Chapter 153: Joy for Some, Sorrow for Others

Chapter 153 -133: Joy for Some, Sorrow for Others

It was already half past eight. Mrs. Yan was sitting on the sofa watching TV when she was suddenly startled by the phone ringing on the coffee table.

She quickly reached for the phone and brought it close to her face. Seeing the caller ID, she couldn’t help but feel a little surprised. ‘Lili? Hasn’t she been avoiding my calls lately? Why is she calling me out of the blue today?’

“Hello, Lili,” Mrs. Yan said, sitting cross-legged on the sofa.

“Can’t you do something about your daughter?!” Yan Li’s voice was several octaves higher than usual, her tone harsh with anger.

Mrs. Yan was taken aback. “Whoa, what happened? Tell me slowly.”

She knew her own child. Although Yan Li had a bad temper, it was rare for her to speak to her mother in such a tone.

For her to be like this today, she must be absolutely furious!

“Your daughter is doing some kind of livestream with her former brother-in-law, and more than forty thousand people are watching!” Yan Li was seething just talking about it.

Hearing this, Mrs. Yan frowned, her voice filled with unconcealed curiosity.

“You mean to say your sister and Xiao Ran are livestreaming? And that many people are watching?”

She had known for a while that the two of them were together, so that part wasn’t a surprise to her. What she was curious about was whether they really had that many viewers.

She often scrolled through video apps when she had nothing to do at home and had seen her fair share of livestreams. Forty thousand people was a lot!!!!

‘Wow, Yan Xici is actually pretty impressive!’

On the other end of the line, Yan Li continued to complain, “Why else would I be so angry? It’s bad enough that they’re together, but now they’re even doing a livestream! So many people who know me, even my colleagues at the company, have seen it. You tell me, what am I supposed to do?!”

To be honest, Mrs. Yan’s head was still spinning. After a moment, she licked her lips. “Um, you… you need to calm down first.”

“How can I not be anxious? Hurry up and call Yan Xici! Tell her to stop right now!”

“Wait, you didn’t call her?”

“I wanted to talk to her, but she’s not picking up my calls! And it’s not just her, Xiao Ran isn’t picking up either!”

Hearing this, Mrs. Yan sighed. “I bet they’re not answering precisely because they’re livestreaming. Don’t you manage a bunch of internet celebrities yourself? If they answered their phones during a stream, wouldn’t you chew them out?”

Mrs. Yan may not have been worldly, but she understood some basic principles.

Whatever you do, you have to do it seriously and do it well.

That was how she had always taught her two daughters when they were young.

Besides, Yan Xici and Xiao Ran were live right now, so it was obviously inconvenient to answer the phone. They couldn’t just air all their family drama in front of their online audience, could they?

The only thing she could do was to calm her older daughter down first. If she really made a scene, that would turn into a real scandal.

Yan Li was so angry at her mother’s words she could have died. “Mom, how is that the same thing?”

‘If they don’t stop soon, more and more people are going to find out!’

‘As their boss, I’ll be too embarrassed to show my face anymore!’

“How is it not the same? That must be why they haven’t looked at their phones. If they didn’t answer your call, they definitely won’t answer mine.”

‘Maybe only thirty percent of people know right now. If a phone call makes that one hundred percent, wouldn’t that be foolish?’

“Then what do you think we should do?” The more Yan Li listened, the angrier she got. She steeled herself, determined to demand a solution from her mother and see if this mother of hers even cared about her anymore!

‘Just how long is she going to favor her younger daughter!’

“Don’t worry. I’ll talk to her. Look, they’re already live, so it’s too late to say anything now. But don’t you worry, as soon as she’s done, I’ll definitely give her a good talking-to.”

“…”

Hearing this, Yan Li didn’t know what to say. Although she felt incredibly frustrated, her experience told her that you really couldn’t take calls during a livestream. It was basic streamer etiquette.

“I’m hanging up.”

She felt her scalp go numb. She had never felt so aggrieved in her life!

As the dial tone buzzed in her ear, Mrs. Yan, still on the sofa, let out a sigh.

Now she was in a real bind.

‘That Yan Xici… she’s such a handful!’

‘She already stole her sister’s husband, couldn’t she at least be a little more low-key about it!’

‘Yan Li has always been so concerned about her reputation; how could she possibly stand for this?’

‘If it weren’t for the fact that her stream had so many viewers, I really would have called her myself!’

This was the time Xici should be looking for a job. If she could become a popular influencer, that would actually be a good thing. After all, influencers made much more money than a regular office job, and there were no bosses or anyone else to answer to.

For Yan Xici, this might not be a bad thing at all.

It’s like they say, you can’t choose between the palm and the back of your hand. With her two daughters at odds, she was the one who suffered the most.

She had to consider the older one, but she also had to look out for the younger one.

‘It’s so hard!’

She hesitated for a moment, then opened her WeChat conversation with Yan Xici.

Mom: Hey, your sister saw your livestream. Call me back when you’re done.

「…」

Meanwhile, the two oblivious participants of the livestream had just finished horseback riding and were heading to the lake to go boating. As Yan Xici dismounted, Xu Cheng hurried over and handed a phone to Xiao Ran.

He then walked over to Yan Xici, covered his mouth, and whispered, “Your sister called you just now.”

“Huh?” Hearing this, the young woman’s bright eyes filled with surprise.

‘Her sister? Why would she be calling me?’