Chapter 39
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Chapter 115: Cherry, You’ve Exposed Yourself
The whole villa suddenly fell silent. Only sweetcherry’s young and tender voice in the live-stream could be heard saying, “Don’t give me any more gifts, guys~ It’s too wasteful!”
The comments were filled with things such as:
‘Poor Sweetie. Fight, Sweetie! You have Mom’s support!’
‘Sob! Why did Sponsor Daddy leave? He’s horrible!’
‘It’s okay, Sweetie. Sponsor Daddy may have left, but we’re still here. I’ll top-up another $150.’
‘We mustn’t lose…’
Cherry had noticed the moment Justin left the live-stream. She was so sad that her eyes were all red and tears were brimming in them. Her little mouth was also turned up into a pout. As she was in the midst of a team battle, she wasn’t looking at the computer screen. Her head was lowered, making her eyelashes look like fans casting silhouettes on her cheeks.
She muttered angrily, “Stinky Daddy. I won’t like you ever again!!”
Justin, who was staring at the screen, didn’t even dare to blink.
That face, as well that young and tender voice, made him tense up all over. He couldn’t help but hold his breath, seemingly afraid that the little girl on the phone would sense something.
He was utterly shocked and stunned.
Apart from having a stinky son, he, Justin Hunt, also had… a daughter!
The realization made his mind go blank. However, his eyes that were fixed on the phone reddened a little and the corners of his lips curled up with excitement.
A completely stunned Lawrence looked at him.
He stared at the phone, then looked up and glanced at Pete. Even after comparing the two several times, he couldn’t help but rub his eyes in disbelief. Toward the end, he still found the whole thing unbelievable.“M-Mr. Hunt, how can two children in the world resemble each other so much?”
‘Resemble’? This was no ‘resemblance’; they were practically identical!
Apart from twins, there was probably no one who could produce two children who looked so much like each other.
A confused Pete looked up in a daze to see the tyrant looking as though he wanted to both laugh and cry, whereas Lawrence looked shocked and horrified.
The two men stood at the door, occasionally looking at him and occasionally at the cell phone.
He could also hear audio from the game that Cherry played coming from the cell phone.
Pete was terribly alarmed. Had they discovered Cherry?
He hurriedly climbed down from the chair and trotted over to the two men. Then, he tiptoed and looked at Justin’s phone.
Sure enough, it really was Cherry!
Pete’s eyes widened big and round. What are they supposed to do about this now?
Going by how aggressive the tyrant was, he would definitely take Cherry away from Mommy and never allow them to ever see Mommy again.
From then on, he and his younger sister would be locked in a prison known as the Hunt's and separated from Mommy.
The more Pete thought about it, the more nervous he became.
Previously, the tyrant had never noticed the peculiarities in his or his sister’s behavior only because he didn’t know that he had a daughter, but he did now.
He took a deep breath, hurriedly picked up his cell phone, and sent Cherry a text message: ‘Cherry, you’ve been exposed!’
At the Andersons.
Cherry was playing games on her cell phone when a notification suddenly popped up.
Upon reading the message, she raised her head in surprise and found that the camera of the computer in front of her had actually turned on at some point!
Cherry received a huge shock and quickly turned off the camera. Only then did she breathe a huge sigh of relief.
Everyone in the comments was already exclaiming in amazement!
‘Oh my gosh, how can there be such a cute child in this world?’
‘Ahhh!! I was watching Sweetie’s actions closely just now, and she’s really the one playing! The distance that her fingers slid across the screen is exactly the same as in the game!’
‘Her eyelashes are so long! I’m in love!’
‘This isn’t a child! She’s clearly an angel! Isn’t she too cute? She’ll definitely be a stunner when she grows up! The kind that’ll easily trash those in the entertainment industry!’
Amid the many comments complimenting her good looks were also frequent notifications of people tipping her.
‘Don’t be scared, Sweetie! Your Mommies are here!’
‘Let’s do this! After seeing how cute Sweetie is, I really can’t bear to see her lose!’
‘Let’s work hard together!’
The fans surprisingly came together as a united front in the comments.
In Fantasia’s live-stream.
