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Published at 22nd of November 2020 07:44:11 PM


Chapter 94

Translator: RandomAlex

Editor: Makoto

 

Xuan Lele was born in a small town, and it was only when she went to university that she was able to leave that small town for the bustling metropolis.

The daily expenses and tuition fees here were much higher, so she didn’t have much left after paying for them. Thus, Xuan Lele started her part-time career, and bought a second-hand mobile phone for the convenience of contacting people. As expected of such a cheap item, many functions couldn’t be used. Basically, it was just an object to call and send text messages.

Usually, she worked part-time besides studying, and had little time to rest. Of course, she didn’t make time for entertainment. Although she knew of live broadcasting, she has never watched any, much less use it.

Yang Qing liked watching live broadcasts, specifically live games, but since Xuan Lele wasn’t usually in the dorms, and even if she were, Yang Qing was afraid of disturbing her and wore headphones, so Xuan Lele never knew of it.

Basically, she didn’t really understand what her boyfriend was doing, but she trusted her boyfriend, so she sat next to him and watched Wei Mingyan finish today’s content.

“Today’s lesson is over. Now, my girlfriend will replace me, and from now on she will be in her internship lecture period. Any of my friends who have something to do can leave first.”

[Wait??? Girlfriend??]

[Big Brother, aren’t you single? I’m so disappointed!]

[So, this is a couple’s lecture? Old Brother is going steady ah!]

[Will your girlfriend show her face?]

Xuan Lele, who was gradually relaxing after getting comfortable next to him, tightened up for an instant, looked at the black screen and the barrage of messages scrolling past, and subconsciously grabbed her boyfriend’s hand. “I, I can’t …”

[Your girlfriend has a nice voice. Is Little Sister going out with you?]

[Wow, do you need to find someone with a voice as good as yours when you fall in love? One by one, it’s like your voice is overpowering!]

[Off topic: Isn’t it the anchor girlfriend’s turn to tutor now?]

Xuan Lele was now too afraid to look at what was crossing over the top of the screen. She was so nervous that she whispered, “I really can’t.”

“Didn’t you tutor students as well? Come and give it a try. If it’s really impossible, I’ll turn it off.”

“Besides, I’m doing this for free. So, no one will say anything, even if you speak poorly.”

Wei Mingyan knew that his girlfriend had a terrible inferiority complex. She was obviously beautiful and had good grades, but she always felt that she wasn’t good enough.

Such a personality was mostly forced into her, prompted by her surroundings. The more this was the case, the more she needed to be encouraged to speak to crowds and cultivate self-confidence.

Xuan Lele’s biggest shortcoming was that she couldn’t be persuaded by advice. Now that her boyfriend has persuaded her, she felt embarrassed, but still put on her headphones.

Her boyfriend’s slender and beautiful fingers turned the pages and point them toward the written paper. Xuan Lele studied Wei Mingyan’s tone of voice from earlier, stammered and began to talk about the subject.

“Now let’s look at page ten …”

[The Little Sister is a bit nervous. She’s so cute and sweet. I can tell by her voice that she’s a cute girl.]

[I hate you guys who listen to the voice and judge people. Can’t a cute voice come from an old maid?]

[I think the girlfriend speaks very good ah, I can see that she has a solid foundation like the anchor, and is a Study Goddess. Quickly taking out my little notebook to take notes!]

Wei Mingyan has been broadcasting live for 3 days, and has accumulated some popularity on this platform. Most of them were distressed senior high school students. And of course, he chose his time very deliberately.

The third years of senior high school were basically studying from the time they opened their eyes to the time they sleep, and while he made the subjects easy to understand and easy to remember, he also needed these seniors to be able to make time to watch.

So, Wei Mingyan simply set the live broadcast time at meal times. During this time, people couldn’t help but touch their phone to browse. He was confident. As long as one person saw it and spread it, the whole class will come to know of it.

Wei Mingyan’s tutoring style was quite special, almost too good to be true. If you listened carefully, you could definitely learn from it.

Moreover, he wasn’t only teaching mathematics. As long as the subjects were required for the college entrance examination, he would try to teach a few courses. Just by listening to it with an open mind, they would definitely remember it.

In just 3 days, Wei Mingyan’s broadcast had already gained a lot of popularity, and it looked like he already had a fan base before he brought Xuan Lele over.

Xuan Lele’s first lecture stumbled to a close, and although she was a bit nervous at the beginning, she found her tutoring rhythm by the end.

After all, she has been a tutor before, she knew a little bit.

She started off by learning Wei Mingyan’s way of speaking to the books and didn’t look at the chatbox at all. However, after talking for a while, her eyes couldn’t help fall on the chat logs, and when she saw any questions, she would answer them specially, which was a big surprise for those who watched the live broadcast.

