Her Food Livestream Broke the Galaxy

Chapter 230: Money-Making Tool

Xiang Zhou was a single office worker.

He didn’t have a girlfriend and wasn’t planning on getting one, but he really liked kids.

He especially liked other people’s well-behaved children.

Besides liking kids, he also loved good food.

Several years ago, he stumbled upon a male food streamer. The streamer wasn’t a great speaker and could get a little irritable during his streams, but he was an excellent cook, so Xiang Zhou became a longtime fan.

He watched him slowly grow from a small-time streamer into a pretty successful one.

Later, the streamer went on hiatus for a while. After feeling it was a shame for a bit, Xiang Zhou started looking for other streamers to watch. After all, he wasn’t completely irreplaceable.

Until he reappeared.

After a gap of maybe three months, the male streamer, named Wang Henli, returned with vastly improved cooking skills. A little girl named Wang Tuantuan also appeared on his stream. She was supposedly Wang Henli’s daughter, who hadn’t appeared before because she was too young.

Now that she was a bit older and curious about her dad’s work, she started joining him on stream.

From the moment Wang Tuantuan started appearing on Wang Henli’s streams, Xiang Zhou felt he was completely captivated. The little girl was just too adorable!

Afterward, thanks to Wang Tuantuan, Wang Henli attracted a huge wave of "daddy fans" and "mommy fans." You could say that at least a third of his claim to the number one spot in the food section was secured by Wang Tuantuan.

Xiang Zhou thought the stream would continue on peacefully like this. He could happily raise his daughter vicariously online and enjoy the food vicariously, too. ’Maybe one day,’ he mused, ’my good girl will be the one cooking for me.’

With this hope in his heart, Xiang Zhou, along with many other mommy and daddy fans, faithfully tuned into the stream.

That is, until the last incident, when Wang Henli’s team was hit with a scandal. The evidence was irrefutable, causing a group of "righteous" fans and older viewers to unfollow him immediately. The studio’s response, which shirked all responsibility, led a wave of younger fans to leave as well.

On top of that, a popular new streamer had recently emerged in the food section, causing the popularity of Wang Henli’s stream to take a hit.

The drop in viewership was plain to see.

But Xiang Zhou and the core group of "daddy fans" didn’t leave.

Because Tuantuan was still as adorable as ever, and Tuantuan and her dad needed their support.

Everyone stayed through the initial turmoil, but during the recent PK battle, dissenting voices began to appear in the parent-fan group chat.

Because they were somewhat against the management of Wang Henli’s studio, they had created a small private group chat.

"I feel like Tuantuan and her dad’s streams have changed lately."

"I think so too."

"Me too."

Before, everyone loved watching because they got to see the heartwarming father-daughter interactions and experience delicious food.

But now...

"This PK, the streamer actually had Tuantuan ask for donations."

Nothing like having the little girl beg for tips had ever happened before.

Perhaps because the stream’s popularity had been flagging lately, Wang Henli had to resort to such a low tactic to save face.

While watching the stream, everyone was indeed charmed by how cute Tuantuan was and sent a wave of tips and donations.

But after it was over and they had time to think, it just didn’t feel right.

"He said before that he was just letting Tuantuan join the stream, not participate in it. That he wouldn’t let her be ’tainted’ by Star Coins."

"That was all just empty talk."

After a round of discussion, the group decided that next time, even if Tuantuan was the one asking for donations, they wouldn’t give any.

"We have to stop Wang Henli from turning Tuantuan into a money-making machine."

"If we donate every time she asks, we’re actually harming Tuantuan."

"Exactly!"

"He needs a wake-up call. He can’t just let greed get the better of him and exploit his own young daughter."

After some deliberation, the group quickly reached a consensus.

Next time, they would absolutely not donate for Tuantuan. They had to protect Tuantuan and stop her from being turned into a cash cow!