By the time Liu Rushuang had moved the Tripod Stand and live broadcast equipment out of her room and set them up, she picked up her phone to see, indeed, her followers had broken through five hundred thousand!
"Mom! Our followers have exceeded fifty thousand! I’m about to start the live broadcast, don’t forget the lines I just taught you." Liu Rushuang excitedly shared the news with Wan Xianglian, while pulling out Little Mirror to check her makeup.
She had purposely applied a haggard look makeup.
Wan Xianglian was genuinely distressed, confused, and didn’t know what to do.
She had wanted to call her family, but Liu Rushuang wouldn’t let her.
Wan Xianglian’s parents had passed away from illness years ago, and her only brother farmed in the countryside back home, occasionally doing odd jobs with his wife to supplement the family income.
Liu Rushuang felt that her uncle’s family had no prospects; such poor relatives would not only be unable to help but might also come knocking once they heard she was becoming an internet celebrity, eager for a handout.
This was the last thing Liu Rushuang wanted to see.
For this reason, she had turned off Wan Xianglian’s phone, not wanting any familiar people to contact her.
As Wan Xianglian was crying about her tough life, Liu Rushuang set up her phone on the Tripod Stand, adjusted the beauty and body shaping settings, and started the live broadcast.
The topic about facing off against Jiang Ning was still hanging in the hot search list, not to mention how popular her account had become.
As soon as Liu Rushuang started broadcasting, countless onlookers streamed in at once.
In the blink of an eye, Liu Rushuang saw the viewer count in the top right corner climbing rapidly.
Liu Rushuang was delighted, but she cleverly knew not to show her emotions.
She bowed her head, blinked hard, forcing tears into her eyes to look distressed and downcast before looking up at the screen again.
By this time, thousands of people had already poured into the broadcast room, and the number was still climbing fast; even the comments were flashing by quickly.
Liu Rushuang leaned forward, curious to see what everyone was saying.
She had been paying close attention to her own comment section all along, clearly understanding the netizens’ comments.
Most of them were on her side, cursing Jiang Ning and even willing to crowdfund support for her to fight for her father’s rights.
She thought the comments in the live stream would be the same.
But what did she see:
[Wow, the moment Jiang Ning responds, you start a live broadcast. Are you determined to confront Jiang Ning?]
[6666, the host is commendable for her courage!]
[The host is Liu’s daughter, right? Come on, tell us, what did your father do that got him physically castrated by Jiang Ning?]
[Two bowls of white rice barely enough to send to the host * love heart *1]
[The host is tough, actually starting a live stream, haha, if Jiang Ning starts a live stream too, that’d be epic, you guys could have a face-off.]
[Host, come on, what crime did your father commit? Why did Jiang Ning say your father is going to jail?]
The comments flew by rapidly, but Liu Rushuang managed to make out their content.
She was taken aback and couldn’t help but respond, "Jiang Ning responded?"
[Yes, yes! Didn’t you know?]
[For real? You started a broadcast coincidentally just as Jiang Ning was responding and now you’re going to fight it out?]
[Chrysanthemum Xia Ha sent the host a Ferris wheel balloon *1]
[Host, Jiang Ning said your father is going to jail, do you know what crime your father committed?]
Liu Rushuang’s expression changed upon seeing these comments.
She hadn’t expected Jiang Ning to actually bring her father’s crime to the forefront; when she was at the station earlier, the police said her father’s actions were so egregious that, to protect the privacy and mental health of the victims, they wouldn’t make the matter public.
Didn’t Jiang Ning know this?
Liu Rushuang didn’t know what kind of response Jiang Ning had made. She forced herself to remain composed as she inquired of the netizens, "I really didn’t know Jiang Ning responded. Where is it? Let me take a look too. After my mom came back from the police station, she’s been crying nonstop, and I was busy comforting her... I haven’t checked my phone... The reason I started this live broadcast was to thank everyone for their concern and support in the comments section, thank you all!"
While Liu Rushuang was speaking, the netizens had already mentioned Jiang Ning’s new post on Douyin and directed her to check it out.
Liu Rushuang asked everyone to hang on, taking the spare phone she had placed aside.
She opened up Douyin, typed in "Jiang Ning", and soon, Jiang Ning’s account with over thirty million followers popped up.
And Liu Rushuang saw the post Jiang Ning had shared just minutes before.
It was a simple pair of sentences that seemed to say everything and nothing at all.
Seeing this, Liu Rushuang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
She had thought Jiang Ning had written an essay in response!
So what if her father went to jail.