Fantasia had just live-streamed herself trying on a couple of outfits, but she didn’t like either of them. She complained, “Sigh, I didn’t manage to find any clothes I like this time either, but I’ll just buy a couple of bags anyway. I can’t let myself make this trip in vain… It isn’t nice if I don’t let the service staff earn a little after they spent so much time and effort, either.”
She sat on the sofa and got the service staff to fetch the bags.
It was at this point that certain comments started appearing in her live-stream:
‘sweetcherry is really stunning!’
‘It’s a shame if she doesn’t debut in the entertainment industry, given how pretty she is… No wonder she’s gained nearly a million followers in less than a month.’
Fantasia had always been hailed as a classy beauty because of her self-confidence that stemmed from her coming from a wealthy background. She became a little unhappy when she saw people in her live-stream complimenting someone else.
She picked up her cell phone. After looking carefully at what was happening for a while, she scoffed and said, “She’s obviously just changing the topic~ Look at how many tips she received after she turned on the camera. She’s stooping so low.’
She rested her cheeks on her hands and said with a smile, “Didn’t she claim that she’s from a wealthy family with 75 million dollars? Why is she gathering fans here for just a few measly tens of thousands of dollars?”
She shook her head and went on. “sweetcherry has actually made a wrong move. It’s not wrong of the management company to create an image for her; she’s so cute, she could’ve totally gone for the adorable baby style instead. A five-year-old playing games is already a highlight in itself, but they were too greedy and tried to take everything they can instead.”
Her loyal fans immediately started to pay her lip service in the comments: ‘Exactly. Is the image of a wealthy person something that ordinary people can go for? What a joke.’
‘Everyone’s going for a luxurious image these days. Apart from Fantasia, I haven’t seen anyone who can really pull it off.’
‘Fantasia’s self-confidence is in her DNA. There’s no way anyone can develop a charm like that without money. Sweetie is so ridiculous. She keeps telling people not to tip her anymore, but what is she live-streaming for, if not for tips? She’s so fake!’
‘Hahaha, her No. 2 fan is really ridiculous too. He left the live-stream so openly after pretending to fall out with her. This way, no one can say anything about it!’
Fantasia smiled again after reading the comments. She said, “You’re right. Her opponent today is Ika, who’s a well-known young man from a wealthy family, so she started her live-stream ahead of time today. This way, she can say that her No. 1 fan didn’t come because she started her live-stream early. As for her No. 2 fan, they also supposedly fell out. What a coincidence, huh? Her management company is really smart though. With this, she’ll probably trend again.”
At practically the same time she said that, the comments suddenly went crazy.
Fantasia calmly took a look:
‘Quick, go and look at sweetcherry’s live-stream!’
‘Oh my gosh! I can’t breathe!’
Chapter 116: Saving The Damsel In Distress!
Fantasia was taken aback. She asked, “What’s the matter?”
In the comments:
‘A big boss has appeared!’
Fantasia’s eyes widened in shock. She didn’t have the luxury of paying attention to the fact that she was still in the midst of a live-stream anymore, and entered sweetcherry’s live-stream on her cell phone right away.
As soon as she did, a swarm of tip notifications bombarded the comments, and virtual gift visual effects filled the entire screen.
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At the Hunt's villa.
Justin was still standing at the door to Pete’s study.
Pete had been observing him after he sent the text message to Cherry.
The tyrant was staring at the live-stream with a sinister and unpredictable look on his face. Even Pete couldn’t quite tell what he was thinking at this instant.
Going by his harsh and domineering character, Pete had imagined that he would definitely take her away forcefully once he knew that he had a daughter.
So, why was the tyrant standing motionless here and looking a little as if he was caught in an internal struggle?
The clever Pete entered the live-stream and scrolled upward through the comments. In no time, he got a clear picture of the dispute between the tyrant and Cherry.
Pete: “…”
He found himself rather speechless.
What was the matter with the tyrant?
Why was a man in his twenties arguing with a five-year-old?
In particular, was the big and bold ‘Your father is such a scumbag’ really something that the tyrant had said?
Why did it feel so weird?!
Justin was also feeling extremely embarrassed after he got over his shock, when he thought of what he had said.
