After five bigwigs in Beijing's elite circle fell into their trap, I fled.

Chapter 11 The Newly Recognized Father

A series of question marks appeared in the group chat.

Li Yubai, who was taking a bath in the hotel, suddenly lost his leisurely mood and silently stared at the group without saying a word.

The sullen cat: [What do you need a bunch of junk for?]

Dear Sponsor: [Start a live stream to sell products]

The Cat Who Loves Me: [I'll send you a batch before the broadcast starts, and I'll arrange a second batch after you've used them all up]

Dear patron: [The price...]

The smug cat: [It was worthless to begin with.]

Dear patron: [We still need to discuss the price.]

The sullen cat: [How about one yuan a cart?]

The generous benefactor: [This... is like getting something for nothing, which is really inappropriate.]

The languid cat: [Tsk! If the client feels bad, then give me the cost price, thirty million.]

Dear patron: [Let's keep it one piece—it's not that I don't want to give more, it's just that talking about money hurts our relationship.]

A smug cat: [Heh]

Bliss: [I have some too. Call me brother, and I'll give them all to you.]

Dear patron: [...]

Mahjong Goddess: [Sister, do you collect autographed photos or handmade items from celebrities? My warehouse is almost overflowing!]

Boss: [Accept! Accept them all!]

Beiming Youyu: [I also have some old things I don't need anymore. I'll personally deliver them to you next month, okay?]

……

Jiangcheng International Hotel.

Li Yubai summoned his assistant Yang: "Compile a list of your arch-enemies—unmarried, male, and probably quite good-looking."

The fact that she's good-looking is based on the first group chat log.

Of course, besides being good-looking, being rich and vindictive are also common traits among those members.

After all, most people wouldn't casually utter such harsh words as bombing islands or bases.

Half an hour later, Assistant Yang brought over a densely packed list.

Li Yubai glanced at it and immediately felt a headache coming on: "Do I have so many mortal enemies?"

"This only includes unmarried people who are reasonably attractive; there are probably four or five hundred of them."

"Never mind," Li Yubai sighed softly. "Whether they're human or ghost, we'll meet soon enough."

Three days later.

Class 27 of high school.

A new topic suddenly emerged in the classroom, and the students began discussing it enthusiastically as soon as get out of class ended...

Jiang Shu keenly grasped the meaning of the word 'morning and evening'.

She tugged at her deskmate's sleeve: "Qin Dou, what's going on?"

Qin Dou: "Didn't you see the entertainment headlines?"

"No."

Qin Dou looked at him like he was an alien: "Didn't we just talk about live streaming a few days ago? You don't know, but a new live streaming platform called 'Chao Mu' has suddenly appeared out of nowhere these past few days. It's extremely arrogant and has taken away the profits of too many people. Recently, all the live streaming platforms in China have been fighting each other, and it's causing quite a stir."

Jiang Shu was concerned about another issue: "If I want to do a live stream, what should I choose—"

"We have to choose Chaomu! It's owned by the Li family, the number one family in the capital. Just watch, in two days at most, the Li Group will have all the other live streaming platforms pinned to the ground, not daring to utter a sound."

Jiang Shu breathed a sigh of relief: "Li Yubai is quite reliable." Qin Dou choked for a moment: "What does this have to do with that big shot? The Li family is involved in a wide range of industries. A small live streaming business is not even worthy of his attention. It is said that projects under 1 billion yuan are not even qualified to be placed on his desk."

Jiang Shu responded with an "oh".

Qin Dou then belatedly realized: "You want to do a live stream? Didn't you say you didn't like being in the public eye?"

"I won't show my face. I'll just sell some used trinkets." Jiang Shu explained good-naturedly, "Mainly because I have a few friends who have a lot of unused items at home, so I'm helping them clear them out—it doesn't matter whether I make money or not."

"Then give me a link to your live stream. I'll boost your viewership."

