After a wealthy woman went bankrupt, her live-in husband became her sugar daddy.

Chapter 21 An Interesting Punishment

As soon as she saw me, Little Sweetie's face turned even uglier.

I didn't know what had happened, so I could only cautiously probe.

"what happened?"

Little Sweetie snorted coldly and spoke with dissatisfaction.

"Gu Mo, I told you to rest, and you secretly went live?"

Before I could explain, she continued, "Since you're not afraid of hard work, why don't you just stop resting and keep working? After all, the capable should do more."

I don't understand why she's like this, but she's always unpredictable, and I can't really argue with her.

Seeing that I didn't refuse, Little Sweetie didn't continue to make things difficult for me.

Then, I immediately went to find Lao Mo.

"What's wrong with Sweetie?"

Lao Mo handed me the data from the live streaming platform.

"Look, you've surpassed Little Sweetie in the data on the platform now, she's definitely not happy with you."

I never expected that playing the clown would bring me so much traffic.

I lowered my eyes, feeling a headache coming on.

Is all that effort I put into building up goodwill with Britney Spears going to be ruined again?

Sure enough, during her live stream, Little Sweetie mentioned it casually.

"Gu Mo, your popularity is now on par with mine. Wouldn't you feel wronged to be my assistant?"

She looked at me expressionlessly, but it made me feel uneasy.

After a few seconds of pause, I blurted out, "I owe my current popularity to your guidance. If I hadn't been your assistant, how could I have learned all this?"

That's the truth. Although it was tough following Little Sweetie, she did teach me some things.

Upon hearing this, Little Sweetie's attitude softened considerably, and she proudly raised her head.

"In that case, you'll stay by my side obediently and be my assistant."

I lowered my head, my heart filled with mixed emotions.

Being her assistant was a task Jiang Yichen assigned to me, and I couldn't refuse.

When I looked up again, I said, "It's all thanks to your willingness to help me, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to build up this buzz."

Sweetie was immediately in a great mood, and she didn't make things difficult for me during the rest of the live stream.

Although being with Xiaotian isn't as painful as before, I'm still incredibly busy every day and have no time for my own live streams.

As the end of the month approached, I watched helplessly as my performance declined.

I asked Little Sweetie for leave several times, but she refused without hesitation each time.

The company soon held a general meeting.

Old Mo sat next to me, looking rather regretful: "If you had maintained your momentum in the last few days, you wouldn't have come in last."

He looked up at Little Sweetie not far away and sighed.

I know he felt sorry for me, but what could he do?

I can't offend Sweetie, and I definitely can't offend Jiang Yichen.

The crowd began to stir, and just then, Jiang Yichen arrived.

He sat in the front seat, casually glancing at the rankings on the screen, his expression as indifferent as ever.

Lin Nan was sitting next to me.

I didn't expect Lin Nan to appear, after all, it's just a small live streaming company, nothing compared to the Jiang family.

But she is Jiang Yichen's secretary and his fiancée, so it's only natural that she came here.

I closed my eyes and prayed from the audience that my ranking wouldn't be too bad, but things didn't go as planned.

The result was not as expected.

The company has a total of thirty or forty live streamers, and I'm ranked last.

The data is even more appalling.

The other streamers from the same period were far superior to me.

I used to boast to Jiang Yichen that I could do it, but now I've been thoroughly humiliated.

The host only came on stage after all the rankings had been announced.

"Everyone's performance this month is on the screen. According to company practice, the top three performers will be rewarded."

As the host introduced the top three anchors, their performance records were shown separately.

This month, Little Sweetie is in first place, and her sales are the sum of the other two.

The host then announced the three last three.

Of course I'm here.

"At the same time, our bottom-ranked streamers will also be punished, and the punishment will be announced by President Jiang."

After he finished speaking, he handed the microphone to Jiang Yichen.

Jiang Yichen stood up from his seat, walked calmly onto the stage, and looked down at the audience.

He cleared his throat and deliberately focused his gaze on me.

"Let's try something new this time."

His gaze was unfriendly, and I felt a vague unease.

I knew Jiang Yichen was after me, so naturally he wouldn't let me get away with it.

"The three people ranked last this time will compete in a PK competition, and the person who comes in last will draw lots to receive three punishments."

After the punishment rules were announced, our last-place anchor was invited onto the stage.

The faces of the three people were projected onto a large screen for a live PK battle, which was made available for everyone to watch.

I didn't want to impose punishments, so I had to rack my brains to hold a PK competition.

A while ago, I did get some attention for making myself look ugly, but after Xiaotian found out, she took away my live stream time, causing my popularity to drop again and again.

These days, when I connect with two other people, there are very few people in my live stream.

I put on a great performance, hoping that the few people I have will give me a little support.

Even though I tried everything I could, they remained unmoved.

The other two also received votes from fans.

My PK score has always been zero.

I was so anxious that I broke out in a cold sweat. I tried to gain some popularity by continuing to act ugly, but it was no use.

The anchors in the audience all gave me disdainful looks.

After several rounds of competition, I couldn't even match a fraction of the second place's score; I lost completely.

I have no choice but to accept my fate and the punishment.

The first punishment was to sit in a chair and spin around twenty times while applying lipstick.

Given how difficult it was, I silently prayed that I wouldn't make a mess of things.

I was holding onto the chair armrest with one hand and applying lipstick with the other.

I tried my best to keep my balance, but my hands wouldn't obey me and ended up smearing the product all over my face.

After spinning around a few times, my face was covered in lipstick.

After spinning twenty times, I felt dizzy and my legs went weak, causing me to collapse to the ground.

At that moment, everyone burst out laughing.

I felt like an animal locked in a cage, a plaything in everyone's eyes.

I struggled to get up from the ground and continued with the second punishment.

It's singing with water in your mouth.

The host then handed me a glass of water.

During the performance, my voice was muffled, and water would spray out whenever I moved my mouth even slightly.

The clothes were quickly soaked.

It looks just like a human fountain.

After singing a few lines, the punishment was considered over.

I didn't dare look into other people's eyes and quickly drew the last punishment.

Eating lemons while balancing a water glass on your head.

I breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, as long as we're fast enough, it will be over.

I balanced the water glass on my head and then popped a lemon into my mouth.

The moment it entered my mouth, the sourness made me tremble all over, and the water glass on my head wobbled precariously.

Before it was over, the water glass was poured over and spilled on my head.

The people in the audience laughed heartily.

Jiang Yichen spoke again only after all the punishments were over.

"I hope everyone will do well in terms of performance next month."

He glanced at me indifferently, as if deliberately saying to me, "The punishment next month will be even more interesting."