Chapter 14: Goodbye, Then!

Ling Xiaoli didn’t know when the company would contact the livestreaming platform to shut down her stream, so while the atmosphere in her livestream was still hot, she hurried to continue.

“Thank you all for your love! And thank you so much for still liking me… Um, anyway, everyone knows what I look like now. It really doesn’t match my voice or persona, does it?”

Her phone suddenly began vibrating. Ling Xiaoli glanced at it. It was Wang Yun, but she ignored it.

—[Doesn’t matter, I like it!]

—[I absolutely love it! I love this kind of contrast!]

……

“But there’s nothing I can do about it. This is just what I look like.”

—[Is this the legendary high-level humblebrag?]

—[Waaah, I wish I looked like that too.]

“So someone wanted me to get plastic surgery, but I refused. Then they used a sky-high contract termination fee to force me.

“How should I put it? Today is probably the last time I’ll be livestreaming from this account. I’m still very grateful that you’ve liked me throughout this past year!”

Her phone kept vibrating relentlessly.

—[What the hell? Is there some shady business going on?]

—[Why do I have a bad feeling about this? Is Lili quitting the entertainment industry?]

—[A sky-high contract termination fee? If you need help, contact me. I provide professional legal services!]

……

“Thanks to my good friend coming to my rescue, I managed to gather enough money for the termination fee. I love rich ladies; rich ladies make me happy Hahaha I’ve already made arrangements to terminate my contract with the company!”

“As for whether you’ll still be able to see me livestreaming in the future, I don’t know. But I won’t be leaving the entertainment industry. Maybe the next time you see me, it’ll be on television!”

“This livestream could be terminated at any moment, but I’ve already said what I most wanted to say. That’s enough! Hehe!”

“From the moment I signed that sky-high contract until today, I honestly don’t know how I managed to hold on this long. All I can say is, this has really made me look ba—”

The image suddenly froze, and a notification popped up on the screen:

「Account suspended. Please contact the platform’s support staff promptly for assistance.」

Ling Xiaoli stared at the screen and sighed. As expected, they had forcibly terminated the livestream. Good thing she had specifically changed her password before starting the stream.

Her phone was still vibrating. Ling Xiaoli shook her head and pressed the answer button.

The moment the call connected, a barrage of ear-piercing sounds charged toward her ears like a machine gun.

“Ling Xiaoli, have you gone crazy? Do you think you can afford that termination fee?! You @#$%…”

Ling Xiaoli hurriedly moved the phone away, turned on speakerphone, and tossed it onto the table.

After the other side finally finished in one breath, she leisurely spoke in her sweet, coquettish voice:

“Sister Wang, didn’t you watch my livestream? I found a rich lady! The termination fee is just pocket change~”

“You!…”

“You what, you? You and the company know perfectly well how you’ve treated me. You’re really like wool-gatherers, aren’t you? You catch one sheep and keep shearing it to death. Even after it’s bald, you still want to kill it and eat the meat!”

“I…”

“I what, I? I’ve earned quite a lot of money for the company over the past year, haven’t I? Take my last livestream sales event, for example. The placement fee plus commission earned the company at least eight million yuan. How much did I get? Eighty thousand!”

“That’s not—”

“No need to explain. Anyway, I’m definitely terminating this contract. We’ll meet again if fate brings us together. Goodbye, then!”

Wang Yun listened in stunned silence as two beeps came from the phone. Her mouth hung open wide enough to fit a pear.

When had Ling Xiaoli become so sharp-tongued? Was this proof that even a rabbit would bite when pushed too far?

Thinking about how she still had to explain everything to the company, Wang Yun nearly burst into tears.