He’d always had the illusion that he had a daughter whenever Pete turned into a little princess. Whenever he thought of himself having a daughter, the cold-hearted man’s heart would inexplicably soften.
Besides, sweetcherry was so cute. She was someone who really existed and not just the familiar feeling and longing he felt whenever his son had a relapse.
This was why he had been jealous for some reason when sweetcherry said that her father was ignoring her.
How could someone who had a daughter not cherish her?
That was why his brain had short-circuited for a moment, causing him to say something as childish as ‘Your father is such a scumbag’!
At that time, he had thought that no one on the Internet knew who he was anyway.
But now!
His expression changed again and again. He lowered his dark eyes and cast a dispassionate glance at Pete, his gaze subtly sweeping across his cell phone.
Lawrence was still fussing next to him. He exclaimed, “What exactly is going on, Boss?”
Justin’s thin lips parted and he replied icily, “This is my daughter!”
Lawrence, “!”
Pete, “!”
It was all over! The tyrant sounded so sure of himself; he must have already discovered Cherry. While he was thinking about what he should do, the tyrant ordered, “Investigate immediately. Find her, even if you must search high and low for her!”
Lawrence stood up straight and replied, “Yes, sir!”
When he turned to leave, Justin suddenly added, “Do it in secret.”
Lawrence nodded.
Pete, “…”
His lip corners couldn’t help but spasm. Daddy was so stupid! It was already so obvious. Not only had he and Cherry switched identities with each other in California, but Mommy’s intentions had also been so obvious after they came to New York. He hadn’t figured it out or understood what was going on previously only because he didn’t know that he had a daughter.
That was why he hadn’t thought of it at all.
But now that he knew, did he even still need to investigate?
Wasn’t it obvious where his younger sister was?
With that in mind, Pete, whose lip corners were spasming asked, “Daddy, do you really have an IQ of 301?”
Justin, “…”
He looked down at Pete with a deep, dark, and bottomless look in his eyes. The beauty mark at the corner of his eye was also flashing with a sharp look. He asked, “Why? Have you seen your sister before?”
Pete replied, “… No.”
Since the tyrant hadn’t realized anything, then all the better it was. They absolutely mustn’t betray Mommy!
Justin didn’t seem to be suspicious of his answer.
His gaze merely returned to the live-stream with a frown.
Pete had seen the comments in the live-stream just now, so he knew that Cherry was currently at a disadvantage in the face-off match. As someone with a sister complex, this was absolutely unforgivable!
He paused for a moment and suddenly said, “Daddy, you’ll be a hero saving a damsel in distress if you send my sister virtual gifts and help her win the match. It’ll definitely help to defuse the situation with her!”
Justin, who was topping up his account, paused his finger movements for a moment. Then, he coughed and said coldly, “Our relationship doesn’t need any defusing. But now that I know she’s my daughter, how can I let a child of the Hunt's lose?”
Pete, “…”
He obviously cared about Cherry, yet he just had to make it sound so laudable instead.
He sighed silently and lowered his head again to look at the live-stream.
Suddenly, he found himself stunned and he immediately called out, “Uh, Daddy?”
Justin, who had just finished topping up his account, was about to save his daughter in her moment of distress when an overwhelming amount of virtual gifts suddenly filled up the screen!
Elsewhere, Cherry’s little heart was pounding madly after she turned off the camera. She didn’t understand why the camera had suddenly turned on— had she accidentally pressed something?
While she was wondering about it, she suddenly saw a huge amount of virtual gifts coming in.
Rows and rows of airplane icons drowned out everything in the comments, taking over the entire screen bossily and domineeringly!
Cherry was stunned. She scrolled up to the beginning of the virtual gifts barrage to see that it was actually Sponsor Grandpa!
There were ten sets of 9,999 airplanes, which made it a total of 1.5 million dollars!
It was only after the airplanes visual effects disappeared that he finally wrote: ‘How come you started the live-stream in advance?’
Touched, Cherry felt that Sponsor Grandpa looked so tall and dashing at this moment. It was as if he was shining with a dazzling light.
Although she didn’t care about the face-off results, when she saw so many fans supporting her, she did still want to win. However, Ika had a whole $300,000 worth of tips more than her. Mommy would definitely know if she spent $300,000 of her pocket money.
