Li Zhi returned home after work and didn’t see Gu Wantong, finally breathing a sigh of relief.
Shao Heng was drawing with colored pencils and didn’t look up.
“Shao Heng, next time, don’t sell paintings privately. That’s a breach of contract, and we can’t afford the consequences,” Li Zhi said in a lecturing tone.
Shao Heng seemed to ignore her.
Li Zhi repeated herself and even snatched Shao Heng’s red pencil. “Did you hear me?”
Only then did Shao Heng lift his head slightly, his gaze sharp as a blade and filled with coldness. “You signed a contract?”
“I signed it a long time ago, didn’t I tell you?” Li Zhi lied without batting an eye.
Shao Heng smirked, but there was no amusement in his eyes. “But I didn’t.”
Suddenly, he felt like a veil had been lifted from his eyes, as if he couldn’t understand anything in front of him, including the person before him.
Did she really want to be good to him, or did she want to keep him ordinary for the rest of his life?
Of course, he already had a very clear answer in his heart.
He began to ponder more about the past, not missing any details.
Li Zhi felt that something about Shao Heng had changed, but his favorability rating hadn’t. So, she didn’t dwell on it too much.
“Shao Heng, what’s wrong with you? Do you think I wanted you to be a proxy for someone else? If we weren’t so poor back then, I wouldn’t have done that. It’s only a few more years to endure; is that so bad?”
Seeing her tearful face, Shao Heng suddenly felt that it was all fake. Annoyed, he put down the colored pencil paper and walked back into the room.
Li Zhi thought that he might be unhappy due to the contract matter, so she didn’t bother about it. Anyway, she was used to his temper. However, she wanted to take Shao Heng down sooner…
During Wan Tong’s livestream, there were more viewers than usual because Wan Tong had just trended on the hot search again. Although she wasn’t at the top of the list, it still caught the attention of many people who came to watch her livestream.
On Weibo, someone captured a photo of Wan Tong walking side by side with Shao Heng. Several marketing accounts picked up on it, alleging that she was seducing a high school boy and calling her a ‘an old cow eating tender grass.’
Shao Heng’s face wasn’t clearly visible in the photo, but her fans had already guessed his identity, the legendary handsome neighbor who could cook.
Even though Wan Tong’s fanbase was growing rapidly, she didn’t think she was significant enough to attract the attention of marketing accounts, so she suspected that Li Zhi was behind all of this.
Those who watched Wan Tong’s livestream were amazed by her sexy figure, stunning face, and pure eyes. She was enchanting yet not vulgar, so recently she was tagged as ‘both pure and sensual.’
Initially, her fanbase consisted mostly of male fans with a certain perspective, but later, due to her livestream, she also gained a group of loyal female fans. Of course, the gender ratio was still imbalanced.
Even during regular e-commerce platform livestreams, male fans often used inappropriate language to flirt with her, and there were even some who openly made lewd comments.
However, due to Wan Tong’s previous upright behavior and the support of loyal fans, the male fans were relatively rational, and the live broadcast was still quite harmonious.
However, today, after the photos of Wan Tong and Shao Heng were released, some malicious individuals entered the live stream, causing a change in the tone of the barrage.
From their vulgar words, one could even sense that they were treating Wan Tong as a sexual commodity.
[Looking like this, it’s obvious the demand is high, want to book a hotel together?]
[Can’t even resist a little boy, how hungry are you? Want Big Brother to accompany you?]
…and so on, such words kept pouring in, not to mention the obscene language.
Shao Heng also saw what was happening in the live stream.
He quickly checked Weibo and realized that he and Wan Tong had become a hot search.
As he looked at those barrage comments, he grew increasingly irate.
But on the screen, Wan Tong seemed undisturbed and continued with her livestream. In the end, she looked seriously into the camera, gently tugging at the corner of her mouth, and her freshly applied grapefruit-colored lipstick made her look even more stunning.
“I have normal interpersonal relationships, and I haven’t done anything immoral in public, so no one can judge me. And for those who hide behind anonymous accounts in the livestream asking if I want to hook up, please have some dignity. Do you really think you can have someone like me with your conditions? Also, what do you take women for? Honestly, I can order a prop online just as well as any man.”
With that, she abruptly ended the livestream.
When Shao Heng got up quickly and prepared to leave, he suddenly found that he seemed to have completely lost the reason to go see her.
After thinking for a while, he picked up the newly bought phone and walked out.
Not long after Wan Tong ended her live stream, Shao Heng arrived.
She led him inside, “Why did you come over?”
“What kind of phone did you buy? I don’t know how to use it,” Shao Heng said impatiently, throwing the phone into her lap, and then sitting down on the sofa.
The phone was bought by Wan Tong for him, as a replacement for the money he had spent on her meals during the past period.
Wan Tong sat down beside him and reached for his old phone, saying, “Let me change the SIM card for you first. Your antique phone is really something else. How do you even go online with it? You can’t even install many apps…”
Shao Heng noticed her muttering while changing the SIM card, and it seemed like she was in a good mood.
