After Transmigrating as the Northeast CEO's Pampered Little Husband - Chapter 11

Gu Yangyang’s live stream comments section was an absolute mess. Trolls and keyboard warriors were relentlessly attacking Gu Yangyang over his appearance and perceived poverty.

Gu Mian was, frankly, unlucky. Although his family was relatively wealthy, his daily meals were prepared by a nanny who only knew how to cook common fare. While meat and fish were frequent, the preparation was always simple. Even if they bought outrageously expensive imported cuts, they were all sliced and stir-fried with celery making it impossible to tell the difference in quality or value.

Furthermore, his pyjamas were purchased by the nanny from a nearby, mainstream shopping centre. They were a generic style, again giving no indication of wealth.

The fact that Gu Mian was sitting in his study with the curtains behind him was seized upon by viewers, who furiously claimed that Gu Yangyang was clearly poor, lazy, and only trying to earn money through streaming. They argued that genuine food broadcasters “mukbang” streamers were rich people doing it as a hobby, and such a poor, money-grubbing opportunist was simply tarnishing the reputation of food streaming.

In short, they were saying everything and anything.

Gu Jiaoyang watched the scrolling comments as he ate, able to analyse the general cause and effect of the argument based on their back-and-forth chatter.

However, with only this limited information, he couldn’t pinpoint which competitor was trying to sabotage him. But for a cultivator, time was the one thing he had in abundance, so he could take his time to gather his thoughts and evidence.

This little biscuit is genuinely delicious! Crunch, crunch…

As Gu Jiaoyang ate and watched the comments, the viewers could only see his mouth continuously opening and closing, accompanied by the satisfying, crunchy sounds of his chewing.

Tbh, you lot saying Gu Yangyang is poor and is humiliating himself? I reckon you might be the ones lacking insight, being poor yourselves. Do you realize how much that single biscuit he was just holding is worth?! One piece is 300 yuan!!!

What? You’re full of it! What kind of biscuit costs 300 yuan a piece! Are they gold? Keep boasting, mate. By your logic, he’s already eaten nearly five thousand yuan worth!

Oh look, a Yang-fan has come to clean up the mess. Please, you need to base your lies in reality, alright? Go check his previous archived streams. With that pixelated quality, he probably can’t even afford a decent mobile phone! And what was he eating? Just standard home-cooked meals!

Exactly! Even if there was a biscuit worth 300 yuan, he’d only have been able to afford a fake copy with similar packaging!

…

Speechless. As someone from Changjing, I can confirm that Zong Yuanji and Love Sister are Changjing specialties, okay? Don’t talk about fakes if you have no knowledge! You dare try to counterfeit those two brands? You’d be rushing to bankrupt yourself! Stop creating drama, you poor, ignorant nobodies!

WTF, a Level 8 account? Did Gu Yangyang spend his life savings to buy a Level 8 troll army?

Pah! How dare you speak like that? Calling my Da-da a troll? My Da-da’s random fan giveaway is 5,000 yuan can you even earn that much in a month? You poor keyboard warrior! Wipe the grime from your dog-eyes and stop talking rubbish!

NYB Not Your Business? Ha! The joke of the year! My lady is a troll. What, NMSL (Your Mother is Dead)???

Let’s talk honestly, a Level 8 troll army. Do you think Gu Yangyang owns Chenghua? Do you know what level of monthly spending a Level 8 account represents?

Holy cow, it’s Changjing Qiuqiuqiu!!! The real one!!!

Changjing Qiuqiuqiu?! That wealthy user from the Chinese Tech Zone?

Kowtowing to the Big Boss, please give away a newly released GRT689 graphics card!

Kowtowing to the Big Boss! Please give away something!]

Move aside and make room for me! Please, Big Boss, run a draw!

Why is the Tech Zone coming to the S-Zone to show off? Get lost! I can’t stand you rich people acting like royalty everywhere you go, with your superior attitudes!

Hold on, you on the floor state your case clearly! Are you not human? The rules state dogs and you are not allowed in, don’t they?