She was already prepared to lose, but Grandpa had unexpectedly come!
Cherry’s eyes shone brightly. She smiled and said sweetly, “Thank you, Sponsor Grandpa!”
Grandpa replied: ‘Talk to me on Messenger the next time someone bullies you. I’ll come to you immediately.’
Cherry said, “Okay! Are you feeling better today, Grandpa? Did you have any meat for lunch today?”
Justin had an icy-cold look on his face. He gave off a chilly aura all over as if he were dry ice.
It was too late… He was actually a step too late!
He had missed a crucial opportunity to restore his image in his daughter’s heart.
Justin stared at Grandpa’s name. If looks could kill, there would probably already be holes in the cell phone!
Next to him, Pete was speechless.
Someone pushed the door open at this moment. Chester the dimwit entered the room. As soon as he did, he said anxiously, “Can I borrow 1.5 million dollars, Justin? My boss sweetcherry is being bullied really badly in her live-stream. I have to help her out!”
Justin’s eyes suddenly narrowed when he heard what he said, and he asked dangerously, “You’re friends with sweetcherry?”
Chapter 117: Bossy CEO In Da Room, Yo~
Chester had already received the news when Cherry started her live-stream and immediately got terribly outclassed by her opponent.
Alas, he didn’t have any money in his bank account, so he had to drive over to Justin’s to ask him for money. As a result, he wasn’t aware of what had happened after that in the live-stream.
At Justin’s question, he immediately nodded and replied, “Yeah! sweetcherry is my boss. We often play games together.”
The look in Justin’s eyes darkened. “Have you ever seen her in person?”
Chester quickly answered, “N-no…”
Pete, “…”
Uncle Chester, you’d probably have been more convincing if you didn’t avoid looking the tyrant in the eye, or fidget so much like coughing and scratching your head!
He raised his head and silently looked at the tyrant again. However, Justin seemed to believe what he said and didn’t press him for any information. He walked past him and said, “She doesn’t need it anymore.”
Chester: “?”
He turned on his cell phone. It was then that he discovered that sweetcherry had given her opponent a crushing defeat.
Although Ika was a rich second-generation heir, there was no way he could beat true blue top-notch rich second-generation heirs like Chester. Even Chester’s pocket money didn’t exceed 1.5 million dollars, let alone Ika’s?
Therefore, Ika had given up the fight straightaway.
He even joked in his live-stream, “Sigh, my family only has 15 million dollars, so we’re not as rich as Sweetie’s family who has 75 million dollars. I’ve lost…”
However, his refreshingly straightforward attitude also attracted many fans. Cherry’s motherly fans, in particular, praised Ika for his gracious attitude.
After that, they stormed over to Fantasia’s live-stream and demanded an apology!
Fantasia had immediately backed down the moment she entered sweetcherry’s live-stream and saw the 1.5 million dollars tip.
She merely sneered and said, “1.5 million dollars isn’t really a big deal, to be honest~”
The comments were full of sweetcherry’s motherly fans clamoring:
‘It’s not a big deal? Then why don’t you buy something worth 1.5 million dollars and show us? Or tip yourself 1.5 million dollars?’
‘Please apologize to Sweetie!’
‘I finally understand now. Some people are going for the wealthy family image, so they were lambasting Sweetie’s image just because their images overlapped.’
‘Tsk, tsk. Fantasia live-streams every day saying that she’s shopping for luxury goods, but she doesn’t actually buy much each time. Take today’s live-stream for example—we said that the third outfit looks good on her, so she asked about the price. But when she heard that it costs $15,000, she didn’t buy it. Also, the bags that she buys cost only a few thousand dollars each. Of course, they aren’t things that we can afford either, but do real wealthy people buy only bags? Besides, the outfit that she’s currently wearing looks like it’s from a fast-fashion brand emulating high fashion. In comparison, doesn’t Fantasia look more like a fake princess?’
‘Apologize, you fake princess!’
‘Yeah! Apologize!’
Amid all the voices persecuting her, Fantasia’s eyes reddened and she said fragilely, “Aren’t sweetcherry’s fans a little too malicious? Are they all so brainless?”
Everyone was utterly bewildered.