[The anchor’s girlfriend is much better than the anchor. The guy won’t even talk to us. If he didn’t have a good voice, I would’ve pulled out.]

[Her voice is so gentle; the anchor is really blessed.]

[Where in the world did you find your girlfriend, and why don’t I have one with a good voice and good teaching skills?]

When it was over, Xuan Lele looked at the barrage of texts full of praise, her eyes full of surprise, her face slightly red with excitement. She looked at her boyfriend with her head tilted, looking forward to his praise like a child expecting praise for doing something right.

“That’s a great presentation, very impressive.” Wei Mingyan complimented his little sweetheart.

Xuan Lele’s smile grew even sweeter.

The high school students who struggled in the front line of the barrage felt that they had suffered a blow.

[Isn’t this a live broadcast lecture? What’s with this sudden show of affection?]

[I won’t eat this bowl of dog food, ok!?]   

 (TNote: eating dog food = bitterly seeing other people’s public show of affection.)

[Tsk, tsk. So, is this a double-layer combination of Study Gods?]

“Well, that’s it for today’s live broadcast. Thank you all for your rewards, we’ll see you tomorrow at the same time. Goodbye.”

[Anchor, don’t go. Let’s chat …]

 

Turning a blind eye to the cries in the chat box, Wei Mingyan directly turned off the live broadcast, clicked on the page, looked at the amount above and smiled, “Lele, look, this is the money we earned today.”

Xuan Lele hurriedly went to see, this was… several hundred?

“Doing live broadcasts turned out to be so lucrative …” She realized her ignorance, and then looked at her boyfriend with bright eyes. “Mingyan you’re amazing, you can actually make so much in one day.”

“Not me, it’s us.”

Wei Mingyan couldn’t help but reach out and rub a hand on Xuan Lele’s soft cheek as he looked at her cute and cheerful face. “Did you forget that we only talked about a chapter each?”

“Half of the money is yours.”

 “Me?” Xuan Lele waved her hands quickly. “I don’t speak well, and aren’t these only paid because you were there?”

Although she was poor, she used to think about storing their money together to help support her boyfriend who was broke. But now, Mingyan has made money with his own skill. She did pretty much nothing, so how could she share the money with him?

“What do you mean you don’t speak well? I’ve been listening to you tutor the whole while. You did sound a little bit nervous at the beginning, but you spoke very well, and the audience also said as much. Half of the money is yours.”

Although Wei Mingyan said so, Xuan Lele still didn’t want to take advantage of her boyfriend. “I heard Yang Qing say that live broadcasts need to be operated, and you worked hard to manage it. How can you give this to me …?”

“Why not?” Wei Mingyan looked at his girlfriend who kept rejecting. “When I had no money and was too poor to eat, didn’t you take me to dinner with your own money? Didn’t my Lele tell me at the time, that we were a couple, so we should share the blessings and difficulties together? Besides, you did earn these from your lectures, not me alone.”

“Lele, don’t you think so? We are going to get married in the future. When we get married, your money will be my money, and my money will be your money, which is no different from now.”

Wei Mingyan’s ability in persuasion has always been his strong point. Xuan Lele started to hesitate, but quickly became determined. “No, this is the money you earned. I didn’t help at all.”

Xuan Lele was very stubborn when she had her mind set. Wei Mingyan tried convincing her for a long time but she wouldn’t let up, so her boyfriend had no choice but to take a step back. “How about this, from now on, we’ll each broadcast live for a day, and the money we make that day goes to whoever did it, okay?”


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Looking at her boyfriend with a ‘I can’t do anything with you’ face, Xuan Lele hesitated for a long while and gritted her teeth to agree.

She still had no confidence in herself. She was still thinking she won’t make much money by the time she was finished with teaching the subject.

Xuan Lele was wrong.

The two of them worked together with this account and gradually made almost more money each day than she could move her eyes from.

She was very serious when she talked about the subjects. This, coupled with a good voice and notes from Wei Mingyan, quickly attracted a large number of viewers.

Of course, the reason why this live broadcast account was really popular was that Wei Mingyan turned on the camera when using this account.

He still didn’t show his face, only moved the camera below his face, and with a quick hand and a serious tone, he did a live gourmet broadcast.

Wei Mingyan, who does live gourmet broadcasts, often wore a black shirt or a white shirt. No matter what color he wears, his slender hands and skin whiter than a woman’s could attract a group of face-fans.

(TNote: face-fans = people that only become fans because of how they look.)

That’s how the world works, as long as you are good-looking, have a good voice, and have a pair of bright hands, you wouldn’t be far from being popular.

Of course, Wei Mingyan, a gourmet anchor in the eyes of fans, had no plans to enter the entertainment circle. Unlike the lectures, serving up food, was only a conversation starter.

