Chapter 65: The Escalating Doubts

In the evening, Jiang Qin headed to work as usual.

As for *A Wife's Roar*, Wu Zhiyuan still needed to hold a meeting before making a final decision.

Escorted safely by seven or eight bodyguards all the way, she arrived at the bar without incident.

To be honest, she still felt a bit awkward. Walking around with several muscle-bound beastman males everywhere always gave her the impression of a mafia boss's daughter stepping out.

Especially her bodyguards, who were all bounty hunters radiating an aura of bloodshed.

They looked thoroughly intimidating whenever they walked out.

In her first life, even though she had already reached the peak of her fame, she usually only had a single girl by her side—nominally an assistant, but actually a spy.

Only when she stepped off an airplane would there be security clearing the way.

Therefore, she rarely experienced such a grand and ceremonious exit from her home.

It left her feeling somewhat embarrassed and shy.

However, she did not let it show on her face, walking in the middle of the crowd as if she were being held hostage.

***

"Look everyone, the place I am live-streaming from right now is Moonlit Bar on Blue Star. The bar doesn't open for another hour.

Yet, there is already a long queue winding outside the entrance, and everyone is here for the Soother inside the bar.

That's right, the little female who has been causing such a massive uproar on the internet recently.

Her current popularity is through the roof, which is why the bar's business is doing exceptionally well."

Passing by, Jiang Qin frowned and glanced at the man who was live-streaming.

The tone of his voice carried a distinct undertone of sarcasm.

She merely gave him a fleeting glance, committed his face to memory, and then entered the bar. After all, the outside was unsafe, and it was unwise to provoke a conflict.

Meanwhile, the man watched the view count of his live stream skyrocket with wild delight.

Although he was also an A-grade male, his beast form was far from powerful. Naturally, even if it were powerful, he would never be willing to hunt exotic beasts.

It was filthy, exhausting, and dangerous; he didn't want to live that kind of life at all.

Consequently, ever since reaching adulthood, he had worked as a live-streamer, specializing in riding popular trends.

He would lean whichever way the wind blew.

For instance, with this female named Jiang Qin, there were countless people cursing her lately, so he had instinctively rushed to Blue Star, ready to join the masses in vilifying her.

As for fabricated dirt? If it existed, he would exaggerate it; if it didn't, he would pull it out of thin air.

He wasn't even afraid of a public reversal. He had plenty of experience—he would just use the excuse of having been deceived and issue a brief apology.

The law does not punish the masses.

As long as he did not blatantly target the little female with direct insults and profanity, it generally did not constitute a crime.

Just like those netizens on the Interstellar Network right now, they merely scolded Jiang Qin for pretending to know things she didn't, condemning her for courting attention and generating popularity through fraud.

This level of vitriol couldn't be called abuse; at best, it was condemnation and grievance.

As for those whose words were genuinely malicious and vicious, they were mostly females.

Being fellow females, when they hurled abuses at each other, a huge fuss would at most result in mediation, while minor disputes went completely ignored.

As for how to ignite the fury among females, those who controlled the traffic understood the game all too well.

A minor streamer like him was simply tagging along to grab a share of the profits.

Sure enough, as soon as he added Moonlit Bar on Blue Star to his stream title, the viewership steadily climbed higher and higher.

[Heh, I can't believe she actually pulled it off. Look at that, just how many tourists did she scam?]

[I heard she isn't even a Soother to commute a prison sentence, so what is she even trying to gain by deceiving people like this?]

After all, she didn't need to reduce any penalties.

Logically speaking, the bar's financial success had nothing to do with her.

[I heard that Jiang Qin takes a cut of Moonlit Bar's earnings. Maybe she's doing it for the money.]

[How disgusting. Just for a tiny bit of profit, she's willing to fabricate historical customs to deceive people. What happens if she misleads everyone?

Did she ever stop to consider that this would create an immense amount of trouble for our workers at the Ancient Culture Research Institute?]

[Why would she need to consider any of that? Females are brainless by nature anyway. What else can they do besides soothing their mates? Their reproductive capabilities are even subpar.]

[Brave warrior upstairs, actually daring to speak the truth. Moment of silence for you.]

[Streamer, go find Jiang Qin and tell her to delete those remarks on the Interstellar Network, then issue an apology to us. Then this matter will be considered closed.

She's just a female, after all, so let's not be too harsh on her. She's only a C-grade female, so it's completely normal for her to be short on money.]

Right after posting this comment, the viewer rewarded the streamer, Akita Shoya, with a starship valued at one hundred thousand interstellar coins.

"Thank you, big boss, for the starship presentation!!!"

Akita Shoya said with a somewhat troubled expression, "Although I feel I might not be able to persuade her, to show my gratitude for the boss's starship, I'm willing to give it a try."

As a streamer who frequently practiced covert tailing and stealth filming, Akita Shoya had his own set of tricks.

Before long, shifting into his beast form, he sneaked quietly through the back door of the bar.

Then, he secretly filmed the entrance of the backstage dressing room to show the viewers in his live stream.

"As you can all see, it's not that I'm unwilling to go over there, but there are simply too many people guarding the entrance. There is zero chance I can get through.

So there's no way I can approach her, let alone exchange a single word with her."

[A mere C-grade female actually needs five males to guard the door and two males for close-range personal protection? Good grief, does she think she's an imperial princess?]

[More than that! Do you guys even know who these males are?]

[Who?]

[S-grade Bone-Armor Bear Shi Liquan, S-grade Gale Ape Chang Xingfan, S-grade Misty Pegasus Jiao Yankun. As for the rest, they're all their teammates—every single one of them is an A-grade male.]

[A walking manifestation of princess syndrome without an ounce of royal destiny.]

[Does Jiang Qin suffer from persecutory delusions? Why else would she hire such a massive team of gold-tier hunters to protect her?]

[No wonder she's short on money. A Soother's salary probably isn't even enough to hire a hunter squad for a single month.]

[The person who becomes her mate must be having a miserable time. Working themselves to death hunting exotic beasts probably still wouldn't cover the hunter squad's monthly wages.]

[She was probably traumatized after being abducted by space pirates before.]

Akita Shoya felt no curiosity whatsoever about the actual reasons; all he cared about was stirring up fiery discussions among the netizens.

Anyway, he was thoroughly satisfied with the direction the live chat was taking. That's right—his goal was precisely to provoke the viewers' resentment toward Jiang Qin.

Only through fierce arguments could he generate greater traffic and higher exposure.

However, as a professional streamer, he still had to play the peacemaker on the surface, so he feigned an attitude of persuasion: "Aigoo, everyone, don't rush to conclusions just yet.

Perhaps there's some special reason behind all this. After all, hiring so many bounty hunters is indeed a hefty expense.

If it weren't strictly necessary, Jiang Qin probably wouldn't bear to spend the money on them either."

[Hmph, what necessity could there possibly be? It's just vanity at work.]

[Of course she can bear to spend it. She doesn't even have to use her own money; she has swarms of males fawning over her and risking their lives for her.]

[In the end, we males are the ones carrying the weight of the world.]

...

Another starship floated across the screen.

[Angry emoji / jpg. Streamer, go outside and tell those gullible fools who got scammed to get out of there! Don't let this female pocket any more black-hearted money!]

Akita Shoya's eyes lit up instantly. "Since the big boss has spoken, little Ya will go right now to rescue our blinded brothers."