In the comments:
‘What the f*ck! This is infuriating. Why didn’t you say that when your fans came over to insinuate nasty things about sweetcherry just now?’
‘You’re mistaken. They weren’t insinuating things but outright calling her names, okay?’
‘This is a classic case of double standards!’
‘Apologize!’
Fantasia sighed and said, “To be honest, it is not uncommon for management companies to spend 1.5 million dollars to make someone popular. Besides, there are also dividends to be had from virtual gifts. This means that the management company has only spent $800,000…”
Seeing how unrepentant she was, everyone was furious.
Chester also cursed and said, “How dare that b***h bully my boss! She must be tired of living! See if I don’t… if I don’t cry and ask Justin to teach her a lesson!”
Pete said, “Very impressive, Uncle Chester.”
Chester gave him an embarrassed smile. Then, as if he was asking for praise, he said, “Did you see that just now, Pete? I stubbornly insisted that I’ve never met sweetcherry before even when Justin was pressing me just now. You have to tell Cherry that. I managed to get into the local server’s top ten players, but level and resource grinding is really too hard. Without a good gunner, it’s almost impossible to get into the top three! Can you ask Cherry when she’s free to carry me for a couple of rounds?”
Pete’s lip corners spasmed as he asked, “Uncle Chester, are you sure he was pressing you for information just now?”
Chester waved dismissively and replied, “I get scared the moment Justin glares at me, so I end up coming clean about everything. This is the only thing that I’ve managed to maintain complete secrecy about. My loyalty to Cherry is absolute! I’ve never harbored any thoughts of betrayal!”
Almost immediately after he said that, Justin suddenly walked out and looked at Chester sinisterly. He said, “I recall you saying back then that I can also have a daughter? Where is my daughter?”
Chester, “?”
He watched Pete cast him a look of disdain that said “This is what you meant when you said that you’ve never harbored any thoughts of betrayal?”.
Chester wiped the non-existent cold sweat off his forehead and said, “J-Justin, I… I was just making it up…”
Pete heaved a silent sigh.
It was all over.
If the tyrant asked even just one more question, his uncle would definitely betray their revolutionary friendship and give in to the tyrant. Or so he thought, because Justin actually seemed to believe him and merely uttered a dispassionate ‘Oh’.
Justin walked over to the sofa to do some work.
He said to Lawrence who was looking for information on sweetcherry, “Look up that live-streamer named Fantasia, too.”
Lawrence looked up and asked, “Okay, Boss. What do I do with her after that?”
Justin said coldly and domineeringly, “Cancel her.”
“…”
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At the Andersons.
After Ika conceded defeat, the people in Cherry’s live-stream started to enthusiastically talk about how Fantasia simply refused to apologize.
The fans were angry and indignant, but Cherry instead tilted her head to the side and said, “Even a three-year-old knows that they should apologize when they do something wrong, but don’t force her to do it anymore, everyone. After all, she’s still young~”
Rows of question marks suddenly appeared in the comments.
Cherry then added, “When she grows into a decent human being, she’ll naturally come and apologize!”
Everyone, “!!”
Her words confused everyone, but when they saw the explanation in the comments, they immediately understood.
Someone wrote: ‘F*ck! sweetcherry is simply awesome at dissing people! Where did you learn that from? She’s saying that Fantasia is inhumane! After all, she hasn’t grown into a human being yet!’
‘You’re too impressive!’
‘I’ve learned something new today…’
new today…’
‘Although I feel great after I scolded her, I still can’t help but be frustrated…’
Mixed with the comments was also Grandpa’s comment: ‘I’ll ban her from live-streaming, then.’
Almost immediately after his comment, another comment in big and bold red font appeared:
JH: ‘I’ve already banned her.’
Cherry was a little dumbfounded when she saw the comment.
Then, she immediately saw another comment from JH: ‘Is the face-off over? I went to top-up my account just now, but it was a bit slow. There are already 1.5 million dollars in my account now. I’ll give it to you during your face-off tomorrow.’
Cherry, “!!”
At this point, her cell phone suddenly beeped.
She picked it up and saw that she had received a friend request on f*******: from JH.
It also came with a message: ‘I accidentally deleted you yesterday. Let’s be friends again?’
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