CHAPTER 39: CHAPTER 12: HE DIDN’T ABANDON YOU

When Mu Yunchu first started livestreaming, she had to wait for a while before a hundred or so people joined her room.

But when she streamed for the second time, the situation completely changed, with nearly ten thousand people watching simultaneously, and the popularity metrics were off the charts.

Through these two livestreams, Mu Yunchu’s name became thoroughly famous online.

People who frequently surfed the internet all knew that on the Whale Platform, there was a fortune-telling streamer who seemed supernatural.

The main reason was that during her last session, Zhou Zhicheng appeared on screen, and a major murder case was revealed, making the viewers realize that perhaps Mu Yunchu’s stream was truly unscripted.

Even though three days had passed, the discussions under her trending topic continued to increase nonstop.

Everyone was vouching that this was definitely a livestream room unlike any other they’d seen.

So, even though it was still working hours, the number of people in Mu Yunchu’s livestream room peaked.

[It’s only been a few days, but why does it feel like I haven’t seen the streamer for years? This must be what they call ’absence makes the heart grow fonder.’]

[Last time she streamed, I had no money in my phone account and was too scared to click on the lucky draw because I couldn’t afford it if I won. I haven’t spent any of my salary since I got paid just to wait for the streamer!]

[I don’t dare to wish you luck, because from my experience, winning a lucky draw in this stream isn’t necessarily a good thing.]

[There was that sketch about casually taking a few steps, but our stream’s slogan should be: casually draw a few! If you don’t win, it’s fine; if you do, then who knows.]

...

At the same time, Lin Tianyou, overwhelmed by the sudden upheavals in his life, received the notification on his phone:

Your followed streamer is now live. He was so excited that he almost dropped his phone.

Yesterday, he had unfollowed all accounts on his account.

Meaning, the only person he was following now was Mu Yunchu.

Only when she started a livestream could he receive such a notification.

He clicked into the platform without a moment’s hesitation.

Seeing Mu Yunchu leaning back in her chair felt so familiar, he even felt like his savior had finally arrived!

Previously, he thought this was all just a scam, but after Mu Yunchu had said her piece that day, he tentatively asked his elderly mother about it and received completely unexpected news.

His father, whom he thought had passed away years ago, wasn’t actually his biological father.

According to his mother, thirty years ago, his biological father disappeared after leaving for a job. He had been too young at the time to remember anything about it.

A few years later, his mother married the man she met later, gradually forgetting about his biological father’s existence.

But when he mentioned that the man might be seriously ill or in a dangerous situation, his mother reacted intensely.

"He abandoned the two of us back then. If it weren’t for your later dad stepping in, we’d be dead!"

"Why should I care if he’s dead or alive now?"

Thirty years ago, there were still many people who didn’t have enough to eat.

In that backward era, a young mother raising a baby to adulthood had faced countless difficulties and challenges.

So Lin Tianyou thought his mother’s perspective was perfectly normal.

No matter how many times he convinced himself otherwise, Lin Tianyou couldn’t get over his inner turmoil.

He wanted to find his father.

No matter what his motivation was.

He wanted to ask him why he had abandoned him and his mother back then.

So after entering the livestream, after only a few words from the netizens, he started sending gifts incessantly.

The room was filled with various flashy effects, and, while sending gifts, Lin Tianyou kept typing comments.

[Streamer, I apologize for my inappropriate remarks last time. Please connect with me again.]

Previously, Mu Yunchu had publicly predicted that his father was in danger, but at the time, Lin Tianyou had shown extreme disdain.

Later, he regretted it so much at night that he wanted to slap himself.

[Streamer, can you really find my biological father?]

[If you see this, please accept my request...]

...

Everyone was utterly puzzled by his actions.

[What’s going on? Why is this guy gifting so much right away?]

[Finding a father? Isn’t this a fortune-telling livestream, can you search for family too?]

[I remember now! I saw this person in the last stream! The situation almost went south, so it left a deep impression on me. The streamer had told him to hurry and find his father because the latter was in danger, but he said his father had been dead for years.]

[This sounds so explosive!]

[Wait, if he thought the streamer was a fraud, then what’s he doing now?]

People generally exhibit immense curiosity toward the unknown.

Especially in moments like this where someone behaves so contradictory, it piqued their interest completely.

[Streamer, please connect with him, I want to see what’s going on!]

[Yes, yes, we can put the lucky draw on hold, we want to see what’s up with this dude.]

...

But in truth, the viewers didn’t know that there had been some issues with Mu Yunchu’s livestream.

From her end, the screen was blank, so she hadn’t responded as she was busy troubleshooting with customer service.

As a result, after the black screen issue was fixed, once she could see the screen again, she was bombarded with messages all talking about this matter.

Her expression turned subtly awkward.

She lightly coughed into her fist.

It wasn’t like she could say she was actually waiting for him, right?

"I’ll connect with you now."

Lin Tianyou finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Once connected, Lin Tianyou was entirely different from his last appearance on the stream.

While not a drastic transformation, there was clear distress in his expression, indicating that he was burdened with trivial matters and constantly worried.

Just after connecting, he anxiously asked about his father’s whereabouts.

Mu Yunchu answered by asking back, "Did you go home and ask your family?"

Lin Tianyou blinked awkwardly.

"Yes."

"I never imagined that the father I lived with for over twenty years wasn’t my biological father."

[Wow, is the streamer really that accurate?]

[Putting myself in his shoes, it feels like the world is crumbling.]

[But what I’m curious about is, what did your biological father do that your mother kept this from you for so many years?]

Honestly, if it weren’t for Mu Yunchu, his mom would have hidden it from him his entire life.

Lin Tianyou felt his throat go dry, "He abandoned us, my mother and me."

At that time, their family was barely surviving.

The three of them were nearly starving.

In such conditions, his father left for work one day and never returned.

The family had tried reporting to the police, but they never found him.

Eventually, they gave up hope.

[No way, with a man who abandoned his wife and kids, you still want to save him?]

[I can’t understand; if it were me, I’d act as if I never had that father.]

[So many years have passed, he’s probably already established a new family elsewhere without you in mind.]

...

To Lin Tianyou, there wasn’t a single word from them that he could refute.

Because everything they said was true.

Yet at that moment, Mu Yunchu suddenly said, "He didn’t abandon you."