He furrowed his brows and spoke after a moment, “I saw the hot search.”
Wan Tong looked up at him, “And then?”
The photos could be taken by someone living in their neighborhood.
Would he suspect it was related to Li Zhi?
Shao Heng fell silent again, his eyes slightly lowered, lost in thought.
In fact, when he saw those photos, there was a spark of excitement in his heart. However, he didn’t expect that it would bring unnecessary trouble for her.
Those vulgar men…
Thinking about the scene in the livestream just now, a fiery emotion burned in Shao Heng’s chest, an emotion that couldn’t find an outlet.
Livestreaming was her job, and he had no reason to ask her not to do it.
He lifted his gaze to the woman across from him, who was earnestly installing softwares for him, and a desire welled up in his heart, an insatiable desire. He wanted to have a lot of money, enough security, to provide for her so she wouldn’t have to worry about food and clothing, to hide her away.
With the last thought in his heart, Shao Heng’s dark eyes sparkled with intensity, and he gradually calmed down.
As Wan Tong handed him the phone and sent him on his way, he suddenly reached out and gave her a hug.
His body was stiff, and he just lightly patted her back before quickly letting go, turning around and entering the opposite door.
Wan Tong stared at him blankly as he closed the door, feeling a bit puzzled.
He had just said, “Don’t be sad, go to sleep early.”
Although his voice was soft, was he trying to comfort her?
The boss seems to have made some progress; he actually cares about people now.
The last part of Wan Tong’s livestream, unsurprisingly, trended again.
Her Weibo followers skyrocketed, with some people saying she’s great and they’ve become fans, while others called her shameless and hurled insults at her.
But it couldn’t be denied that Wan Tong had become an overnight sensation, with a million followers on Weibo.
For several consecutive days, the number of viewers in her livestream room kept surging.
Wan Tong also started receiving offers from bigger brands. Zhang Jiajia, on the other hand, was seething with anger and occasionally sent her messages, suggesting they do a livestream together.
Of course, Wan Tong didn’t agree; she was too lazy to spend her thoughts on her.
The assistant who had been transferred away by the company had returned to Wan Tong’s side. Sometimes, when she needed to work with some big brands, Wan Tong still had to go to the company, but they didn’t insist on it since she had gotten used to livestreaming from home.
Without Shishi’s reminder, Wan Tong knew she was being tracked.
Every time she went out, she could feel that watchful gaze following her, which made her very uncomfortable.
Moreover, more and more fans were posting photos of her outings online, clearly exposing her address.
At night, after finishing her livestream, Wan Tong ordered some takeout.
When the doorbell rang, she didn’t think much of it and opened the door.
The person on the other side was dressed in all black, wearing a hat and holding a food delivery box. Wan Tong sensed something was amiss and tried to close the door quickly.
However, the person directly forced their way in and slammed the door shut.
Wan Tong was startled. “Who are you?”
The person removed their hat, revealing the face of a young man with ordinary features, some stubble, and a somewhat creepy look in his eyes. He spoke eagerly, “Tongtong, I’m your fan. I watch your livestreams often…”
Wan Tong narrowed her eyes and said coldly, “Get out.”
She reached out to open the door, but the person blocked it with their foot and grinned, “Tongtong, I know you live alone.”
This statement was said with obviously ill intention.
“I told you to get out,” Wan Tong said coldly, looking at him.
The man wasn’t intimidated, he even wanted to reach out and touch her, but she avoided him. “Tongtong, I really like you, I’ve even given you gifts. How can you chase me away like this? Can’t we just have a good chat?”
*Ding dong! Ding dong!* Suddenly, the doorbell rang continuously.
The young man was startled and quickly tried to grab Wan Tong, attempting to cover her mouth, but as he lunged at her, Wan Tong agilely kicked him in the crotch.
Wan Tong hadn’t learned any martial arts with this body, but she had lived through the apocalypse. At a critical moment like this, going out of character was acceptable.
Watching him fall to the ground while clutching himself, she opened the door, and Shao Heng hurriedly walked in.
“Are you okay?”
He noticed the man getting up from the floor, clenched his fist, and delivered a few punches to the young man’s face.
This time, the young man was completely helpless on the ground.
Wan Tong called the police, and while waiting for them to arrive, Li Zhi came from the opposite door.
“What’s going on?” She looked at the man pinned down by Shao Heng with a puzzled expression.
But when she saw that Wan Tong’s clothes were intact and she appeared calm, a hint of disappointment flashed in her eyes.
It seemed that Wan Tong’s male fans were too timid and hadn’t succeeded?
After Li Zhi finished speaking, no one responded to her.
Wan Tong was taking photos of the man on the ground.
When Shao Heng looked at Li Zhi, his eyes seemed to fill with rising hostility, causing her to step back in fear.
[Target’s favorability -50, current favorability rating 0.]
Wan Tong : !!!
In that instant, Wan Tong’s eyes lit up.
Li Zhi, on the other hand, turned to stone. How… was this possible?