The hanging schoolgirl remained in the same position, her legs swinging back and forth.
She seemed to realize we could see her, and kept grinning in our direction.
Unfortunately, this was only an illusion and couldn’t do any real harm. Besides, I wasn’t summoning ghosts to kill people—at most, I was just scaring Lương Nguyệt Nguyệt.
I picked up a wooden stick and swung it straight at her legs.
“How’s that feel? Still want to secretly film me to make a profit?”
She writhed on the ground, unable to get back up.
When she heard me, her eyes widened in shock. “You bitch! You knew the whole time! So you were behind this! Let me go! Do you think I won’t call the police and have you arrested?!”
“Hmph. Go ahead and call them. Are there any cameras or people here? Ask that hanging schoolgirl to testify for you!”
Every punch, every swing of the stick landed without hesitation.The point was to make sure Lương Nguyệt Nguyệt couldn’t get back up tonight.
The more she screamed, the more I enjoyed myself.
I’d prepared carefully, using a special technique to beat her so there’d be no visible injuries by morning.
I only stopped when I was about ready to drop.
I pinched Lương Nguyệt Nguyệt awake.
After I’d “opened her eyes” and tied her up tight, all she could do was stare at the schoolgirl grinning at her.
Afraid she’d close her eyes, I even rubbed medicated oil beneath them.
She wanted to faint again, but no matter what she did, she couldn’t. She was practically going insane.
“Do you like this gift? You gave me this, and I wasn’t too fond of it. But I’m a kind person, so I got you a big gift in return. No need to thank me!”
I grinned from ear to ear.
After venting all my anger, I drove home and slept like a baby.
10
The next day, Lương Nguyệt Nguyệt was finally found and brought back. I heard she kept babbling and screaming about ghosts the whole way.
That night, I could finally go live again. I didn’t want to argue with the people criticizing me, so before I started, I used my phone to film the whole location.
This time, I went to a place netizens considered especially mysterious. A few people were still skeptical, but most had come around. After I explained everything clearly, and with Tiết Nhạc Nhạc finding someone to steer public opinion, the atmosphere in my livestream gradually returned to normal.
Just as things were settling down for me, Lương Nguyệt Nguyệt’s life was far from smooth.
She’d secretly come to me before to trade for better luck. But I often livestreamed from places full of creepy stories and bad feng shui, so I had no shortage of bad luck to spare.
At first, Lương Nguyệt Nguyệt was thrilled when her account was unblocked and eagerly went live again.
But after only a few streams, she offended a major streamer and was swept up in another wave of account reports. She was banned from livestreaming for seven days.
After being unable to go live for ten days straight, she fell short of the required cumulative number of streaming days. The management company fined her, but where was she supposed to get the money to pay it?
Lương Nguyệt Nguyệt wanted to terminate her contract with the company, but it was much easier to get on board than to jump ship. In a fit of anger, she announced she was quitting livestreaming, but with a signed contract, she couldn’t stream anywhere else either.
I’d also reported her to the police, saying someone had secretly filmed me and invaded my privacy.
The police quickly found the hidden camera. During questioning, I explained that I’d felt uneasy, so I checked and discovered it. Everything happened so fast that Lương Nguyệt Nguyệt hadn’t had time to delete her login history.
With the evidence so clear, she was held in custody for several days.
After leaving the police station, she had even less chance of continuing to stream. Unable to pay rent, Lương Nguyệt Nguyệt was kicked out by her landlord that very night.
She flew into a rage, standing outside and yelling insults, even kicking the landlord’s door, but the landlord couldn’t have cared less.
A little while later, apparently unable to take it anymore, she calmed down and made a phone call, speaking to the person on the other end in a sweet, coquettish voice.
Half an hour later, a man showed up.
The moment I saw his potbelly and bald head, I recognized him as “Hào Ca”—the level-20 fan in Lương Nguyệt Nguyệt’s livestream room.
Hào Ca dutifully helped her move her luggage. When she saw me open the door and look out, Lương Nguyệt Nguyệt’s eyes were full of venom.
She glanced at the red string around her wrist, her expression both resentful and smug. “Don’t get too pleased with yourself! One day you’ll regret it! Even if I can’t stream, someone will still support me! You’re not so sure of that, are you?”
After everything that had happened, she still thought she could drain all my good luck and leave me with nothing but misfortune.
Watching her smugly walk away, I nearly burst out laughing.
Sure enough, not long afterward, footage of Lương Nguyệt Nguyệt appeared on a short-video platform.
Hào Ca had taken her to a concert, and a camera caught them there.
The two of them had clearly gone together, but the moment she noticed she was being filmed, Lương Nguyệt Nguyệt sat up straight and deliberately put some distance between herself and Hào Ca.
That was understandable. Hào Ca was so stingy, yet he’d made it to level 20. If Lương Nguyệt Nguyệt hadn’t been broke, she definitely wouldn’t have gone to a concert with him.
If she were photographed looking intimate with him, how could she keep swindling other “big brothers” for gifts?
After the video spread online, Hào Ca became a laughingstock.
Lương Nguyệt Nguyệt thought she looked pretty good in the video, and since she’d gotten a little famous, she cut Hào Ca out and posted only pictures of herself: “I don’t know the guy beside me. I went to the concert alone that day. I really like this singer～”
But not all netizens were idiots:
[Hào Ca is so pitiful. He took her to a concert and still didn’t even get called “bro.”]
[Hào Ca could be rich as anything and still wouldn’t belong in the same frame as Lương Nguyệt Nguyệt.]
[Even that big spender wearing a Richard Mille got edited out!]
Lương Nguyệt Nguyệt thought she could use this chance to get famous, but nobody cared.
Her secondary account did gain followers, but she couldn’t livestream, and no one wanted to work with her on ads or buy products from her. Netizens didn’t even bother giving her a glance.
After this, Hào Ca lost interest too. Realizing he’d been used, he stopped spending money on Lương Nguyệt Nguyệt.
Lương Nguyệt Nguyệt probably couldn’t understand why, in such a huge crowd, the big screen had shown only her. According to Tiết Nhạc Nhạc, Lương Nguyệt Nguyệt had gone back home. She’d made money fast from livestreaming before, but never learned how to make an honest living and only knew how to live in a fantasy world. On top of that, she wasn’t well educated. In the end, she’d tried to “snag a rich guy” and take a shortcut, only to be used by someone else.
While they were dating, she’d once received a bag from him. But after dating her for three months and spending tens of thousands of yuan, he’d decided he’d had enough and sent his wife to demand the bag back.
Lương Nguyệt Nguyệt already had a bad reputation, and many people in the industry wanted nothing to do with her. As a result, she no longer had any chance to get close toother wealthy people. Accustomed to a lavish lifestyle, she couldn’t stand the difference.
I heard her family was constantly hounded by creditors, to the point that she didn’t dare go home. I don’t care what happened to her after that. With no money, no skills, and no way to livestream anymore, hounded by debt collectors all day and even detained once, how could things possibly end well for her?
People with crooked hearts should understand from the start what the consequences will be. Sometimes, being honest and doing things the right way are what matter most. Living in a fantasy world will only bring harm to yourself.
Never think about using shady methods to borrow someone else’s luck. Luck is impossible to pin down. Even if you manage to borrow it and get rich for a while, cause and effect are always at work. Sooner or later, you’ll pay for anything you gain dishonestly. Lương Nguyệt Nguyệt is a perfect example.
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