Chapter 84

A moment later, the filming studio fell into complete silence.

Everyone's gaze converged, staring in shock at the Mysterious Cat Queen, whose fluffy paw was still patting Jonathan's enamored face, then rubbing it in.

Ling Yue couldn't help but rub her forehead, saying that their family's Mysterious Cat Queen had a special situation and still insisted on stepping forward—was she dissatisfied with her own long life?

The Mysterious Cat Queen retracted its paw and gave a light struggle; Ling Yue had been holding it loosely, so it easily stepped onto the floor, its proud tail standing tall, its pair of pale yellow eyes gazing at everyone as it softly meowed at Ling Yue: "Where did this monster come from?"

Ling Yue: "……"

Should she be glad that no one present understood the Mysterious Cat Queen's words? Otherwise, how would she explain it?

"Hahaha." A cheerful, hearty laugh broke the studio's silence—it was Jonathan himself, rubbing the spot where the cat's punch had landed, a blissful smile on his face: "Awesome! How could there be such a great cat!"

"Every strand of its fur, every movement—it's naturally the actor I've been looking for!"

His strange tone couldn't hide his satisfaction with the cat, but the upcoming shoot didn't go as smoothly as he had imagined.

The Mysterious Cat Queen's unique aura, like a veil of mist and clouds, looked under the lens exactly like a delicate doll; the final product was still beautiful, yet far from what he had in mind.

The assistant also tried asking him: "Boss, what exactly are you looking for?"

Jonathan gestured excitedly, mixing Chinese and English: "I want that mysterious, powerful, eerie Classy!"

"One of a kind, utterly unique!"

He then touched his own arm and back: "I want it cool, numb, especially cold!"

Cold?

Now everyone was baffled—even the Mysterious Cat Queen grew a bit impatient, repeating the same motion many times; it leapt effortlessly onto the nearby prop cabinet, its agile, lithe form like that of an elegant black panther.

The Mysterious Cat Queen sat crouched somewhere, its tail swaying lightly.

Just then, it seemed to discover something, easily leaping onto a higher cabinet; the cameraman instantly tensed: "What is it going to do?"

Ling Yue shook her head, and just then the Mysterious Cat Queen suddenly leapt down, landing on the stage built of white velvet; Jonathan instinctively raised his camera: "Cat! Oh," it paused, recalling the title Ling Yue had earlier introduced: "Queen! Queen!"

He shouted and gestured wildly, the hand touching the camera bulging with veins; the queen turned her head, her glass-like pale yellow pupils instantly shifting to a deep black like a starry sky, resembling a bottomless black hole with the power to devour everything.

"Click—click—"

Jonathan was about to press his finger to the breaking point, and the photo was thus frozen.

Jonathan's lips trembled, astonished into speechlessness; he felt he could not describe it in any words, yet he saw in a cat the union of divinity and demonicity.

The assisting photographer, seeing this, stared wide-eyed in shock: "Its eyes!"

Ling Yue followed the gaze, doubting whether she was mistaken—this truly was the queen she knew—then she realized: the Mysterious Cat Queen's cat pupils had changed color!

Her gaze was sharp and wild, the clear yellow and night-like deep black completely fused into one.

Ling Yue: "!!!"

She immediately explained: "Our queen's eyes sometimes—"

"Oh, Ling, I know." Jonathan said mysteriously: "I looked it up online—this is an ancient Mysterious Cat, said to be your nation's most mysterious being, purportedly walking between yin and yang, a messenger of hell—I know all that…"

Ling Yue: "???"

In an instant, she felt her head full of little question marks—what do you know? Yet Jonathan had already eagerly put away his camera and, very excitedly, told her that if given the chance, he would certainly not hesitate to invite the queen for another collaboration!

He even said: "If possible, I'd also like to keep a cat, and if it could marry the queen, that would be even better!"

Ling Yue fell speechless.

Not far off, the person handling the follow-up simple tasks was also stunned, wondering what he had heard— the boss can't even take care of himself, yet he wants to keep a cat?

Before he could say anything to dissuade the boss's notion, he heard a "whoosh"—the queen delivered a cat punch to his face: "You're overthinking!"

