Chapter 57: Mom’s Private Cuisine Goes Live

Chapter 57: Chapter 57: Mom’s Private Cuisine Goes Live

Xiao Juzi, who had been waiting impatiently, finally saw his mom.

"Mommy, you’re so slow!" he grumbled.

Shu Yao earnestly coaxed him, "Mommy’s a grown-up, you know. Registering naturally takes longer for me than it does for a child."

Xiao Juzi pouted. He knew his mom was just trying to soothe him, but he couldn’t bring himself to stay angry.

"I listened to you, Mommy, and waited right here like a good boy!" The little fellow’s eyes were shining, his face wearing a little expression that screamed, ’Praise me!’

"So good!" Shu Yao rewarded him with a huge hug. "You have to be a good boy and listen to Mommy just like this next time, too, okay?"

"Okay!" Suddenly catching a scent he hated on his mother, Xiao Juzi wrinkled his nose, his eyes filled with resentment. "Mommy, why do you smell like that nasty person?"

"And why shouldn’t I?"

Xiao Juzi’s face was full of repulsion. "I hate him!"

Shu Yao said, "Then you’ll have to learn to like him."

Xiao Juzi cried, "Mommy, I can’t do it!"

Shu Yao let out a motherly sigh.

The lockdown on Luoxing Port was lifted.

After coming out, the mother and son met up with Shu Chao Yu.

Shu Chao Yu had been worried sick waiting outside. He had just come out of Luoxing Port and sent the First Generation fish bladders that Shu Yao had picked out of a trash bin onto a Flying Machine when he saw the warship fly overhead.

Sensing that something was terribly wrong, he immediately rushed back, but it was already too late.

After Luoxing Port was put on lockdown, no one inside could get out, and no one outside could get in.

The critical point was that after the incident, the central network had immediately blocked all signals in the Luoxing Port area. Shu Chao Yu couldn’t get in touch with Shu Yao and was absolutely frantic!

’Signal jamming?’

Shu Yao was puzzled.

’But I was able to send messages to Qin Shiwei while I was inside the port!’

’Maybe... that man had opened a special channel for her.’

The thought sent a sweet warmth spreading through her.

’Don’t be fooled by how my dear seems to not understand social niceties on the surface; he’s actually spent a great deal of effort on me.’

The three of them returned to the Shu Family home.

The moment they walked in the door, Shu Xin couldn’t stand the fishy stench clinging to them. She pinched her nose and urged them to go take a shower.

"Uncle, you take Xiao Juzi for a shower first. I’m going to the back to take care of the things we brought home."

Shu Chao Yu picked up Xiao Juzi. "Off we go! Time for a shower with your uncle!"

Shu Yao handed Zaizai to him, then headed to the kitchen in the back, carrying the small white fish in one hand and dragging the fish bladders in the other.

She dumped the bag of fish bladders into a basin, filling the large container to the brim. But after she squeezed the air out of them, all the bladders combined barely covered the bottom of the basin.

Removing the air from the fish bladders not only made them easier to clean but also prevented them from popping violently in the pan during stir-frying.

Shu Yao poured some salt and white vinegar into the basin and scrubbed the bladders vigorously three times to thoroughly remove any bloodstains and the fishy smell. After rinsing them with clean water, she left them to drain.

Next, she cleaned the small white fish.

After taking a shower and changing into a fresh set of clothes, she returned to the kitchen to continue her work.

She started a livestreaming channel on the Star Network platform.

She didn’t use any fancy gimmicks for her channel, just a very simple name—

Mommy’s Private Kitchen.

Even her username was perfunctory: Mommy SY.

A new streamer’s channel is typically dead, but newcomers get three free promotional boosts during their first month.

So, if a new streamer wanted to build an audience, they had to make smart use of these three opportunities.

Shu Yao stared at the control panel for a moment, then decisively used one of her boosts.

Her channel title soon appeared on the Star Network’s streaming homepage.

Many people clicked in, only to discover she was a streamer who didn’t show her face. Not only that, she was a rookie who hadn’t even figured out the basic streaming functions. After grumbling a bit in the chat, they left, thoroughly unimpressed.

However, a viewer named Chief Dan noticed that the new streamer was having trouble and patiently explained a lot to her.

"...As for the taste-testing slots, new streamers can only open three. After you open them, you can either assign a slot to a specific viewer or let the system pick randomly." Chief Dan then made a small request. "Um... Ma’am, seeing as I’ve helped you so much, do you think you could assign one of those taste-testing slots to me later?"