My Livestreaming Metaphysics & Gossip Became an Internet Sensation Ch. 79

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Don't be fooled by how Qiao Chun spent all day threatening Du Xinliang—he was just your average ghost, really, only slightly more powerful than those clueless wandering spirits.

Whenever he ran into other ghosts, he'd get scared half to death.

And honestly, these days, the little ghosts were the most terrifying. Qiao Chun was scared that if he let his guard down for even a second, he'd get swallowed up and not even know how it happened.

So yeah, you couldn't blame him for being a coward. He liked teaching, sure, but there was no way he was gonna risk getting his soul shattered just to keep doing it.

This had nothing to do with ghost racism!

As soon as he heard he could still keep teaching, Qiao Chun's eyes lit up. He stared at Jiang Yiqing with an eager, puppy-dog expression.

Jiang Yiqing was not a fan. He immediately told him to knock it off with that look. That kind of gaze... well... he could only tolerate Wen Xiuyan looking at him like that.

And honestly, that was just because of Wen Xiuyan's face.

"Ever heard of modern tech? You don't need to interact with people—just teach online classes," Jiang Yiqing said, totally making it up on the spot. He had no clue if anyone would actually listen to a ghost's livestream lessons, but hey, might as well find something to keep this ghost busy.

After all, Qiao Chun had been teaching and mentoring students for so many years—he probably had a bit of good karma racked up.

But when Qiao Chun heard that, he visibly deflated. "No way. Every time I touch electronics, the magnetic field gets messed up. My voice doesn't even get recorded."

Jiang Yiqing just waved it off like it was nothing. Since he brought it up, he obviously had a solution in mind.

As soon as Du Qinxue heard there was a way to get this ghost out of their house, he immediately offered to provide a computer—whatever it took, as long as Qiao Chun would just leave already.

Qiao Chun noticed how eager he was and shot him a disapproving glare. "Du Qinxue, my dear student!"

Du Qinxue tensed up instantly, instinctively anxious. Then he realized what was happening and felt a bit awkward. Damn old habits!

Qiao Chun huffed, "If it weren't for me, would your son have gotten first in the grade? And now you're complaining about me?"

Du Qinxue had kind of made peace with things by now, especially after Qiao Chun had tormented him earlier. At this point, he felt like grades didn't even matter anymore.

He had finally experienced just how painful it was to be forced to study. He used to think, "What's the big deal? Studying's gotta be the easiest thing in the world."

Didn't study hard? Just wait until you start working and suffer, right?

Now he felt like that was all total nonsense. Who the hell said studying wasn't painful? It was basically psychological and physical torture rolled into one. At school, teachers beat you down. At home, your parents took over.

Maybe it was Qiao Chun's torment still fresh in his mind, but Du Qinxue suddenly remembered the painful school memories he'd nearly forgotten. He couldn't help but glance guiltily at Du Xinliang.

He reached out and patted his son's head. "Xinliang, from now on, I'm never gonna force you to study again."

"With your level—can't even do middle school questions—and you still have the nerve to talk about your kid slacking off?" Madam Du said with a full-on eye roll. She'd had it with how harsh Du Qinxue was as a parent.

Thinking about all the crap their kid had gone through made her furious. But since she didn't dare go up against a ghost, all that anger had to go somewhere—namely, Du Qinxue.

He felt his face flush with embarrassment and coughed lightly. Jeez, she didn't even leave him a shred of dignity.

"You two are seriously unqualified parents," Qiao Chun said, hopping mad after hearing all that. "A student's number one duty is to study! Thinking like you do? That's just irresponsible!"

"Okay, okay, enough. Can you chill with the teacher mode for a sec?" Jiang Yiqing interrupted him, totally exasperated. He waved him over. "Come here. Let's get you registered."

"Ooh, ooh, coming!" Qiao Chun perked right up and trotted over happily.

Jiang Yiqing: "What do you want your username to be?"

Qiao Chun: "Master Qiao, Tutor of the Final-Year Scholars."

Jiang Yiqing: "...And your bio?"

Qiao Chun: "A humble tutor of the final-year scholars."

After mumbling and fiddling with the settings for a bit, the human and the ghost were finally done. Jiang Yiqing let out a breath. "You can't use this computer. I'll head to the paper offerings shop later and have someone make one to burn for you."

Hearing that, Qiao Chun tried to touch the computer—and sure enough, the moment his finger reached it, it went straight through.

He scratched his nose. "Alright, I'll leave it to you, Master Jiang. Back when I was alive, sitting through long classes made my throat hurt and my body ache. Now that I'm dead, I don't get tired at all. Haha."

Jiang Yiqing: "..." Dark humor much.

Satisfied with the outcome, Qiao Chun finally floated away, swaying side to side. Jiang Yiqing could clearly feel the entire Du family breathe a collective sigh of relief.

Du Qinxue was too embarrassed to admit his entire back was drenched in sweat.

Even though nothing had really hurt them physically, seeing a ghost was still... not exactly ideal. Jiang Yiqing handed them a few more talismans and reminded them to carry them closely for a while, just in case they ran into anything again.

The Du family didn't dare mess around after hearing that. One ghost encounter was more than enough—they had no intention of going through that a second time.

Especially Du Xinliang, who'd honestly been through hell lately.

"Sigh... I'm never gonna pressure the kid to study again. Once the holidays start, we'll take him on a trip," Du Qinxue finally came around, realizing he'd put way too much weight on grades before.

He'd built everything from scratch. Back when he was young, even making it into high school was considered decent. He didn't get into college after high school, but lucked out in that opportunity-filled era and made his first pot of gold thanks to his sharp instincts.

Later, he met some people who helped him out, and that's how he became the Du Qinxue of today.

But because he hadn't gone to college, he always felt like there was something missing. So when Du Xinliang was born, he passed that regret onto him, hoping the kid would make up for it.

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