 

“Why don’t I tutor anymore? Isn’t that my girlfriend’s part? She made up all my classes, before she was busy with exams, that’s why I took them myself.”

“I told you guys all day, don’t always call her ‘girlfriend – girlfriend’ in the barrage. I would think she was your girlfriend if I didn’t know.”

That magnetic voice, full of resentment, caused the chat box to explode.

Everyone sent a unified message: [Girlfriend! Girlfriend! Girlfriend!]

The long, slender hands that were chopping the vegetables repeatedly tapped their index fingers on top of the chopping board. “Enough is enough everyone, that’s my exclusive term of endearment, it has nothing to do with you all.”

“If you don’t know what to call her, uh…” Wei Mingyan thought for a moment, “Just call her Sweetheart.”

“Sweet and caring.”

[Okay, starting today, I’m calling her Sweetheart.]

[Watching the naming scene.]

[Girlfriend Sweetheart, please supervise the Devil Anchor]

[Anchor, you really don’t think that us calling her Sweetheart would make you more jealous than calling her Girlfriend?]

“Come on guys, it’s my live broadcast time, stop talking about my girlfriend all the time and come check out my dish, Golden Pork Legs!”

[Pffftt!!]

[Ha ha ha ha ha laughing to death, what a funny name!]

“This pork leg, I learned from my Dad when I was a kid. It’s smooth in the mouth, not greasy, the aroma isn’t bland. Taking a bite, it’s still aesthetically pleasing, and it’s a beautiful shape. Here, I’ll turn the camera down a bit.”

The camera pans down, and stops at a pork leg that was stewing inside a crockpot.

Those beautiful hands were making something that made people want to lick the screen and carefully fish out the pork leg. At the moment, the meat had turned milky white, looking tender and smooth, and the pigskin that was boiled had curled up, so it opened up to the air. The camera zoomed in, and this layer of tender white flesh was showcased to the viewers.

Just from looking at the screen, they could sense the aroma, as if the white smoke actually wafted in front of their faces. The anchor actually went to the extent of poking at it with chopsticks. After poking a piece of meat, he also deliberately waved in front of the camera, making sure that everyone could see it clearly. The chopsticks moved up and left the camera. As for where it went, one could only judge from the chewing sounds one heard.

[Anchor, you’re inhuman!!]

[A poisoning in the middle of the night, I’m asking you to be kind!]

[Anchor, are you the Devil? Why do you have to shoot food videos in the middle of the night every time? Don’t you know there’s a minimum order for take-out at night?]


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“Oomph, delicious.”

The Devil-like anchor acted like he didn’t notice their comments, and with a bland tone, he began to deal with the delicious looking pig leg that had just been fished out of the crockpot. 

The crowd was so outraged that they almost broke into curses. But then… they still continued watching this Devil Anchor cook.

“About this Golden Pig Leg, it is actually my Dad’s original recipe. I came up with the name, though. As we all know, at that time, the Golden Warrior, or Golden Warrior cartoons were popular.”

[Devil-like name, devil-like anchor.]

[Rub rub rub rub. Really the Devil’s pace, isn’t it, Anchor?]

Wei Mingyan, oblivious to these words, continued, “Which one of you just asked me how I know how to cook a variety of dishes? Four words, my Dad taught me.”

The four words managed to send the fans in the barrage into a frenzy.

[Anchor! Anchor! Is your Dad as handsome as you?]

[Anchor Anchor, your Mom must be very happy! Her husband and son are so good at cooking, her life must be beautiful!]

The fan had just finished this sentence with envy when she saw the hands on the screen, that had been getting a taste of the pork leg, stop moving. After a few seconds, she heard the man’s calm voice from her headphones.

“My Mom doesn’t live with us.”

“When I was a child, they got divorced. Now, after so many years, I have already almost forgotten what she looked like.”

“Come on, everyone pay attention to this step. This is the essence of the Golden Pork Legs…”

After that, this fan always felt that the Anchor was a little absent-minded and didn’t laugh and joke with them as excitedly as before. Until the end of the live broadcast, the Anchor’s mood didn’t seem to be very high.

It made her feel guilty.

Her online name was ‘I Love Voice’. She wasn’t a high school student, but a working-class member who had only just joined the workforce. She was also a voice-enthusiast. Every night, she had to listen to a nice voice so she could sleep peacefully. Of course, she only liked male voices, and has already fancied several voice actors for that reason, happy to be their little fan.

Later, she discovered this anchor when her sister came to visit her once. Her sister was about to be a high school senior and was currently taking prep courses, and she was watching this live broadcast, recommended by a classmate.  At that time, she joined in and listened a little bit and was surprised. Since then, she has become a fan of the Anchor’s good voice. 