Ling Yue quickly hugged her own cat, then looked at Jonathan: "pfft—"

She really hadn't meant to laugh; she just couldn't help it—this guy's eyes were all bluish-black, a living national treasure!

The staff witnessing this struggled to hold back their laughter; Jonathan is someone with strict work demands yet a naive, innocent personality, possessing an eye for discovery—otherwise he couldn't have taken so many vibrant photos.

Seeing himself like that, he couldn't help but laugh, not the slightest bit angry.

The Mysterious Cat Queen in Ling Yue's arms looked at him—truly a strange human.

It now knows Jonathan is a human, not a monster; mainly, his earlier enthusiasm had frightened it.

Anyone who opens their eyes sees a huge face almost pressing onto the eyeball, pale blue irises turning grayish-white, emitting a creepy hehehe laugh—who wouldn't be afraid?!

Soon after, Ling Yue went out holding the Mysterious Cat Queen; she seemed to sense something, suddenly stopping, her sharp gaze directed toward one side, the building's deep-blue glass windows reflecting a sheet.

Nobody?

Ling Yue pressed her lips, and the Mysterious Cat Queen in her arms softly called: "It's hiding."

Ling Yue: "Yeah, I don't know who."

She said with a laugh: "We haven't even stepped into the entertainment circle, yet we're already attracting jealousy."

The Mysterious Cat Queen had something to say; it snorted: "Not attracting envy is foolish."

After Ling Yue left, a woman on the other side of the building exhaled lightly, pushing up her fisherman's cap to reveal a pointed chin and fiery red lips—none other than Xu Molili.

She clenched her teeth, staring at Ling Yue's retreating back—good grief, she actually went in holding a cat!

She clung to the fashion magazine headquarters, staring at that door all the while, and later even watched wide-eyed as Ling Yue came out holding a cat—who gave you the nerve!

For such a serious magazine shoot, they actually brought in a smelly cat!

Is Jonathan really that good to her?

In an instant, Xu Molili recalled Ling Yue's face, beautiful enough to be called peerless, and bit her lower lip hard: "Could it be that kind of lowly goods?"

She was certain Ling Yue was a net celebrity who rose by using her body; normally, discussing things with her agent wouldn't lead to such later actions, but her personality destined her not to consider carefully—she was so irate she wanted to find ten or eight big Vs to pour dirty water on Ling Yue.

No, that's too stupid.

Suddenly her eyes lit up—she had an idea!

She opened her phone, looking at the message in the big-eyed folder; the previous one was from earlier, when she felt confident about the fashion magazine and had sent out the copy.

Below, a chorus of fans cheered and anticipated, everyone guessing what good resources she would obtain this time, her career rising another level—until Ling Yue appeared, completely shattering her beautiful dream.

Xu Molili gazed at the tens of millions of followers' attention, then snorted coldly: "Hmph, a mere internet celebrity—what do you think you can use to fight me?!"

A piece of copy with a tea fragrance that seemed to weep and plead was released, carrying a few misleading words, quickly discovered by fans, who then felt heartbroken.

Sister's resources were taken? Who exactly is bullying our sister? Fans, fists clenched, wished they could dig three feet underground.

At the same time, the agent who saw it stood frozen in place, almost suffering a cerebral hemorrhage!

You idiot! She barely managed to pull herself up to this position, she's addicted to playing the pure white lotus, do those magazines think they can afford to offend her?

After a barrage of phone calls, Xu Moli was stunned for a moment, then reacted: "What opponent, celebrity—if it's really those little demons in the circle, I'd accept them too. Do you know who I saw today? An internet celebrity!"

"Not to mention TV dramas, she hasn't even done web dramas—just an internet celebrity who does live streams online!"

How could she swallow this anger?

The agent also froze: "An internet celebrity?"

In her impression, that kind of snake-faced internet celebrity, hearing Xu Moli spout nonsense, with Jonathan's indulgence, the agent was utterly numb, after a while saying: "You shouldn't have posted that—delete it immediately!"

Xu Moli steeled herself to declare she would definitely not delete it.

She, a big star with sixty million fans, how could she not be better than a female streamer whose popularity is just hype, who sells sexiness? Besides: "Who knows I'm implying her? Those fans couldn't possibly still be examining her word by word with a magnifying glass!"

