Her Food Livestream Broke the Galaxy

Chapter 169: You Don’t Get to Decide Its Worth

She let out a soft laugh, standing still amidst the flood of on-screen comments.

For Jiang Qiuqiu, this was hardly a big deal.

In the interstellar era, your ID was your terminal. If you said something too offensive, your ID would be banned, which meant your terminal was bricked. You’d have to get a new one. These terminals weren’t cheap, so replacing one was a painful expense.

That’s why the paid trolls’ "doubts" and "questions" were merely jarring, without involving too many outright insults.

The mobs of paid trolls Jiang Qiuqiu had seen back when she was famous in the 21st century were far more vicious than this.

Her calm voice was a great disappointment to the trolls. "I am indeed aware of the recent situation in the food community."

[So you knew and didn’t respond? You did it on purpose?]

[Feeling guilty?]

Words like "on purpose" and "guilty" popped up one after another. Jiang Qiuqiu continued, "No, I don’t like responding in text. You can’t have a real-time conversation that way. People with ulterior motives can take fragments of what you say and twist them into all sorts of nonsense. It’s a hassle to deal with."

She paused for a moment. "I prefer to address my critics directly, just like we’re doing right now."

"The ’million-Star Coin’ headline in the food community yesterday was certainly eye-catching. I’m sure many of you came to my stream because you heard about a dish going for one million. First of all, the slot for that dish was given away in a free raffle. I did not profit from it."

"After the slot was given away, any subsequent transactions were the winner’s own decision. I have no right to interfere, nor do I care."

Meanwhile, a group of people in a studio were discussing how Jiang Qiuqiu was a tough nut to crack, completely different from other streamers.

’Damn it, how is this streamer so calm? She’s so young!’

’What’s with this reaction? It’s way too peaceful! With so many people flaming her, how are we supposed to keep this drama going if she doesn’t get worked up?’

That is, until she said she had no right to interfere.

[You don’t care? So you think it’s normal for someone to buy a single dish for one million Star Coins?]

[So you think it’s right for your stream to warp the values of children?]

[Do you streamers even have a concept of money? You earn it so easily. Do you have any idea how hard many parents have to work to earn 1 million Star Coins? You—]

"I do know."

"It’s incredibly difficult for an ordinary family to earn 1 million Star Coins. It’s even harder for someone who hasn’t awakened their spiritual power."

[If you know that, then why would you—]

Responding to them line by line like this was starting to get tedious for Jiang Qiuqiu. Even though the dish she was making for today’s stream didn’t require much time, dragging this out so late was putting her in a bad mood.

So she decided to say her piece all at once and be done with it.

"But the people who struggle to earn 1 million Star Coins and the person who spent 1 million to buy this dish are not in the same group at all."

"The on-screen comments are unusually unified today. Everyone is asking whether I think the transaction was ’worth it.’ That’s a very personal question. A ten-million-Star-Coin Sky Stone ring, a suite that costs over a billion Star Coins, a basket for a few hundred Star Coins, or a souvenir rock from a tourist planet that costs a few hundred Star Coins—many people would say none of those are ’worth it.’"

"But they still sell very well. So, to judge an item’s worth, you have to ask the people who buy it. Since you’re all so tirelessly spamming the chat about this, I’ll help you ask them."

She cleared her throat and asked, "To all the fans in my stream who have ever purchased a tasting slot: do you think it was worth it?"

The moment Jiang Qiuqiu finished speaking, the stream lagged for a second. Then, a tsunami of on-screen comments flooded in.

The single word "Worth," sent by countless people at the same instant, completely filled the screen.