After all, it wasn’t her who was going to prison, and the family’s assets were all locked up in a safe. She had just asked, and Wan Xianglian also had a key to the safe.
To put it bluntly, even if Liu Chusheng were to be sentenced to death, it wouldn’t affect the life of the mother and daughter afterwards.
Moreover, she had just consulted with the lawyer, for the crime Liu Chusheng committed, he would at most be dismissed from his position and investigated, then serve a few years in prison before coming out.
If a few years in prison for Liu Chusheng could be traded for her to become a big internet celebrity, then it would be worth it!
Liu Rushuang browsed through Jiang Ning’s homepage, confirming that she had only released this one new work recently, then she felt slightly relieved, lifted her head, and replied to everyone, "Yes, Jiang Ning is right, my father indeed violated the law."
"It must be that Jiang Ning found out about my father’s past actions from somewhere and then came to arrest him."
"But shouldn’t the police be the ones to arrest people? If Jiang Ning knew about what my father did, why didn’t she call the police? Instead, she maliciously disabled my father!"
"My mother and I had no idea about what my father did. It was only today that the police informed us, which is how we found out."
"Although I am his daughter, both my mother and I stand on the side of the law. If my father did something wrong, he should be punished by the law. We have no complaints about that. However, what we cannot accept is, why did Jiang Ning beat my father like that?"
"What right does she have to do that!"
As Liu Rushuang spoke, she lowered her head and started wiping away tears, "Sob sob, my father is almost at retirement age, I can’t imagine how much pain he must have been in, what man could endure such a thing happening to them."
Her words did seem reasonable.
In the live stream, the number of online viewers had unknowingly surged to fifty thousand.
Apart from the netizens who supported Jiang Ning and those who were there to watch the drama, supporters of Liu Rushuang’s rights defense also rushed over upon hearing the news.
Many started showering Liu Rushuang’s live stream with gifts, ranging from a few cents to thousands of yuan, all kinds of gifts.
The gift effects were colorful and dazzling.
Under such overwhelming popularity, even more people were attracted to watch the live stream.
Liu Rushuang, watching the success of her live stream, was so happy that she nearly forgot she was still supposed to be acting pitiful.
She couldn’t hide the excitement in her eyes and quickly thanked her top two contributors.
"Thank you everyone for the gifts, if my father knew about your support for his defense, he would definitely be very happy!"
"I’ve decided too, I must fight Jiang Ning to the end! I will not let the culprit who hurt my father get away with it!"
Just as she finished speaking, suddenly there was a knock on the door from outside.
Liu Rushuang originally didn’t want to open the door, but the person outside kept knocking.
She had no choice but to turn to Wan Xianglian on the couch and say, "Mom, go see what the person knocking wants."
Wan Xianglian was someone without firm opinions, doing whatever her daughter asked of her.
She stood up and went to the entrance, looked through the peephole to see outside.
Then, Wan Xianglian was utterly petrified, her voice trembling, "Shuangshuang, the police are here!"
She was in a complete panic, looking utterly clueless, "What do we do? The police are here!"
Liu Rushuang was stunned, almost thinking she had heard wrong, "Mom, are you sure? The police? Why are they looking for us? Didn’t we just come back from the station?"
The conversation between the two was heard loud and clear by the netizens in the live stream.
Netizens who loved the drama were ecstatic, starting to comment:
[Ahh ahh ahh! Hurry up and open the door!]
[Is the host called Shuangshuang? It sounds quite nice, Shuangshuang, is it because this matter has become so heated that the police have also come to help you out!]
[Hurry up and open the door! Host, please open the door quickly, I’ll tip you a sports car!]
As the mother and daughter hesitated, the knocking stopped outside, but a clear police voice came in from behind the door, "Ladies, we’re also in the live stream room, and we know you’re inside the room. If you don’t open the door now, we’ll have to force entry."
The netizens were beyond excited.
Hearing this, Liu Rushuang and Wan Xianglian knew they had no choice but to open the door.
Wan Xianglian, who was closer, opened the door.
Outside, five uniformed police officers stood neatly arranged.
Their gazes fell on Wan Xianglian and her daughter as the leading officer spoke sternly, "Good evening, you are suspected of maliciously posting false information online, manipulating public opinion to attack others. Please come with us to the station for investigation now."
[Hahaha, what a thrill, I never expected to witness the police making an arrest in a live stream other than Jiang Ning’s!]
ps: What a disaster, Chapter 490, the one where Liu Chusheng threatened Liu Yaoyao, was censored. Little Bear cut more than a thousand words, and it still wasn’t released... Ahh, I can’t write about this plotline anymore!