She well knows that as a first-tier female star, she's mostly marketing, and her fans are mostly brainless; if they had any intelligence and dug up the truth, she'd do a headstand while washing her hair!

But she didn't know that while fans couldn't find out, fellow female stars could; hearing that Xu Moli's painstakingly prepared magazine cover had been snatched by a female streamer, rivals gloated and then deployed navy troops to guide netizens.

Let fans see that the big star they admire can even have her magazine cover taken away.

No one expected things to escalate; even her disguise that day was discovered, and the photos, completely different from her usual self, amazed people and made them even more curious about who dared to snatch it.

A few days later, Ling Yue was exposed.

In the public's eye, streamers and celebrities are completely incomparable; plus, Ling Yue's streams are mostly about cute pets, and her almost divine stream content has even been labeled by fans as hype marketing.

Ling Yue's followers on Orca Live directly surpassed a hundred million.

Although most were black fans, funny enough, their numbers exceeded those of her actual idols; Ling Yue didn't even notice, and she opened her stream as usual.

At the same time, countless netizens turned their eyes to computer or phone screens—Saturday had arrived!

This thought suddenly arose, and the whole person instantly perked up!

Even those napping couldn't help but get up, open the stream, and many prepared trolls lost themselves for a moment before reacting.

【It's you, this internet celebrity, who snatched my sister's magazine cover?】

【You, you're not worthy!】

【??? What's going on?】These are the slow-on-the-uptake netizens.

【It must be some fan's lot released to bite people, swearing to protect the streamer to the death!】

【Counterattack, all attacks counterattack!】

【What magazine cover? Is the streamer preparing to enter the entertainment industry? Slurp slurp, I'll invest one cent!】

【I'll invest two cents! Such a beautiful face should shine and burn in the entertainment industry, woof woof woof!】

【I'll invest ten dollars! Streamer, fly bravely; netizens will forever follow you!】

【Upstairs, no price‑gouging, … uh … streamer, what did you go shoot? Can you say something? I'm not lusting after your body; I just want to add to your popularity 【honest face】【honest face】】

【Pah! You lot of navy troops, only the female streamer got you addicted!】

【As expected, a mountain pig can't eat fine grain—our sister is a first‑tier little flower, while a mere female internet celebrity, what comparability is there!】

【!!!】

The exclamation marks flying by fast enough prove the stream's netizens' shock; a mere female internet celebrity, if you've got the guts, give me a mere look?!

Previously, Ling Yue's stream had constantly been flooded with messages begging the streamer to enter the entertainment industry, because they could only lick a few hours each week, which was nowhere near enough to watch!

Now, Ling Yue's backend private messages, besides netizens' comments, also contain most agents' invitations; although the stream filter is now powerful, anyone with clear eyes can see that Ling Yue's stream has no filter at all!

Recklessly radiating her own beauty, most netizens were obsessed with cute pet stories, overlooking Ling Yue; those agents, each sharper‑eyed than the last, unfortunately Ling Yue never responded to any of them.

Mainly, she simply doesn't have the habit of checking private messages.

Ling Yue encountered such a chaotic stream for the first time, she froze, utterly unaware of what was happening.

Ling Yue: "What magazine cover? I have no plans to enter the entertainment industry for now, and I haven't taken any photos." On the contrary, her Mysterious Cat Queen at home first struck a pose.

That sentence was like a stone stirring up a thousand waves.

Xu Moli's brainless fans instantly flew into a rage.

【Isn't it just you who snatched our sister's magazine cover, what are you pretending for?!】

【Hypocrite! You don't even look at your own conditions—how can you compare to us, to our sister!】

【……I'm speechless, sisters—I came back from watching the big‑eyed gossip, and damn, our streamer is utterly crushing it!】

Netizens and brainless fans clashed; Ling Yue watched, bewildered, then realized it was the earlier fashion magazine shoot!

She had felt a gaze before—could it be them? How could they be so fierce? Besides……

She wore an indescribable expression and said directly: "If it's the fashion magazine shoot, I didn't do it."

Both sides of the brawl stopped, hearing Ling Yue continue: "I can firmly tell you, that's not me, there's also… cough cough."

She almost let the cat slip out, having signed a contract that couldn't be disclosed, but Ling Yue's denial was enough to make the brainless fans doubt life.

