Pretty Wife Insists I Live Off Her - Chapter 8

Chapter 8: I Want to Start Live Streaming.

Yue Lei took a sip of bubble tea and asked with a smile, “You really like going out with people, don’t you? Where did you go this time?”

Lin Zhixi laughed heartily on camera, then switched the camera to the rear-facing one so Yue Lei could see the fresh, green natural scenery.

The friend closest to Lin Zhixi saw that she was on a video call, shyly waved at the camera, and then quickly scurried away.

Lin Zhixi found a rock to sit on, and while twisting off the cap of a mineral water bottle, she said, “Last time our group project got first place, the prize was a trip for the team to climb Mount Jiuhu. We’re planning to camp on the mountain tonight. We just got to the outskirts.”

“Mount Jiuhu?” Yue Lei’s face went pale.

She frowned and angrily scolded, “Didn’t you check the weather forecast before you left? It’s going to pour rain there!”

In her previous life, Lin Zhixi had also called her at this time. At that time, Yue Lei had just had a fight with Aunt Zhou’s family, and then an employee betrayed her, leaving her emotionally and physically exhausted. She was not in the mood to chat with Lin Zhixi.

She hung up after only a few words. Later, when she posted on her Moments and didn’t see Lin Zhixi like her post, she sent her a message.

But there was no reply for a long time, and Yue Lei began to panic.

She immediately called Lin Zhixi’s student advisor and only then learned that her group of six had gotten into trouble while climbing Mount Jiuhu at night. The weather had been terrible. A landslide caused by the heavy rain had buried them for two days before they were found by a search and rescue team.

Although no one had died, Lin Zhixi’s chosen “sister” from a girl group, die, had a broken leg while protecting everyone. The once cheerful and gentle girl had to use a prosthetic leg and a wheelchair for the rest of her life, and she became gloomy and taciturn.

Besides her, other group members were also injured.

Lin Zhixi herself had a gruesome scar that ran across her back and waist, and several stitches in the corner of her eye.

Yue Lei wasn’t very sensitive to dates, she only remembered that Lin Zhixi had encountered this disaster while climbing a mountain during college. She didn’t expect that it hadn’t happened yet.

She could still save her in time!

Yue Lei was often loud and uninhibited in front of Lin Zhixi, but her unprompted scolding infuriated Lin Zhixi. She retaliated without holding back: “Of course I did! The temperature is perfect, and the weather is good. There might be a little bit of rain, but we brought tents! I’m not a three-year-old. You’re being too nosy!”

Yue Lei furrowed her brows, wanting to tell her that the weather forecast wasn’t foolproof.

After Lin Zhixi’s accident in her previous life, she had done some research. She learned that Mount Jiuhu was a wild mountain range similar to Shennongjia, with no official hiking trails. Once you got in, it was like being in a ghost maze, and you couldn’t tell north from south.

But Lin Zhixi was as stubborn as she was. Forcing her to go home would definitely not work.

Yue Lei’s mind raced, thinking about what she could do to stop her from so far away.

Suddenly, a brilliant idea came to her.

She looked down, her eyebrows tightly knit, and put on a sad expression. “I’m sorry. I went too far just now… The truth is, I need your help with something, so I wanted you to hurry home.”

Lin Zhixi’s friends, seeing that she was angry, came over to comfort her, making the situation even more awkward. However, Yue Lei rarely showed this kind of expression in front of her, which piqued her interest.

She walked away from the group, raised her chin and asked, “What is it? Tell me first.”

“My company went out of business.” Yue Lei dropped a bombshell.

Lin Zhixi immediately asked in confusion, “What happened? Didn’t you say the new streamers and operations staff were all pretty capable last time?”

To make the situation seem more serious, Yue Lei decided to use the events from her previous life. In this life, she hadn’t had a fight with Aunt Zhou and her son, so she wouldn’t be able to get Lin Zhixi’s attention.

She paused: “You know I’m renting that house, right? But the landlord’s son got out of prison and insisted on ending the lease early. I refused, so he broke in with a key and scared the girls.”

As expected, Lin Zhixi was completely hooked and no longer angry with her.

Lin Zhixi asked with concern, “Did anyone get hurt? All the girls there are soft and sweet. You’re the only one who can fight.”

In her previous life, Yue Lei was completely overwhelmed, and Lin Zhixi’s chosen “sister” from a girl group’s life was hanging in the balance.

The two of them were busy with their own things for those few months, and when everything was back on track, they were in no mood to bring it up. They had never talked about the details of these two events.

Eight years later, Yue Lei finally told her friend about the huge setback she had experienced in her career.

She shook her head at the right moment: “Thankfully, I used pepper spray on him, but the landlord was also furious. I’ve been running back and forth to the police station for the past two days.”

Feeling that Yue Lei’s explanation wasn’t clear enough, Lin Zhixi frowned and continued to ask, “Is there anything you need help with?”

“Yes.” Yue Lei cleared her throat. “My employees basically don’t want to work anymore, so now I’m thinking about changing careers. But if I change careers, I still have a few accounts with a lot of live stream currency on them, and I want to use it up.”

Lin Zhixi: “Tell me. How can I help?”

Thinking about what she was about to say next, Yue Lei felt her cheeks go numb with embarrassment. But she had to do it to get her friend to cancel this hiking trip.

As she crossed a street, the sun shone on her back.

Yue Lei said, “I want to start a live stream and have you help me spend the currency.”

