Chapter 3: Sent Someone to Prison on the Very First Livestream?

“You came here without even telling me? Don’t thank me for what happened with Xiao Li, or I’ll fall out with you!”

Mantou entered the room and sat on the sofa, making up a random excuse, “I’ve got some problems at work, came over to have a drink with you.”

“Then wait a bit, I’ll go whip up a couple of side dishes for the drinks.”

His childhood friend didn’t suspect a thing, picked up his phone from the side, went into his bedroom, and only then headed to the kitchen.

Mantou spoke to the livestream, “This time, I’m going to let everyone see the truth of the matter! If he finds out someone scammed me out of my money, he’ll definitely fight that person to the death!”

As he spoke, Mantou pushed open the bedroom door and pulled open the nightstand drawer.

There really was a phone there.

Mantou turned the phone on and aimed the screen at the livestream, “Everyone look closely, this is my childhood friend’s phone. I’m not faking this! He wouldn’t lie to me!”

Song Zhizhi spoke up at the right moment, “The password is six zeros.”

Could this streamer really be able to divine the future?

How could she even know his best friend’s password?

Mantou, refusing to believe it, entered the password. Sure enough, the phone unlocked.

“You—you must have just guessed the password. It’s so simple, I could have guessed it too.”

While mocking her, Mantou opened WeChat.

The contact note [Good Brother with More Money than Brains] caught his eye, and the profile picture was his own.

His heart sank…

All the blood in his body rushed to his head!

A bolt from the blue!

His emotions were about to explode!

[The clown was me all along!]

[Good lord! This already constitutes a crime, right?!]

[The streamer is freaking amazing! Sending someone to "sew mailbags" on the very first day of streaming!]

Mantou couldn't care less about the ongoing livestream; he stormed out with the phone to confront his friend, “Liu Yi! I treated you like a brother for life! And you treated me like a leek to be harvested?!”

“Brother! Childhood friend! How ridiculous! Liu Yi, oh Liu Yi, is your so-called ‘good opportunity’ just scamming me until I’m penniless?”

Liu Yi looked anxious, “What kind of nonsense are you spouting? When did I scam you? Did you misunderstand something? We’ve been brothers for twenty years, and you think of me like this?”

Mantou sneered and threw the chat history right at him, “Is that so? Then what is this?”

Liu Yi’s face stiffened.

Then, with lightning speed, he snatched the phone back and immediately chose to format it, “What evidence do you have?”

Liu Yi stopped pretending entirely, sneering, “Xiao Li didn’t like you; I only did that so you wouldn’t be sad. Who would have thought you were so easy to trick? To put it bluntly, it was a case of one willing to beat and the other willing to suffer.”

Mantou suddenly burst into loud laughter, “Haha! So I should thank you? Just wait to go to jail!”

Liu Yi said arrogantly, “Without evidence, why would the police arrest me?”

That’s right, the evidence had been destroyed by his childhood friend of over twenty years.

But, everyone in the livestream could testify!

The Liu Yi before him was no longer the Liu Yi from their childhood. He had originally intended to respect their brotherhood and use the police to scare him into returning the money.

But the next second.

Liu Yi wasn't panicked at all; instead, he smashed the phone to pieces right in front of Mantou.

Mantou’s heart died completely, and he called the police directly.

[It scared me so much I immediately called my brother to ask if he’d scammed me out of money!]

[I bet he’ll be just as arrogant when the police arrive! I’ll testify for Brother Mantou!]

[Now I believe the streamer can really divine.]

While everyone was discussing it, the officers arrived.

As expected, Liu Yi refused to admit to fraud.

He even claimed that Mantou had a mental illness, fantasizing every day about finding some beautiful girlfriend, and was now trying to frame him!

He tried to turn the tables, demanding they arrest Mantou instead!

Mantou smiled, “Officer, I have evidence.”

Mantou handed the phone he was using for the livestream to the officer.

Seeing this, the netizens in the livestream scrambled to testify for Mantou!

Some even had screen recordings to provide.

When Liu Yi saw he was livestreaming, his face changed drastically, “You actually set me up! We’ve been brothers for so many years! You actually set me up?! I won’t forgive you!”

“Comrade Liu Yi, you are suspected of fraud. Come with us!”

Liu Yi immediately knelt before Mantou, his previous arrogance gone, “For the sake of our many years as brothers, please let me go! I can pay you back, you can’t send me to jail! Tell the police we were just joking around!”

But having seen Liu Yi’s true colors, how could Mantou let him go?

“I’m going to go give a statement now, so I’ll end the stream. Thank you, streamer! Thank you, brothers!”

Mantou ended the connection.

In Song Zhizhi’s livestream, the netizens were shocked by what they had just seen!

They hadn't expected it to be real!

Most of those who originally thought it was a script were now convinced.

[This thousand-yuan reading is such a bargain! Spending a thousand to recover a loss of eighty thousand, only a fool wouldn't do it!]

[Brother Mantou’s reading was even free! I’m so jealous!]

[Any other brothers want a reading? Let’s see if the streamer’s skill is a flash in the pan or if she’s truly on another level!]

Because of the incident with Mantou, the number of people in the livestream had already exceeded a thousand!

“Streamer, I want a reading!”

The person who spoke immediately gifted a thousand-yuan gift.

Song Zhizhi, who had been planning to end the stream, looked at the gift, “Connect.”

A man who looked under forty but appeared somewhat weary appeared on screen; his nickname was: Just Wants to be a Good Husband.

[I just want to know if my wife will come back and live a proper life with me.]

Song Zhizhi looked at the man and, after a moment of silence, said, “What kind of life do you consider a ‘proper life’?”

[That would be her staying home to take care of the kids, of course! Making money is enough if I do it!]

Hearing the man’s words, the netizens in the livestream began to argue.

[Such a good man, why would your wife leave?]

[It must be because she’s being pretentious! Women these days are something else! As long as things don't go their way, they just quit! If you ask me, it’s a habit spoiled by indulgence!]

[Men have it so hard! Working hard to support the family and still having to take his wife’s attitude! If you ask me, if she doesn't listen, hit her! See if she dares to run off again!]

After seeing how the man and his wife interacted through her Heavenly Eye, and then seeing the netizens' arguments, Song Zhizhi spoke: “You could swap places with your wife. You stay home to take care of the kids and do the housework, and let her go to work. You can enjoy that blessing instead, wouldn't that be better?”

The man was shocked and speechless at Song Zhizhi’s words, [What is wrong with you, streamer! You want me to stay home and do housework and take care of the kids? Are you joking?]

“I am not joking. As long as you do that, your wife won’t run away from home again.”

“I’m a man! I’m the head of the household! You want a man to stay home and take care of the kids, cook, and do laundry? Then what do I need a wife for!”

“If you can’t give me a reading, refund my money right now!”

“Everyone look, this streamer is a scammer!”

The man was agitated and angry.

Song Zhizhi wasn't angry, “So you think your wife deserves to live on a 500-yuan monthly allowance, staying home to take care of the kids, mop the floors, do the laundry, and cook? You and your mother scold her for ‘enjoying a life of leisure’ at home whenever you’re dissatisfied? When the money is gone, you think she’s squandering it? And you and your mother even lay hands on her?”