…

Watching the comments section drift off-topic, Gu Jiaoyang continued to crunch on his little cake, absorbing knowledge about the live streaming world with relish.

For the moment, the fans of the tech streamer named “Changjing Qiuqiuqiu” and the native S-Zone fans had started a flame war in his stream, which had turned into a large-scale debate about “Why can’t the Tech Zone watch a food stream? Are you not human? Do you not need to eat?”

Amidst this, the ‘plebs’ vs. the ‘local tyrants’ were all interspersed, arguing away gleefully.

The stream was rapidly turning red, and the viewer count was soaring past a million, but…

Gu Jiaoyang swallowed his last bite of cake. He realised that while drama was interesting, watching people swear was a very unpleasant experience. Most importantly, they were supposed to be watching him! How could they not be discussing him? It was his live stream!

So, Gu Jiaoyang swiftly grabbed a tissue to wipe his hands, navigated to the mute option, and set up the filter words and ‘Civilised Mode’ in one fluid motion.

Instantly, the entire comments section turned into [] *.

Silence, complete and utter.

The keyboard warriors were stunned by Gu Yangyang’s move. Although the platform certainly had comment-filtering functions, no streamer had ever dared to actually turn off the comments, as it risked offending fans and viewers.

They tried to bypass the previous topic, starting to comment on how Gu Yangyang’s fans’ hot blood was wasted, saying their idol clearly didn’t even want them to talk.

They then discovered that after typing out their words, they couldn’t post them. The app popped up a notification:

Due to your inappropriate conduct, you will be temporarily suspended from commenting during the period: 16:43, 4th June 2230 to 16:43, 4th September 2230.

Their right to comment was banned for the entire summer!

Bloody hell! The keyboard warriors were furious, their brains aching. They were the Green Lotus Swordsmen, bold and proud! Looking down on the world! Cursing netizens, they reigned supreme! At the peak of immortality, reigning over the world! Where they typed, there was heaven! The Keyboard River comes from the sky! One key press can suppress the world! Shatter the mortal realm! Kill all immortals! With a key in hand, they slice through nine heavens! If there are no true immortals in the world? They’d use their keys to become one! Key, come!

However, with the comments turned off, their keys were useless; they couldn’t even jump in front of their target. They weren’t even worth calling clowns anymore!

But as soon as the comments were shut down, the intensely arguing viewers slowly started to calm down, thinking: What’s the point of arguing online? I really want to follow the internet cable and drag that person out for a good beating!

Ooh, well done, Streamer! Given your guts, you’ve earned a follow, mwah!

So brave! The first streamer to turn off comments!

Phew, finally a breath of fresh air. Honestly, you lot arguing and attacking the streamer look carefully! It’s not completely dark yet, and behind the window curtain is a huge expanse of greenery!

Greenery? So what? I have trees outside my flat, too!

Wait, let me summarise. Earlier, someone was discussing whether the streamer was eating products from those few exclusive Changjing shops. Now, think about the property prices in Changjing. Then look at that green expanse outside his window. It absolutely doesn’t look like the common landscaping in our normal neighbourhoods, does it?

Holy cow! It really isn’t landscaping; it has hills and slopes, like a massive field of grass!

Changjing property prices with a huge lawn downstairs? Don’t make me laugh. Is this… the ‘Back of Changjing’?

The Back of Changjing? What’s that? Does the Capital city have a front and back?

You’re being naive. A local Changjing person telling you: the Changjing you see is only half of it. The remaining half is behind the Hanjing Palace!

Though I’m uncultured, one ‘holy cow’ will suffice for the world. Hanjing Palace? Isn’t that… where the Big Bosses at the very top live?

Big Bosses?! Holy cow!

Suddenly too scared to talk.

Suddenly too scared to talk +1

Suddenly too scared to talk +10098

Gu Jiaoyang finished the little cake in his mouth and paused, watching the viewers correctly deduce his location based solely on the scenery outside the window.

Tsk, tsk, tsk. It seemed every world had its share of exceptionally sharp-eyed netizens.