【If not you, then who are you?】

This question literally voiced the brainless fans' hearts, but Ling Yue stayed silent, her firm attitude making the netizens who wanted to go crazy feel extremely stifled.

Could it be that they got the wrong person?

A major internet celebrity, female, appearing in Brocade Cloud Building—aside from her, there's no one else!

Ling Yue looked at the exposed information, helplessly rubbing her forehead: "Perhaps, the information you found, fundamentally speaking, is just wrong?"

After saying that, she immediately changed the subject: "Netizens, let's start drawing for fated pets."

【Okay!】

【Waa waa waa, finally waited for it, gkdgkd!】

The fans were completely bewildered.

At the same time, the private assistant responsible for investigating Ling Yue and who instantly became addicted to her livestream, Jian Dan, was so angry he pounded the table, his fingers flying up and down, clacking out comments.

【Truly an undeserved disaster, I feel for the streamer!】

"Hmm, Jian Dan?"

A low, muffled male voice suddenly sounded from behind; he usually avoided his subordinates' **, but this time he caught it in an instant.

The queen's master!

He instantly perked up, his tone excited: "Dear Jian Dan, how could the queen's master be on the screen?"

Jian Dan instantly grew nervous; after reacting, he remembered today was his day off, he had no work, so he relaxed and explained it all.

Qiaonuosen Lan's blue eyes flashed a bright, fierce light; hearing him say Ling Yue had run into trouble, he instantly grew tense: "Because of me?"

"Oh, this isn't real, he still has to become in-laws with the queen!"

"I'll clear her name!"

At that moment in the livestream room, Ling Yue had already drawn a fated companion: "I'm a farm owner; may I ask what you'd like to consult?"

After the video call connected and they saw the consulter in person, the livestream chatters were all taken aback.

【Foreigner!】

【Wow, Orca livestream, awesome!】

Ling Yue blinked, seemingly not noticing the comments, she saw a foreign middle-aged uncle in denim wear, beer belly protruding, wearing a cowboy hat; behind him stretched an endless grassland.

Next, he whistled, and in the distance came the clip-clop of horse hooves.

A reddish-brown miniature horse appeared before everyone.

The other spoke fluent English, which Ling Yue understood; knowing he was introducing himself, she replied with a few sentences.

But most of the chatters only half understood.

Just then, a bold, enlarged line of text floated across the screen; it was from the moderator, who directly had her open a new feature—online real-time translation!

Everyone who saw the line froze, they dimly sensed something; only Ling Yue curled the corner of her mouth and smiled.

Thereafter, the communication went very smoothly.

This foreign uncle was called Jié kè, and he enthusiastically introduced his precious little pony: "It's not just any ordinary pony; it's my precious miniature horse!"

【I know this; it's a breed of horse that's naturally stunted, the international standard max height is 106 centimeters, can't be taller, temperament gentle, very cute!】

【No need to say that last part, we've already figured it out QAQ】

Jié kè uncle waved his hand; the miniature horse came clip-clop-clop running over, its long sideburns flowing, its big round eyes practically melting people.

Immediately, it neighed happily and happily pawed at the ground.

Jié kè uncle stroked the miniature horse, then turned to the screen: "Dear Ling, from a few days ago I came across your livestream; I especially love your livestream, your special ability is simply amazing, God, you're a superhero……"

He said a bunch, so corny it made the chatters all bow down in admiration!

Ling Yue extracted some information from his words—probably about the big move the Orca livestream was planning—her eyes narrowed slightly as she asked: "... So may I ask what you'd like to consult?"

Jié kè uncle nodded excitedly: "I want you to help me persuade my precious little Hans."

"It's my favorite little treasure, it's so smart, the smartest miniature horse I've ever seen, so I want it to learn dressage, but it simply ignores me!"

He said, lowering his head: "This makes me so heartbroken; I thought we were already friends."

Jié kè uncle stroked Hans's sideburns.

The horse suddenly lifted its hoof; in an instant, everyone tensed up, hearts in their throats.

The reddish-brown miniature horse Hans shook its head and neighed, its hoof lightly touching Jié kè's big belly; it even stuck out its tongue and wiggled it: "Heh heh heh, Jié kè, just give up, unless you catch me, if you catch me I'll let you hehehe!",,.