She downloaded all the recordings of Wei Mingyan lectures, because she found that she could sleep better listening to them.

Even though school math would always be a nightmare for her, when she listened to him lecture on it, she only wanted to sleep.

Later, Wei Mingyan started broadcasting himself cooking delicious food, and ‘I Love Voice’ chased after it happily. She thought that the Anchor was simply wonderful, and his voice was so beautiful. Furthermore, not only were his hands beautiful, but his cooking was also delicious.

As a loyal fan of the Anchor, she really didn’t think that he could get so affected with just a casual comment.

Thinking about it, ‘I Love Voice’ decided to apologize to Wei Mingyan.

Wei Mingyan had a microblog. Although it hasn’t been opened for a long time, the number of fans were already considerable. ‘I Love Voice’ then privately messaged him with apprehension.

[Anchor, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to upset you.]

She originally thought that her private message would soon sink to the bottom of his chats. After all, there were so many fans of the Anchor, and there would certainly be many people who sent private messages to him every day. How could he notice her, some little fan?

However, when she came back after leaving to shower, she couldn’t believe she got a reply.

[It’s okay, I’m the one who couldn’t get over it. It has nothing to do with you.]

‘I Love Voice’ looked at his reply over and over again, pleasantly surprised, almost thinking it was a dream. The Anchor that had so many fans actually replied to her.

She was happy and noticed the telling phrase in the middle sentence.

Couldn’t get over it?

Parents getting a divorce isn’t a rare thing in today’s society. At the very least, there were no fewer than three students around her who were children of divorced parents. When they chatted together, they also talked about this topic.


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When they were young, they would cry and feel sad about it. But once they grew up, they came to understand their parents’ actions.

The Anchor doesn’t look like a child, either.

In the end, she couldn’t hold back her curiosity, and hesitated before sending another private message.

[May I ask, why can’t you get over it?]

After sending it, she wondered again if she was being a bit too nosy. Why would he tell her, a stranger, when it’s a very personal matter?

She quickly typed an apology, but she didn’t expect, before she could send it, Wei Mingyan replied.

[It’s not that I can’t get over it, it’s just that I hate her. When she left, before she divorced my Dad, she disappeared without saying a word, and I waited for her to come back every day at that time. The next time we met, she pretended not to know me.]

It can be seen that the Anchor at the other end was very emotional, and ‘I Love Voice’ sent a message to comfort him.

[Maybe she has difficulties?]

[What difficulties? Isn’t it just for money? When I was pushed to the ground that day and I called her Mo. She only took a look at me and left. I will never forget this scene.]

‘I Love Voice’ stared at this message for a while, and felt as if she had discovered the Anchor’s worries.

[I’m sorry, I have said too much today. Maybe I’m a little drunk from drinking, but could you not tell anyone about this? I don’t want anyone to know of it.]

Looking at this message, ‘I Love Voice’ automatically imagined the Anchor’s beautiful voice pleading for her help. She nodded, only to remember that the anchor couldn’t see when she nodded, so she quickly typed.

[Rest assured, I won’t say anything.]

[Thank you.]

There was no more activity after that. ‘I Love Voice’ held her phone and turned on the video of the Anchor’s lecture and started listening to it.

Such a nice voice, such a good-looking person, even if she didn’t see his face, she could imagine that he must be a very good person just by looking at his figure. Why was his childhood so unfortunate?

It was heartbreaking to think about.

She listened to him explaining high school math, and fell asleep in a daze. On this side, Wei Mingyan was blushing as he moved the wine bottle away.

The phone on the side rang, and when he picked up the call, he realized it was his Dad’s voice.

“Mingyan, come home. Your Mother is here.”

 

The wine bottle fell to the ground, making a lot of noise.

“I still remember what she looked like. I told my Dad that I had forgotten her, but I lied to him.”

Xuan Lele received a phone call from her boyfriend in the middle of the night, and listened to him. “She is beautiful, smart and has a very good figure. When I was a child, she sent me to school. Everyone said, Wei Mingyan, your Mom is so beautiful.”

“And then, one day, I no longer had a Mother.”

“After that, they would say… Wei Mingyan, you don’t have a Mother anymore.”

“Lele, I will never forgive her. I know what she came back for, she came back for money. I’m going to donate it all, all of it, I’ll see if she still has that face!!!”

Xuan Lele was shocked by the sound of the bottle crashing over there, and quickly tried to calm him down. “Mingyan, don’t worry, aren’t your parents divorced?”

“Yes, divorced …”

Wei Mingyan sounded like he was falling asleep, “They got divorced and I’m still the same, unwanted child …”

“I thought she didn’t like my poverty!”

“Then I’ll be poor for her!”  

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