176: Penalty - 3 (Bonus Chapter)

In the living room, Jiang Ye was sitting calmly on the sofa looking at his phone, his legs crossed high and a faint smile on his lips.

Seeing his leisurely manner, Su Ning suddenly became furious. She let out a heavy "Hmph!", stomped her feet loudly, and rushed into the kitchen with a "thud thud thud" to find a small stainless steel basin from the cabinet.

When she passed the living room on her way back, she deliberately stomped her feet again, tilted her chin toward Jiang Ye, and let out another "Hmph!" before swaggering back to her room.

What? Provocation?

What's wrong with provocation?!

Aren't the tickets from the point punishment still tickets? Can't they be cashed out? The money in hand is just as sweet!

Besides, the punishments in the voice chat room... hmph! To put it bluntly, they're all just for show!

If you have the guts, keep punishing me. This young lady can rely on this to make you go bankrupt from gifting! Let's see who gives in first!

Back at the computer, Yao Yao sat down again and whimpered into the microphone, "Brother~ I'm back... Look, I've brought the basin..."

After saying that, she curled her fingers and tapped the edge of the iron basin three times with a "Clang! Clang! Clang!" With each tap, she let out a cry of pain, "Ouch!", and finally said with a sobbing tone:

"Wooo... it hurts so much! A bump has already formed on my head!"

The other hosts on the stage immediately understood and began to cooperate:

"Yao Yao, be gentle! Why are you using so much force!"

"It sounds painful!"

"Brother Ye, stop the punishment. Look how pitiful Yao Yao is!"

"Is Brother Ye heartbroken yet?"

The corners of Yao Yao's mouth curled up as she struck while the iron was hot to continue consolidating her "good baby" persona:

"It's okay, it's okay~ I'm already Brother's good baby... Punish me however you want, Yao Yao is willing—"

Before she could finish, an exaggerated "yue—!" came from Sweet Girl's side, followed by silence.

Zhi Xia suppressed her laughter and smoothed things over solemnly:

"It's fine, it's fine. Yao Yao, you continue. Sweet Girl is really... she must have eaten something bad this morning, right? She didn't even know to mute herself before throwing up. I've muted her for you. You continue, continue~"

"..."

The entertainment effect in the live room exploded instantly. "Hahaha" and "Sweet Girl is acting like me" flew across the public screen.

Yao Yao wanted to follow up with a few more lines in this humorous atmosphere, but she suddenly caught that persistent ID in the rapidly scrolling comments:

Super Cool Dont Cue (Lv22): [@Brother Ye Uncle! Uncle, look at my private messages! Give me a follow!]

Super Cool Dont Cue (Lv22): [@Brother Ye Uncle! They're all faking it! Liars! I could tell just by listening that she was tapping the basin with her hand! It wasn't hitting her head at all! This is a trick! Stop gifting! The more you gift, the more you lose!]

Yao Yao's brow furrowed instantly.

What's the situation?

Why does this phrasing look familiar? Is someone trying to poach her big spender?

But who poaches a big spender by calling him "Uncle"? That's too ridiculous, isn't it?

Could it be... an acquaintance instead of a poacher?

She frowned, her mouse hovering over the avatar of "Super Cool Dont Cue," hesitating for two seconds between the options of "Blacklist" and "Kick from Room."

Her phone screen lit up with a WeChat message from Zhi Xia: [Yao Yao, what's with that person? Can I kick them?]. Obviously, the word "Uncle" had even confused the usually decisive her.

Yao Yao looked at the scores piled up by sports cars and planes at her feet, then at the eyesore of a comment, and made a decisive choice:

Better to kill by mistake than to let a suspect go!

If it really was some relative of his, since they lived together anyway, she could just find an opportunity to apologize later!

But right now, she absolutely could not leave this hidden danger talking nonsense in the hall!

With a click of her finger, she efficiently blacklisted "Super Cool Dont Cue" and kicked them out of the live room.

On the public screen, Brother Ye seemed to have noticed someone mentioning him just now.

Brother Ye (Lv42): [What that Buddy said seems to make some sense. Why do I feel like the sound of tapping the basin isn't quite right? A bit thin?]

Yao Yao's heart tightened, and she quickly used acting cute to cover her guilt: "Brother~ you still don't trust me? Yao Yao is 100% sincere to you! I would never dare to use tricks to deceive Brother!"

Brother Ye (Lv42): [Tsk... I don't believe you. You're in the bedroom right now, right?]

Yao Yao was stunned and subconsciously replied: "Yeah, Brother, I'm in my room."

Brother Ye: [How about this: go to the living room and tap it. The living room is spacious and empty, so there'll be an echo. The sound will definitely be thicker. I'll know if it's the right vibe as soon as I hear it.]

Yao Yao looked at these lines on the screen, her mouth opening slightly, and her head instantly covered in black lines.

Damn! Damn! Damn!

So this is what he was waiting for!

This Dog man! After such a long detour, this was his plan!

He just wants me to go to the living room and perform "hitting my head with an iron pot" right in front of him!

Aaaah! So insidious! So cunning!

Yao Yao ranted wildly in her heart, her blood pressure soaring.

But... could she refuse?

Obviously not.

Wouldn't refusing a big spender's reasonable verification request be the same as admitting she was using a trick?

Moreover, with the Hall Battle imminent, it was exactly the time when she needed "Brother Ye's" strong support. How could she offend her sugar daddy over such a "small matter"?

With a long face, Yao Yao said weakly, "Okay, okay... Brother, wait a moment..."

She logged out of her account on the computer, took her phone and the small iron basin, and slowly, step by step, opened the second bedroom door again and shuffled into the living room.

In the living room, Jiang Ye was still wearing headphones and looking down at his phone, but the corners of his mouth were almost reaching the sky.

Seeing Su Ning walk out with her head hanging, he cheerfully took the initiative to greet her:

"Hello Little Sister Su, good morning~"

Su Ning: "..."

Her mouth twitched twice as she tried to force a smile that looked worse than crying:

"Little Brother, I... well, I need to use my phone to stream in the living room for a while. Do you want to... step away?"

Jiang Ye raised an eyebrow and waved his hand dismissively. "It's fine, it's fine! You do your stream, just pretend I don't exist! I'll just sit here and watch. I promise not to talk or disturb your work!"

After saying that, he even "considerately" stood up and moved to the single sofa opposite Su Ning, leaning back slightly and continuing to type on his phone.