Her Food Livestream Broke the Galaxy

Chapter 248: The Vanishing Act: Arguing with Grandpa Is So Boring

When two streamers cook the same dish, a war is inevitable.

Jiang Qiuqiu’s fans woke up to see their goddess trending alongside Wang Henli, and the sight was enough to make them physically ill. They immediately flooded their fan circle to complain, bumping the thread to the top.

After putting some distance between the two topics, they checked the trending list again and saw that his topic was also about skewers.

They clicked on it and realized—their content had clashed!

They instantly felt even more uncomfortable.

Although Jiang Qiuqiu’s fans despised Wang Henli, they didn’t go to his fan circle to cause trouble. They just focused on boosting their own topic’s engagement, wanting to put as much distance as possible between them.

But while they held back, some hot-headed fan from Wang Henli’s circle couldn’t resist and eagerly came over to their turf.

And they started posting accusations in Jiang Qiuqiu’s fan circle: "Did your streamer deliberately listen to our streamer’s broadcast announcement so she could make skewers too?"

[I can’t even. What kind of streamers are we getting these days? Do you have to copy recipes now too?]

[???]

’Holy crap. We were all abiding by the "if they don’t move, we don’t move" rule, keeping things civil. But they just had to come over here to raise hell and run their mouths?’

[Are you kidding me? With your streamer’s skill level, you think ours needs to copy?]

[Barf. Take a good look at what yours looks like versus what ours looks like. Can’t you tell which one looks more high-class and delicious? Your broth is all watery on one side and murky-black on the other. Only people like you could stomach that!]

—Are you kidding me? You posted a picture of skewers stacked up like a pyramid and you have the nerve to talk about good technique?

[Juju’s neighbor helped skewer those! Shut your mouth! No matter how they’re skewered, they’re still more delicious than anything your streamer could make!]

As the argument heated up, more and more fans flooded into Jiang Jiujiu’s fan circle, and a full-blown flame war erupted.

Everyone was "speaking their minds," with new messages popping up every second. And so—

In less than a morning, Jiang Jiujiu’s fan circle had shot up more than seventy places in the overall rankings. It broke into the top 100 on the activity charts, leaving Wang Henli’s circle in the dust.

Soon, another fan discovered this Huadian, and they sent out a rallying cry: "Your Juju is trash! This fan circle is so boring. If you’ve got the guts, come over to our circle and see what real flavor is! Our streamer’s skewers are killer!"

[Do you take us for idiots? You’re just trying to bait us into your fan circle to boost your activity numbers. You think we’re that stupid? We’re not going.]

—...

Thanks to a certain fan who didn’t have much Civilization spouting some words that lacked Civilization, the two sides started fighting again.

And so, activity in Jiang Jiujiu’s fan circle surged once more.

At first, it was just baseless flaming, but eventually, the argument slowly returned to the main topic: whose skewers were more delicious.

But since no one had actually tried the skewers from both streamers, it was a classic case of "he said, she said." No one was willing to back down.

The flame war raged on until the evening of the next day.

In the middle of their tirade, Wang Henli’s fans suddenly noticed that most of the fans in the other circle had vanished. The forum went dead silent, as if no one was there to reply anymore.

When someone finally did reply, their tone was just: ???

[So this is what young people are like these days. Skipping work and responsibilities just to come here and whine. Didn’t your mother teach you how to speak properly?]

[So much anger for a 20-year-old.]

[This person’s profile says they’re 23. Was I this much of a dumb**s when I was 23?]

[Hey, I see their verified profile... they actually work at my kid’s company... My kid’s company employs people like this? How embarrassing.]

What was with this condescending tone? They clicked on the profiles. The average age was like, 100 at a minimum.

...

’Damn, this feels like arguing with my grandpa. It’s no fun at all.’