Chapter 100: You’re a ruthless one!
River Cloud continued explaining, “Out of all the streamers, you were probably the first one to reach out to me. Don’t the others know you? I’m just that lazy kind of person.”
“Oh, come on~” Dazed Little Sister said with a rare hint of coquetry. “Just think of it as doing me a favor, okay? If you go, the buzz will be a little higher too. Let me piggyback on you like before.”
“No. Riding on people’s popularity all the time is a good way to get yourself into trouble.”
River Cloud’s attitude did not change in the slightest.
He went on, “You’ve been a streamer for more than just a day or two now. There’s no need to work yourself so hard. I don’t believe you’re still short on money.”
“Who would ever think they have too much money? Besides, this is just how the streaming business is. If I don’t work harder while there’s still a chance, then when I’m completely pushed out later, I won’t even have the chance to try anymore.”
“Save it. There’s nothing to discuss. If you don’t have anything else, I’m hanging up.”
“All right, then...”
There was a trace of disappointment in Dazed Little Sister’s voice. She knew River Cloud did not like this kind of official event much, but she had not expected that even after she had said all this, his mind still would not change at all.
After the call ended, Dazed Little Sister turned to Hunchback Sister. “He was indeed invited, but he’s not going.”
Hearing this, Hunchback Sister froze for a moment. “He won’t even go to an official event?”
Dazed Little Sister spread her hands helplessly. “Yeah. He’s always been like that. Feels like he doesn’t take livestreaming very seriously.”
“Tsk.” Hunchback Sister clicked her tongue. “He must not be short on money. If I were short on money, I’d go to every event.”
As she spoke, a flash of envy crossed Hunchback Sister’s eyes.
She was both a host and a streamer, but her income was still far below Dazed Little Sister’s and the others’.
Let alone compared with River Cloud.
The money Dazed Little Sister valued, River Cloud did not even bother to look at.
“What a pity. If he had been willing to go this time, we might have been able to play up a pairing angle or something.”
Dazed Little Sister said regretfully.
Lately, there had been a lot of online buzz about her and River Cloud. If possible, Dazed Little Sister was also willing to take the initiative and stir up some pairing hype with him.
After all, as a streamer, the whole point was traffic. As long as the buzz was positive, if you could ride it, you should.
But River Cloud had no such intentions, and Dazed Little Sister could do nothing about that.
Meanwhile, after hanging up, River Cloud had originally planned to scroll through short videos and then rest. Unexpectedly, a private message suddenly appeared in his inbox.
The system showed that it was from a friend.
A friend?
A trace of confusion flashed in River Cloud’s eyes.
Usually, when the backstage system showed a friend, it meant a short-video user they mutually followed. But the friends River Cloud mutually followed had basically all added him on messaging apps like WeChat; if they had something, they should be looking for him there.
When he opened the message, however, he found it was the romantic fool from yesterday’s voice call.
The same top-tier love-brained girl whose boyfriend had tricked her into borrowing sixty thousand yuan online.
“Are you there, Brother Cloud?”
Seeing that message, River Cloud suddenly remembered that he had mutually followed her yesterday because she had said there was still something she wanted to tell him privately.
It was just that she had never contacted him yesterday, so he had forgotten about it.
He hurriedly typed back, “I’m here. What’s up?”
“Thank you, Brother Cloud. I got my money back.”
“?????”
Seeing that message, River Cloud was left with a head full of question marks.
What was this about?
The girl then explained, “Here’s what happened. When I graduated from college, I realized he was already feeding me empty promises, but I kept gambling on him, betting that he wasn’t that kind of person. Unfortunately, the result disappointed me. A while ago, he told me to take out an online loan. I was momentarily out of my mind and agreed. Only after the debt collectors came knocking did I start regretting it, but by then he had already started freezing me out. I couldn’t even get him to pay me back. I also asked a lawyer, and if he emptied out all the assets under his name, then even compulsory enforcement might not be able to recover the more than a hundred thousand yuan I had spent over the years. So I chose to expose him in your livestream.”
“But in the livestream, I didn’t see you acting like you blamed him at all?”
“If I hadn’t acted that way, how could the brothers in the room have felt sorry for me, taken the initiative to help me mob him online, and then get my money back for me?”
River Cloud: ..........
Oh no. He had been used.
While River Cloud remained silent, the other side continued, “The brothers in the livestream spread his whole story to every relative and friend around him, and they even flooded his parents’ phones. His parents helped him pay back the entire sum.”
Seeing this, River Cloud said, “Then post a short video about it, so his family doesn’t keep getting attacked online. If you don’t post it, I will.”
Although the girl had initially been the victim, and putting on a pitiful act in the livestream had only been to recover her own money, River Cloud truly did not like online harassment. Now that she had her money back, he did not want his fans continuing to attack the man.
“I’ve already posted it. I was just sending you a message to thank you.”
“Ha...” River Cloud let out a sigh. He had not expected the matter to have such an ending.
He wanted to say that online harassment had gone a little too far, but from the girl’s perspective, there really was no other way that could guarantee she would recover every last cent.
Over a hundred thousand yuan was no small sum for an ordinary person.
Not to mention the sixty thousand yuan she had borrowed online.
The interest on that side alone probably exceeded ten thousand by now.
“Girl, you’re a ruthless one.”
River Cloud said with some emotion.
She had cut her losses in time and found a way to reclaim what belonged to her, and she had even done it like this. That was not something just anyone could pull off.
She had not merely typed a tearful post and weaponized the internet against him. If she had done only that, even with attention, there was no guarantee anyone would have helped her get the money back.
During the voice call before, she had laughed the entire time, as if she still had not snapped out of her love-brained state. Then, step by step, she laid out all kinds of evidence, smiling as she recounted the entire process without a trace of complaint.
With that expression alone, any normal person would have felt she was being treated unfairly.
And plenty of people would have felt sorry for her.
She did not even need to say it. The ones who felt for her took the initiative to attack her boyfriend online and helped recover her money.
All one could say was that the girl’s mind really was meticulous.
“Hehe, I know this will leave you with a bad impression of me, Brother Cloud, but I couldn’t help it. I hope you don’t mind.”
The girl apologized to River Cloud as well.
After all, she had effectively used him once too.
River Cloud glanced at the short video she had just posted. It already explained that she had gotten her money back, and the comments were filled with praise.
So he said, “Forget it. As long as it’s resolved. I’ll just pretend I never knew about it.”
“Mm-hmm. When I have time to travel to Chengdu, I’ll come find you, Brother Cloud.”
“Sure. Chengdu welcomes you.”
After ending the conversation, River Cloud could not help but sigh to himself. There really were no ordinary people in his livestream.
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