"Alright then, get some rest!"


    ra waspletely wiped out; her eyelids were like lead weights. She leaned back in her seat and quickly fell asleep.


    That was when Addison noticed the bloody stains on ra''s knees, looking pretty rming. But with the camera rolling, she couldn''t say anything, and just silently admired ra''s grit.


    ra slept for a solid four hours, and when she woke up, she overheard Addison chatting with the driver.


    Addison''s voice was tinged with urgency. "Let her catch a few more winks. It''s disgusting how they''re spreading rumors about us!"


    The driver was a seasoned middle-aged man who''d been driving for Ferguson Corporation for ages, "Addison, maybe we should wake Ms. ra. If we keep waiting, we might lose all the clients."


    "But she was up all night. Let''s give her one more hour."


    Their voices were hushed, but ra was already awake. She rubbed her temples, her throat still a bit raw. "What''s going on?"


    Addison''s eyes lit up, "ra, you''re awake! It''s Quinn. She''s somehow involved in the event, and also selling apples. She even mentioned you in her live stream. Now everyone''s convinced you''re here just to chase after some guy! We''ve had so many cancetions that the system''s about to crash, and the tform''s putting pressure on us. If this keeps up, they might report us, and we''ll all be in deep trouble. What should we do?"


    Addison was genuinely worried. Despite racking up a ton of ordersst night, by afternoon, not only had sales dried up, but many customers had canceled their orders. She was nearly in tears.


    ra took a sip of water to ease her scratchy throat. This was ssic Quinn. "Addison, pull up Quinn''s live stream for me."


    Addison quickly brought up Quinn''s stream.


    Compared to ra''s simple, no-frills setup, Quinn''s stream looked like it had been professionally decorated, making here off as a polished businessgirl. Despite her maniptive character, Quinn had some skills, and her stream looked the part.


    Most importantly, she had shed her prices: five cents a pound, fifty cents for ten pounds of apples. ra''s apples were going for ny-nine cents for ten pounds, making Quinn''s deal look way better.


    On top of that, Quinn had casually brought up her sister, hinting that she''d run away from home, trying to achieve something to win back her fiancé. This led viewers to think ra was using the charity event as a cover to chase a guy and used her of jacking up prices for kickbacks.


    These usations were no joke.


    Addison rubbed her eyes, clearly having shed some tears already. "The chat at noon was brutal, so I just ended the stream. It was too much. Now Quinn''s stream is buzzing, with over two hundred thousand viewers. I''ve heard she''s sold over fifty thousand orders."


    ra took a deep breath and patted Addison''s shoulder. "It''s okay. Let''s restart our stream again."


    Addison shook her head. "No way, you don''t know how vicious those insults were."


    But ra was already on it, opening the live stream herself, her voice calm. "It''s fine. If Quinn''s using me to drum up attention, I can turn that right back on her."


    Her stream had been buzzingst night, and Quinn''s deliberate mention of her was a card she wasn''t about to let go unyed.


    Addison nced at ra''s knees, full of concern. "ra, maybe you should deal with your knees first. They look infected. If it turns septic, we''ll have a problem."


    ra was already shing a smile at the camera. As expected, the chat was a sea of insults.


    [How dare you exploit farmers'' hard work like this! You should be ashamed. We ced so many ordersst night.]


    [Looks like what that other streamer said is true. She''s really here to flirt and sell apples.]


    [Bet she''s thrilled with all thepliments about her looks. Let''s report this stream, and everyone who orderedst night should cancel. I heard if enough people cancel, the tform will shut down the stream.]


    [Disgusting, you''re such a maniptive snake. Just looking at you makes me sick.]


    ra brushed off the negativity and opened Quinn''s live stream, challenging her to a live face-off.


    The chat fell silent for a moment, then erupted with even more intensity.


    [What was this girl thinking? Was she about to confront Quinn head-on?]


    Quinn hadn''t expected ra to challenge her. She hesitated, but the chat goaded her, asking if she was scared.


    No way she''d back down to ra. After epting the challenge, the two streams merged instantly.


    The contrast was sharp, Quinn''s heavy makeup couldn''tpete with ra''s natural allure.


    Jealousy flickered in Quinn''s eyes as she sweetly called out, "ra, I didn''t expect to see you in South Ashford. We are really concerned about you."