Qin Dou seemed to remember something and lowered his voice, saying, "I'll keep your livestream a secret. Don't tell anyone else in the class. Some people are gossipy, and other classes might find out by accident."

"So what if you know?"

"I'll get a talk with the teachers—they're delaying other people's children's studies during the crucial college entrance exam period."

Jiang Shu nodded: "I understand."

Qin Dou said with a hint of disdain, "It's not just because of that. There's a girl named Wang Doudou in Class 25 who's a big internet celebrity. She does her own live streams, and she likes to put down other streamers all the time. The class she dislikes the most is ours—we have the worst grades, but everyone in our class has a powerful background, the kind of person she can neither reach nor look down on."

What kind of live streams does she do?

"On Lemon, one of the three major live streaming platforms, they specifically tried to ride on Yan Yu's popularity."

Jiang Shu's heart stirred slightly: "Can you make money by riding on Yan Yu's popularity?"

"Sis, do you know how many fans Yan Yu has?" Qin Dou exclaimed. "He's the undisputed number one in the entertainment industry, a super top-tier celebrity with hundreds of millions of fans. Just mentioning his name in a live stream can immediately attract hundreds of thousands of viewers..."

Jiang Shu tentatively suggested, "What if we invite him to appear in the live stream..."

“Jiang Shu, if you can do this,” Qin Dou said earnestly, “I will take down my great-grandfather’s memorial tablet, put your name on it, and worship you every day.”

Jiang Shu's impulse to invite Yan Yu receded like the tide.

Qin Dou steered the conversation back on track: "Besides Wang Doudou, there are several other internet celebrities at school who like to gang up and bully newcomers in their live streams. It's disgusting to think about them connecting with you in your live stream to manipulate you."

“If they dare to come,” Jiang Shu thought for a moment, “I’m barefoot and have nothing to fear, I’ll take care of them all.”

Qin Dou chuckled softly and gave her a thumbs up.

However, Jiang Shu did not expect that she would bump into him on her way home from school that afternoon, even before they met online.

Entrance to Xinghua Lane.

Three girls from Class 27 were surrounded by a group of girls dressed in flamboyant clothes in a secluded corner near the school.

Jiang Shu was quite familiar with one of the girls, Xu Yan, who had once said in class that she wanted to be her junior and had even copied English notes for her.

"Wang Doudou, what are you doing!" Xu Yan shielded the other two girls behind her.

"What am I supposed to do?" Wang Doudou sneered. "Those two little bitches behind you came to my live stream yesterday and called me by my real name. Do you know that several big spenders on the leaderboard made fun of me? I also received far fewer donations yesterday!"

“It’s not shameful to call you by your real name. Don’t you get called by your name every day at school?” Xu Yan took two steps back warily. “If you dare to bully us today, I’ll tell my dad and make sure you can’t stay at No. 1 High School.”

“Your dad? A lousy director?” Wang Doudou’s expression worsened. “When I went to audition, he insisted on calling me indecent and kicked me out—I’m going to settle this score with him.”

Xu Yan blushed: "You went to the interview dressed like that, completely exposed, which is already indecent! My dad didn't tell the principal, which is already showing leniency!"

"Show mercy, is that it?" Wang Doudou grabbed Xu Yan's hair and ordered her companions, "Drag them into the alley, strip them naked, take pictures, and then slash their faces..."

"You dare! Wang Doudou, are you crazy?!"

"If you're so capable, go back to your father with this bruise on your face and see if he gets here faster or if your photos spread online faster..."

Xu Yan and the other two shrank back in terror, while behind Wang Doudou, several young female delinquents stepped forward menacingly.

Around the corner not far away, Jiang Shu gently kicked a pebble, which hit Wang Doudou's ankle directly, instantly causing a large bruise.

"Who are you? Mind your own business!" Wang Doudou glared at him fiercely.

Jiang Shu slowly approached, "I'm the father she just recognized a couple of days ago."

(End of this chapter)