Chapter 9

Li Shiyu’s filter for Zhang Yizhi had been shattered again and again, but she never expected it could break yet another time:

“What? You used to live off women, dated multiple girls at once in college, and even extorted money with your girlfriend’s nudes?”

Zhang Yizhi anxiously tried to stop her:

“Shh, shh, keep your voice down! It’s hard enough for me to confess, why do you have to shout it out so loud!”

Li Shiyu was so angry she wanted to slap him:

“Did you secretly record us when we were doing it too?”

I replied coolly:

“No, I didn’t. In this house, he wouldn’t dare mess around.

I let you two sleep together because you liked each other, not to record anything for blackmail.”

Zhang Yizhi sat down on the sofa, looking at me with a sigh:

“I’m doomed, my whole life is ruined by her…

Back in college, just as I was about to make a move on her sister, she caught on.

She found the girls who’d had issues with me before, banded together for their rights, made a scene from the department to the whole school, almost took me to court…”

Zhang Yizhi let out a long sigh: “Compensation, public apology, deleting videos and photos… I did it all. Luckily, I never spread those photos, otherwise she would’ve sent me straight to jail.”

Li Shiyu asked curiously:

“Then you two should be enemies, so why are you playing husband and wife now?”

While I was typing rapidly on my phone, I answered, “He begged me.”

Zhang Yizhi scratched his head:

“I didn’t study well in college, plus I got disciplinary action, couldn’t find a good job… No background, no special skills, didn’t want to work hard, couldn’t break into the entertainment industry… Thought about finding a rich woman, but was scared of steel wool.”

Li Shiyu shuddered and moved closer to me.

“Later, when I really had nowhere to go, I thought of the person who’d messed me up the worst and was the most capable… Yongan was already selling stuff and making videos in college, knew business and law, so I went to her for help.

She needed someone to play her husband, so she let bygones be bygones. Yongan designed a borderline streamer persona for me, she knows the platform rules, helps me control the limits and review video risks. In exchange, I show up in her videos showing off my body, perfecting her wealthy lady image.”

Li Shiyu poked my arm: “You still dare to use him?”

“Those who achieve big things don’t fuss over details. As long as he’s competent.” I didn’t even look up. “Don’t worry, I regularly check his HIV and HPV status. Since we work together, we have to avoid risks.”

Zhang Yizhi cried out, “I only agree to the ones you introduce, okay? I’m very clean now!”

Mi Ting and Aunt Zhou both made gagging sounds nearby.

Li Shiyu suddenly thought of something:

“Wasn’t all this because he tried to hit on your sister? Aren’t you worried about your sister being affected now that he’s around?”

Zhang Yizhi collapsed:

“She punished me before I even made a move. By the time her sister knew about me, I already had a terrible reputation!

And her sister is always overseas shooting videos for her, hardly ever comes back!”

Mi Ting clicked her tongue: “Twins are amazing. Yongning can do overseas shopping and shoot video material for Yongan at the same time. They alternate appearing in videos and have never slipped up!”

Li Shiyu’s mind couldn’t keep up:

“W-what?

Twin sister…”

I peeled away the last layer of the veil:

“All the overseas travel videos were shot by my sister while she was doing shopping abroad.

She majored in languages, went abroad on a student visa, and is about to get a work visa soon.

As for me?”

I gave her a sly smile: “I’ve never been abroad in my life.”

Li Shiyu pointed at my hand, trembling:

“Then… when you said you went to the Maldives, where did you actually go?”

I pushed open the hidden door in the wall and walked straight into the next apartment:

“These two apartments are connected. This side is for filming-”

I pointed to the place Li Shiyu always thought was “my home,” then to the other side of the hidden door:

“That side is for editing.

When you were staying at my place those days, I was editing videos next door.”

After saying that, I ignored Li Shiyu, who was petrified on the spot, and stepped through the hidden door to edit fresh footage.