My Livestreaming Metaphysics & Gossip Became an Internet Sensation Ch. 84

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Brother Huang was fuming. "You guys actually believe that crap? If it was really cursed or something, then why am I totally fine?"

But right then, behind him, a twisted shadow silently formed. A moment later, it slowly took shape.

It was a girl with long hair, pale as a ghost, staring at Brother Huang with a terrifying glare.

Brother Huang suddenly felt a chill crawl up his spine. His body froze, and goosebumps exploded across his skin. He kept trying to psych himself up, and only after a long while did he manage to slowly turn his head.

Then he saw the girl with the deathly pale face tilt her head at him and flash a creepy, crooked smile.

Brother Huang trembled all over—and wet himself on the spot.

He remembered that face. She was one of the girls he'd cyberbullied. She used to post her daily life online, and that annoyed him for some reason. So he gathered a bunch of people and spread all kinds of nasty rumors about her.

It didn't take long before the girl ended her own life. When Brother Huang found out, he didn't feel a shred of guilt. He figured it wasn't his fault—he didn't kill her. If anyone was to blame, it was her for being too mentally weak.

What he never expected was that one day, he'd see her again—except now, she wasn't human anymore.

Brother Huang was shaking so hard, his whole body refused to move, and he kept stammering, "I was wrong, I was wrong, please let me go."

But the girl's expression only got scarier. Blood tears trickled down from her eyes as she growled, "Let you go? Who let me go back then? Hah... I begged you all to stop too. And what did I get in return? Since that's how it is, why don't we all go to hell together!"

A few moments later, screams echoed from the tiny rental apartment.

Meanwhile, over on Lai Yunyi's side, his manager quickly noticed the livestream room was suddenly free of paid trolls. Seeing the chat finally return to normal, he frowned. "What's going on?"

Lai Yunyi was still busy texting one of his girlfriends to calm her down. He didn't even look up. "I dunno, call and ask."

The manager pursed his lips, a bad feeling creeping up his spine. He called Brother Huang, but after several attempts, no one picked up.

When they still couldn't reach Brother Huang, even the usually chill Lai Yunyi started to panic. He was terrified this would blow up and give "that girl" the perfect chance to expose him. Anxiously, he snapped, "Where'd you even find this guy? He's so damn unreliable."

The manager was annoyed by his tone, but he knew this wasn't the time to argue. Right now, the only thing that mattered was getting a hold of Brother Huang.

Unfortunately, by then, Brother Huang had already passed out from fright. There was no way he'd be answering any calls.

At that moment, the manager noticed the boy in the livestream smile, clearly satisfied. "Finally clean. I told them not to run their mouths."

And then a crazy thought hit him—what if the sudden disappearance of the trolls had something to do with Jiang Yiqing?

The manager, who was usually smooth when handling PR disasters, suddenly felt deeply uneasy. Something told him this one wasn't going to be that easy to fix.

He let out a long breath. If they couldn't use troll armies anymore, then... "We need to talk to Jiang Yiqing. No matter what it takes, we have to get him on our side."

Lai Yunyi was a mess. He didn't have the mind to keep soothing his girlfriends anymore—right now, he desperately needed a solution to calm the storm inside him. The second he heard his manager's suggestion, he jumped on it. "Yeah, yeah, whatever it takes—bribes, threats, I don't care. We have to make him help me. As long as he speaks up for me, it won't matter what that girl says."

Clearly, threatening wasn't gonna work—so bribery it was. The manager, being the greedy type himself, naturally believed that no one could say no to money.

Jiang Yiqing didn't want to help them? Then they'd just offer more. Everyone had a price—he'd cave eventually.

On the other end, Jiang Yiqing saw the private messages pop up in the backend. He almost laughed out loud. Tch, that number was actually kinda tempting.

But there was no way he'd take it. He was way too scared of karma.

He ignored the increasingly desperate messages and turned to look at the girl. "Feeling any better?"

She'd completely broken down earlier when the livestream got swarmed with trolls. Her eyes were still a little red from crying.

She wiped away the last of her tears and nodded. She was doing a little better now.

"I..."

Jiang Yiqing already knew what she was about to say, so he cut her off gently. "You don't have to prove yourself just because of those rumors. That's exactly what they want. And besides, you've got enough dirt in your hands to make some people very scared."

Those desperate bribes flooding his inbox, trying to get him to turn on her—wasn't that proof enough?

She froze for a second, then finally snapped out of it. Right. That wasn't her goal today.

Her mind echoed with the words "don't fall into the trap of self-defense," and only then did she fully calm down. Her eyes turned steady and sharp. "I'm going to expose Lai Yunyi..."

She'd added Lai Yunyi on social media during a brand event. Back then, she had no clue what kind of person he really was. She'd been thrilled just to have a celebrity's contact info, especially someone as popular as him.

She never dared bother him. Even after adding him, she never messaged him first.

Then one day, he told her he was coming to her city for a concert and sent her a ticket. He asked if she wanted to come.

At the time, she still saw celebrities as people way out of her league. And this was Lai Yunyi, one of the hottest stars out there. She agreed almost without thinking.

At the concert, she was given a VIP seat and treated like royalty by the staff. She was completely caught off guard.

That was how it started. They got closer bit by bit. He asked her out a few times, and by the third time, she'd had a little to drink... and ended up sleeping with him.

When she woke up, he looked at her like she was his whole world, telling her he'd liked her for a long time and wanted to be with her.

She fell headfirst into his sweet little trap. Of course she said yes.

Dating a top-tier celeb in secret? It felt thrilling, exciting. Neither of them ever planned to go public, and she understood that. Someone like Lai Yunyi wasn't going to make it official anytime soon, and she was okay with that.

What she didn't expect was how quickly that dream would shatter.

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