood now why his elder brother had asked him to watch this show.
It turned out that the thing he had always been worried about...
Unexpectedly appeared before him in this way.
Moreover, the person who facilitated this matter was himself.
It was he who, at the beginning, actively suggested to the Military Region that Lu Mingyu participate in this show.
Saying that this was a good opportunity to promote the troops and establish a positive image.
It was he who, at the beginning, only focused on the "positive energy" aspect of the show, but completely failed to inquire about the list of female guests beforehand.
Now, he had personally sent Lu Mingyu and his "online girlfriend" to the same show.
And it was a live military-themed show.
If this got out, how would the outside world view it?