“Huh? Huh? Huh?” Lin Zhixi’s mouth dropped open several times. Then she clutched her stomach and laughed so hard she could barely stand up. “My God, you’re finally going to enter the business yourself!”

Yue Lei’s face darkened as she nodded: “Yes. The stream starts at 6 PM this evening. I have about seven or eight accounts to go through. Can I trouble you and your group members to come and support me?”

Hearing the time, Lin Zhixi was in a difficult position.

She looked back at her friends who were laughing and talking on the side: “Can’t we change it to another time? We just got to Mount Jiuhu. The scenery here is great, and I feel so refreshed. Everyone’s ready to show off their skills and start climbing.”

“No, I bought a promotion slot, so the time is fixed.” Yue Lei’s tone was very firm.

Besides, the rain was going to get heavier and heavier starting tonight, and she couldn’t let them stay on the mountain.

Yue Lei lowered her eyes and pressed on: “I won’t let you do it for free. How about 200 yuan for each person’s labor fee? It’s a good reward for a group project, isn’t it? It’s only a two-hour stream, so the hourly wage is a hundred yuan.”

Hearing this, Lin Zhixi was tempted. Compared to the hard work of climbing, it was much more fun to watch her friend “enter the business” and make some money at the same time.

“Wait a minute. I’ll go ask.” She hung up the phone.

Yue Lei found a place to sit on the side of the road, her heart pounding with worry for her friends’ safety. Thankfully, Lin Zhixi’s friends were all happy to accept the 200 yuan. After they agreed, they immediately started heading back.

Yue Lei first contacted Xiaopaofei and sent her a message.

Yue Lei: “Xiaopaofei, I’m sorry, but I’m planning to start live streaming myself now, and I have other uses for this live stream currency. I’ll compensate you with a 1,000 yuan cancellation fee. Is there still enough time for you to find someone else to buy currency for the event?”

Without waiting for a reply, she opened the live stream backend and began the real-name registration to become a streamer.

She had previously worked with a legitimate platform, so the review process was very fast, and she was successful in just a few minutes. However, Yue Lei’s account was previously linked to her WeChat, and the news that she had become a streamer was pushed to her social circle. While muttering to herself that everyone better not check their social media during work hours, she quickly deleted the post.

Xiaopaofei also replied to her quickly.

Xiaopaofei-Y: “Received the payment.”

Xiaopaofei-Y: “Thank you, Boss Yue, for the money! That event is still half a month away, so I have plenty of time to find someone else!”

Xiaopaofei-Y: “Actually, I wasn’t even sure if I wanted to participate in that event. I was just doing it to help Boss Yue use up the currency as soon as possible. Now that I think about it, it’s a good thing I don’t have to participate. What if the platform doesn’t promote my stream, and I lose everything?”

Xiaopaofei-Y: “Since Boss Yue is also streaming on our platform, do you need any help? Whether it’s a co-stream or a PK battle, just say the word. Boss Yue has helped me so much before, and now I can finally repay you!”

Seeing these messages, Yue Lei couldn’t help but smile. It was so comfortable dealing with someone who was proactive.

Suddenly, Yue Lei remembered that she had promised to pick up Mo Yingxue after school, and she was in a difficult position.

She got out of school at 6:30 PM, which was the same time as her stream.

And she had nowhere else to go. She had to use her house to stream, and she had to tell her about it beforehand.

Looking at the time, it was almost time for the class break.

Yue Lei was no longer in a hurry to go home and immediately headed towards the Southwest Art Institute.

…

Once again, as a student, Mo Yingxue was still full of passion and love for painting. However, to avoid crushing her classmates with her experience and skills, she had even learned to hide her talent when painting works for public exhibition.

But Mo Yingxue really, really liked the feeling of being completely focused and in a state of flow when she was painting. Even though the teacher didn’t require them to finish a painting in one day, she used to like to stay in the studio after school to paint, just to pass the time.

But ever since she reunited with Yue Lei, she just wanted to finish her work as soon as possible and be the first to go back to the home where she was.

Perhaps the more you want to do something, the less you’re able to.

Today, Mo Yingxue was very happy and restless. She had her canvas out for a long time, but she couldn’t even start a rough sketch. With no mood to create, she took out her phone and started scrolling, calling it a search for inspiration.

When she saw that her only special contact had posted a new message on their social media, Mo Yingxue immediately clicked on it.

Yue: “Starting today, I’m a proud new streamer on the Qingyin live stream platform. Welcome to come watch and leave some flowers!”

Mo Yingxue raised her eyebrows. She really couldn’t figure out what Yue Lei was up to.

But her fingers moved faster than her brain, and she clicked on the link, memorizing her profile picture and ID.

Mo Yingxue scrolled through the Qingyin live stream app, a feeling of delight washing over her. She muttered to herself, “So she was watching other streamers to learn at the coffee shop yesterday? Was I wrong about her?”

She knew that catching someone in the act was the most effective, so she had been waiting for the right moment to open the door and catch Yue Lei watching a female streamer. But last night she was just watching a TV show, which didn’t give Mo Yingxue the chance.

Now it seemed that it was a good thing she hadn’t brought it up.

Yue Lei in this life hadn’t been captivated by a female streamer.

Mo Yingxue’s lips curved in satisfaction, and her mood improved greatly.

Just as she was about to close her phone and start a sketch, she saw that Yue Lei had sent her a message.

Yue: “Sister Xue, I have something very important to tell you. Can you come to the small garden after class? Anticipating puppy.jpg”

Not knowing what she was up to, Mo Yingxue still walked over to the location.

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