Chapter 72: Working Overtime

Everyone turned their gaze to Liu Yue.

The viewers in the livestream grew even more excited—how did the excellent Boss Liu grow up?

Shen Mo was thrilled.

【Wow, we're about to hear my wife's educational history.】

Liu Yue tilted her head, meeting the eyes of the people around her and the camera, and said with a grin, "My growth experience is really boring."

Boring?

【Boring? Wife, what joke are you cracking? You're a child of a wealthy family.】

Everyone was stunned.

Liu Yue went on by herself: "I've been a study genius since I was little. I just need one glance to master that stuff."

"If I wanted to do research, I'd probably be a pretty decent researcher by now."

"So I never suffered the hardships of studying."

"I also inherited my mom's bad temper and combat ability. Anyone who bullied me got beaten back, so I never suffered from bullying either."

"As for the remaining issues like values, it's even simpler. My grandfather taught me from a young age to be neither arrogant nor impatient, to observe more and think more."

"So my values, bolstered by the overall morality of society, are also solid."

"Of course, the most important thing is that my family members aren't anxious either."

"I think a lot of kids today getting depressed or falling ill has a deep connection to their parents' anxiety."

The group of small bosses fell silent.

If it were someone else saying it, they wouldn't believe it, nor would they want to.

But since these words came from the excellent Liu Yue, everyone believed them.

After all, they all knew their own issues too.

Anxiety.

The entire family was anxious.

The viewers in the livestream seemed to have been struck by something, and rushed to comment.

"I think the anxiety is justified."

"When parents are anxious, even the best intentions can lead to bad deeds."

"Sob sob, as expected, only children not infected by anxiety can grow up happily."

"Kids don't understand anxiety, so all the responsibility still falls on the parents."

"Reminds me of a scene I saw at the hospital. A parent was taking their kid to see a psychiatrist while telling the child, 'Just take today as a break. This Saturday and Sunday you have to do three extra test papers.'"

"One generation of parents missed every opportunity to get rich, yet never missed a chance to shirk responsibility."

"Hard to swallow. Everyone knows anxiety is the problem, but under the pressure of survival, who can avoid being anxious?"

"An unsolvable problem."

Shen Mo and Liu Yue chatted with a few small bosses for a while longer before heading back, and grabbed two jin of sunflower seeds before leaving.

On the way back, Shen Mo and Liu Yue chatted while cracking sunflower seeds.

Shen Mo asked Liu Yue if she really had no study pressure as a child.

Liu Yue rolled her eyes, utterly exasperated: "How could that be possible."

"I had to study a lot of things every day too."

"All sorts of etiquette, all sorts of art appreciation, all sorts of miscellaneous knowledge."

"A whole lot."

Shen Mo was shocked: "Then why did you tell them you didn't?"

Liu Yue was even more exasperated: "If I said I learned all that, do you think they'd let their own kids off the hook?"

"Most likely they'd go back and say, 'Look at Liu Yue—she can learn it, why can't you? And you're a boy too.'"

"So just one line—'I'm a study genius, your kids aren't'—and that's that."

"I think I'm saving their kids."

"Besides, when you're out in the world, your status is what you make of it."

"Others have no way to argue with you."

"After all, not everyone has that much free time to verify whether what you say is true or false."

Shen Mo was stunned, but felt Liu Yue had a point.

【Can't argue with that for the moment.】

The viewers in the livestream were also stunned.

"Damn, she actually makes sense."

"Feels like she's talking nonsense, but think about it—if someone asks my salary and I say I make a hundred thousand a month, the level of a college student, wouldn't that scare off the relatives who want to compare?"

"That guy above is right." "As expected, the reason I can't get rich is still because I don't know how to talk nonsense."

"But Boss Liu really did save those kids. After all, in parents' eyes, if their kid can't meet a goal it's because they didn't try hard enough. Now Boss Liu's one line 'I'm a study genius' directly killed their desire to compare."

"Sigh, why do some parents always think their kid is the best, able to fight heaven and earth and air, perfectly executing a dragon-proud-of-heaven script?"

"Normal parents' expectation for their kids should be to surpass themselves.

Outrageous parents' expectation for their kids is to become the richest person, bring them to the ultimate bliss on earth, the most wonderful life."

The director watched the livestream's popularity and his heart was pounding.

Especially after a glance at the trending searches.

In just one day, Liu Yue and Shen Mo had already shot up multiple trending searches.

The Rational Couple.

These two really do say whatever's on their mind when something's up.

Streamers who hawk counterfeit goods on their broadcasts.

Boss Liu has pointed us toward a shopping channel.

Refuse the anxiety.

Out in the world, your status is entirely what you make of it.

The director had a certain idea forming in his mind.

How about one more day of streaming tomorrow?

Watching Shen Mo and his partner rambling nonsensically on camera, the director quietly gave Lady Wenya a call.

Boss, could you let your son-in-law and your daughter stream one more day tomorrow?

Those two are just too hot right now.

Back home, Shen Mo started making dinner.

Liu Yue sat to one side watching, occasionally getting up to peel some garlic, then watching Shen Mo cook again, occasionally offering suggestions and airing some foolish opinions.

A perfect demonstration of what moral support looks like.

Shen Mo thought it was quite nice — at the very least, it wasn't boring.

The viewers in the stream felt Shen Mo's emotions were genuinely stable.

Liu Yue sitting on the side watching without helping was one thing, but she actually had the nerve to offer suggestions.

The kicker was she even placed orders from time to time — that was really pushing it.

But Shen Mo really did dote on her.

It made a lot of people can't help sighing: go on, spoil her.

As if she had some unspoken connection, Liu Yue turned to Shen Mo and complained, "It's all Auntie Wenya's fault."

Shen Mo rolled his eyes, turned back and said, "Don't talk nonsense — I usually do most of the cooking anyway."

Liu Yue smiled.

That was indeed a fact — Shen Mo had always been very proactive about it.

The reason was pretty simple: he just felt he ought to do it.

Even though everyone else felt he didn't have to.

While dinner was being made and the stream was still going, Auntie Wenya walked in.

With a grand sweep of her hand, she said generously, "One more day of streaming tomorrow—"

Liu Yue and Shen Mo were stunned.

The viewers in the stream were all stunned too.

That casual about it?

Liu Yue asked, incredulous, "Auntie, why?"

Auntie Wenya sat down on the other side of the table, eating as she spoke breezily, "The director said today's results were great — you two are hilarious, the show blew up, so one more day of streaming."

Liu Yue and Shen Mo exchanged a glance.

So being too outstanding is our fault now?

Auntie Wenya didn't wait for them to speak, then continued, "My money is your money — you're not working for me, you're saving up for yourselves."

"So I refuse your refusal."

In the stream, the viewers burst out laughing on the spot.

"666, this PUA tactic is exactly the same as my boss's."

"Love it — actually seeing the CEO getting PUA'd."

"Kinda satisfying."

"The look of gloom on their faces is exactly like me working overtime."

"Haha, I heard Baiyin Game Company already has the holiday off, but the boss is still working overtime to make money — just thinking about that feels great."

(End of chapter)