However, Gu Jiaoyang had no intention of responding to them. He continued eating the snacks he had bought. If things went on like this, he wouldn’t even need to do anything; the nonexistent black marks they had forced onto him would be spontaneously investigated and cleared by the netizens themselves.

The effect might not be huge, given that he still didn’t know who was targeting him from the shadows, but laying this foundation would make it much easier to flip the situation and win back his reputation later.

Gu Jiaoyang licked the cream off his fingers, deliberately knocked the tissue box off the table, and then, pretending not to care, bent down to pick it up.

What did I just see!

Who was that!

That wasn’t Gu Yangyang, was it?! Was that a celebrity?

Mind-blowing! Someone pinch me! Was that breathtakingly beautiful youth really the streamer???

Just passing by this streamer is that handsome? And he’s a food streamer? You S-Zone people were hoarding an absolute treasure?!

I was so shocked I logged out and logged back in. This is still the S-Zone, right?

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Gu Mian’s appearance was truly otherworldly. Otherwise, given his spendthrift ways and anti-social personality, most classmates would have ostracised him. But because he was so stunningly handsome, his peers spontaneously decided to understand him, treating him like a little prince.

Looks equal justice. The phrase might be an exaggeration, but people who are good-looking truly find it easier to gain goodwill.

Gu Jiaoyang finished a whole bag of crisps, noting that the comments now showed very few blocked boxes. The tone had completely shifted, focusing relentlessly on his genuine background and good looks. The chaotic, fume-filled atmosphere from the start of the stream seemed forgotten; they were now scratching their heads, frantically trying to guess the streamer’s identity. The most crucial factor, of course, was the momentary glimpse of stunning beauty.

With that kind of face, he could crush the S-Zone’s average-looking streamers like stepping on ants. He would probably be top tier even in the dedicated ‘looks’ streaming zones. Such refined jade growing up in the S-Zone a zone notorious for its generally overweight population was like a magnificent jade cabbage growing in a pig farm. The netizens who had initially been looking for trouble were now desperate to use every trick they knew to make the streamer show his face again. Some wealthy viewers even teamed up to offer massive tips, with some ‘local tyrants’ even launching two virtual space rockets.

Gu Jiaoyang calculated his cut of the tips one rocket meant a net profit of 17,000 yuan! He knew streaming made money, but he didn’t realise it was this easy.

However, Gu Jiaoyang hadn’t promised them anything. They wanted to tip, that was their business. What did it have to do with him? Gu Jiaoyang, therefore, promptly stuffed the last bite of snack into his mouth, held up the empty bag from the side to show he was finished, waved his hand as a silent farewell to the viewers, and closed the live stream.

I took my trousers off for this?!

He stopped streaming??? I missed the streamer’s face reveal, AHHH!

I missed it too!!! Does anyone have a recording!!! Begging for the video, AHHH!!!

He got tipped so much money, and he didn’t even show his face. You lot who said he was poor and only streaming for cash Feeling slapped in the face? Heh heh!

Seriously! Earlier, a rich user said they’d send five more rockets if he dared to show his face, but he completely ignored them and logged off. If that were me, forget showing my face, I’d sing and dance!

To be honest, I couldn’t be indifferent to five space rockets either.

Couldn’t do it +1

Gu Jiaoyang’s abrupt exit didn’t cause resentment; instead, more and more viewers came to believe that Gu Jiaoyang was genuinely wealthy. Think about it: other streamers call their viewers ‘Dad’ just to get a few more tips. When they receive something valuable, they thank this person and that person, saying ‘Mwah,’ which is basic politeness, but it’s also to keep the fans around so they’ll send more later. Gu Yangyang, though, wasn’t afraid of offending anyone or not getting a single cent more. They truly felt Gu Yangyang didn’t care about the tip money at all.

The truth was, immediately after closing the stream, Gu Jiaoyang happily clicked into his revenue backend, joyfully completed the withdrawal to his account, and counted his money like a little miser. The only reason he logged off was simple: it was dinner time, and Mr. Dai was coming home.

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