Her Food Livestream Broke the Galaxy

Chapter 368 - 377: The Old Schemer’s Victory (Superficial Gentleman)

Qian Xingxing watched his father speak so eloquently on the screen. For some reason, he suddenly felt the urge to cry, but even in his sorrow, he refused to let Qian Duoduo see his tears. "Where does this leave Mom?"

"Was your love for Mom a lie? She loved you so much, and you used to..."

"He’s not Mom’s son. To call another woman’s son my brother... Imagine how heartbroken Mom would be."

At the mention of that gentle woman, Qian Duoduo’s focus seemed to waver for a moment.

’I suppose my willingness to let Qian Xingxing remain my heir is my way of making it up to that gentle woman,’ he thought.

’The last shred of love I have for her, I guess.’

"Your mother was a sensible woman who understood the bigger picture. If she were here, she wouldn’t refuse, because she would never make things difficult for me."

"Xingxing, your stubbornness is making things very difficult for me. But you’re my favorite son, so I won’t do anything to you."

But then, his tone shifted. "However, I know there are many people you care about."

"What are you going to do?" At the mention of this, Qian Xingxing panicked. "This is between us! Dad, don’t drag other people into this!"

"Calling me ’Dad’ again, are we? It seems those people at the branch office really are important to you."

"Our company always lets a few underperforming editors go every year."

He spoke these words slowly, deliberately.

Qian Xingxing felt his heart grow cold.

In just two or three days, it felt as though more had happened than in his entire life before.

His entire world was collapsing around him, but he couldn’t dodge the falling debris. The people he wanted to protect were standing right behind him.

’I can’t agree to these outrageous demands—’

Qian Xingxing made one last, desperate attempt. "Dad, my uncles know how many children Mom actually had. Even if I go along with this—"

"Your uncles know."

"Anyone could break this story. I could do it myself. But I want *you* to be the one to announce it." This wasn’t just to make the news more believable; Qian Duoduo also wanted to tighten his grip on Qian Xingxing.

"Xingxing, I have a meeting in ten minutes, and I won’t be home tonight." Qian Duoduo delivered his ultimatum. "If you don’t give me your answer, a new editor-in-chief will take over tomorrow."

"He hates young female editors."

In that moment, Qian Xingxing was forced to make a choice he didn’t want to.

He agreed.

Then, the man on the other side of the screen smiled and said, "You’re such a good boy."

"I love you more than anyone."

Suddenly, Qian Xingxing felt that love was disgusting.

"You just wait at home for news. You’re still the Qian Family’s most pampered young master."

"And one last thing. This is the second lesson I’m teaching you: the easiest way to win is to exploit your opponent’s weakness."

With that, Qian Duoduo ended the call. He was ecstatic. In this battle with his son, he had once again achieved a decisive victory.

He followed the slap with a sweet.

The household’s butler robot immediately issued a second announcement: the branch office’s editor-in-chief would remain unchanged; the previous official notice had been sent in error.

But inside the house, the door access and internet remained disabled.

Elsewhere.

A biting wind howled as Meimei flew her Hovercar toward the Dais Family’s castle.

She tried to get closer—

—but was quickly stopped by security.

The castles of the great nobles were armed. When she had come with Qian Xingxing, she hadn’t seen anything so ’severe.’ But now that she was here alone, the cold muzzle of a gun was aimed at her from a distance. "Please do not approach."