Her Food Livestream Broke the Galaxy

Chapter 240: The Past of Being Toyed With

Mrs. Jiang chose this moment to play the good cop. She patted Mr. Jiang’s back. "There, there. We got the report letter back, didn’t we?"

"Tianming, you need to tone it down from now on. You’re a grown man. Stop playing around."

"The Jiang Family’s business will be yours one day..."

"How much longer can your father and I keep this up? We’re so much older than you; we won’t be with you forever. You have to take over the company—for yourself and for your brother. Do you understand?"

Normally, Jiang Tianming would have talked back if his mother said something like that. But today, he knew he was in the wrong, so he kept his mouth shut. After getting a lecture at the villa, he grabbed the report letter, then sped off toward the school in his car.

’Jiang Qiuqiu?’

’Damn it. Was that really her Yang Fei saw yesterday?’

’Fuck, this woman is like a ghost you can’t shake. And now she’s writing report letters?’

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The history between Jiang Tianming and Jiang Qiuqiu went back a long way.

Back then, Jiang Qiuqiu had just been brought from a Low-level Star to the Federation, to a university in the Upper City District.

While the school covered all tuition and fees for its students, room, board, and other personal expenses were not covered by the learning center. For that, you had to collect money from the Minor’s Subsidy Office. All told, for a student in a regular major, it was usually enough to cover their expenses.

But the original Jiang Qiuqiu had been told by an older girl, who also came from a Low-level Star, that while the subsidy was enough at first, it would become a drop in the bucket once she started learning to use spiritual power and operate a Mecha. It wouldn’t be nearly enough.

So it was best to start saving money right from the beginning of school. That way, she would have more of a cushion later on.

The original Jiang Qiuqiu was earnest and hardworking. She was like a resilient blade of grass, desperately struggling to break through the concrete above, longing for a crack that would let her feel the sun and rain.

She worked hard, taking on various part-time jobs all over campus in her spare time. Because she was so diligent, she managed to save up a considerable amount of money.

Everything was going well until Jiang Tianming showed up.

The chat group for Star City’s wealthy heirs, which Jiang Tianming belonged to, often organized certain activities. Just like a trope from some 21st-century novels, the heirs in the group would pick a target from the newly enrolled boys or girls from the Low-level Stars, then roll dice to see who had to go and "conquer" them.

A successful conquest—sleeping with the target—was considered a win.

Failure meant you had to treat everyone in the group to a night out.

Jiang Tianming had participated in this game a few times. Without exception, he had always succeeded, thanks to his good looks.

Until he ran into the original Jiang Qiuqiu.

In her eyes, there were no handsome boys or easy Star Coins. She just wanted to earn some money through her own hard work, learn some skills through her own hard work, and make a name for herself through her own hard work. She wanted to leave the Low-level Star behind, perhaps by becoming a soldier or even just securing a stable position in society.

She completely ignored Jiang Tianming’s advances.

In the end, Jiang Tianming failed. He had to treat the entire group of heirs to a night out, but Jiang Qiuqiu, that little weed he couldn’t pull, became a thorn in his side.

During one gathering, another young master had remarked that if the soft approach didn’t work, he could always try a hard one.

Later, in a moment of desperation, Jiang Qiuqiu had unleashed her innate spiritual power and knocked Jiang Tianming unconscious. Young Master Jiang lost a great deal of face among his peers. Enraged, he forced Jiang Qiuqiu to drop out of school.

’He’d always assumed that after dropping out, Jiang Qiuqiu would just crawl back to her Low-level Star.’

’But who would have thought...’

’She has time to submit a report letter, and even time to enroll at Federation University?’

’Wants to go to school?’

’Heh.’

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Star City Heirs.

Jiang Tianming: Anyone have contact info for a mercenary organization?

Jiang Tianming: The shady kind.

— ?

— Who pissed off Young Master Jiang?

Jiang Tianming: Just an ant.

Jiang Tianming: I was going to let her live, but she’s insisting on rushing to her own death.