Chapter 243 The Most Miserable First Love
Mu Zhi sat stiffly in the livestream room. It was her first time livestreaming, and she was stuttering to gather a few words.
She was not nervous since she made all necessary preparations beforehand.
However, every time she caught a glimpse of the number of viewers on the upper right corner of her screen, she would feel an indescribable tension.
She would also get an alert for any new viewer tuning into the stream, which would distract her.
Thus, she chose to cover the corner with a piece of cloth and carry on with the livestreaming.
Without paying attention to the audience size she had, she was able to speak naturally.
The technical team gave her a new phone to yield a better streaming resolution.
Mu Zhi sat before the camera in a moment of awkward silence, then said, “I have plans to do livestreaming consistently from now on. We are just testing the waters today, but if we fail today, I may not appear again in the future.”
Mu Zhi could not help but cringe.
Then, she collected herself and said, “Since we don’t know what to say, let me talk about my past.”
“I was brought up in a single-parent family, in a shabby apartment. I had no idea who my birth father was as a little girl. From what I can recall, I never heard anything about my father. I grew up with mom, and mom never married another person.”
“My first love was Lu Junnian. Lu Junnian is a prodigy in medicine. After mom was admitted to the hospital, I swore to become the best doctor in the world so I could treat her. But unfortunately, being a prodigy is kind of far-fetched for someone like me. I was just a daughter who was eager to work towards a cure for my mother.”
“I worked part-time to sustain mom’s treatment bills while studying, and in my darkest days, I met Lu Junnian.”
“I was a gullible teenager.”
Mu Zhi went through her social media history and found a photo of her and Lu Junnian in an unlisted album.
Some of them were selfies while she took the others without Lu Junnian noticing.
After showing all of the photos to the camera, Mu Zhi became slightly disheartened. “At the time, I was determined to marry Lu Junnian. My inferiority complex told me that I might not be good enough for him, but my naïve nature said otherwise. All I needed to do was work hard for it.”
Mu Zhi continued.
But her spirits became lower as she progressed deeper into the story.
She turned her screen away, so she could only see the camera and microphone.
Thus, Mu Zhi was unaware that her livestream audience had skyrocketed from single digits to tens of thousands in a matter of minutes.
Most of her audience came into the room out of curiosity but they swamped her with compassionate comments after seeing Mu Zhi’s disheartened appearance.
‘This reminds me of my first love! So sad!’
A comment flashed across the screen.
‘I just broke up with my first love.’
Another comment followed.
Numerous comments came flooding the screen while Mu Zhi was fixated on her story.
‘I just attended the wedding of my childhood sweetheart. I’m grateful that someone will be taking care of him, yet my heart is broken.’
‘Sxxxx, if you’re reading this, know that I’m happy that you were a part of my life.’
The comments were composed of sorrowful cries.
The audience could relate themselves to Mu Zhi’s misery.
Meanwhile, Mu Zhi continued, “In the end, our relationship did not receive the blessings of his parents. Lu Junnian and I worked hard to persevere, but he had to leave the country, and I fell trap into someone’s schemes and had a one-night-stand with a stranger.”
Mu Zhi did not mention Xu Changshu’s name as a gesture of courtesy.
“At the time, I thought the man was Lu Junnian, and I was even delighted to find that I was pregnant. I was gullible enough to think that with his child, his parents might be able to accept me.”
“But I later found out that Lu Junnian was tricked into going overseas, thinking that I have left him first, which meant that I had no idea who the father of my child was.”
“Amid the despair, I bit the bullet and gave birth to the child. I wanted her to know that even if she was fatherless, mom could give you just as much love so that you could love others in the world.”
“Then, in the same year, I was falsely accused of manipulating experimental data and was boycotted in the medical world.”
“I hung in there for a long, long time, and finally collapsed mentally and emotionally. I was troubled by daily living expenses and the ridiculous medical bills. My turning point came when I was working as a bartender, I met Lu Jinye, who had also lost his love at the time.”
“One can only imagine how desperate a woman is to agree to a contracted marriage. But I know that it is the only chance I could let my child survive!”
At this stage, Mu Zhi was grief-stricken. Tears started streaming down her cheeks uncontrollably.
…
Meanwhile, the secretary room was in a deafening silence.
Everyone had their eyes locked on their phone screens, listening to Mu Zhi’s livestream.
When Lu Jinye walked out of his office, he did not sense any abnormally.
But someone’s sobbing sound caught his attention.
Followed by… Overlapping sobbing sounds from multiple directions.
He was merely heading to the pantry for a glass of water, but was surprised to see a pack of women staring down at their phones sobbing. When they espied Lu Jinye’s appearance, they scrambled to their seats.
All of their eyes had red circles, a clear sign of having cried before!
Lu Jinye frowned at this sight, then returned to his office only to find Linda wiping tears off her face.
The entire fleet of secretaries was crying collectively…
Lu Jinye approached the secretaries with a stern face, and one of them anxiously put her phone away but accidentally pulled her earphones out.
Before she could stop the livestream, Mu Zhi’s voice came from her phone. “Then, Lu Jinye and I realized that Mu Xiaomu was actually our child. This must be a joke from the heavens. I will forever be grateful to the gods for sending Lu Jinye to me.”
Mu Zhi’s livestream?
Lu Jinye seized the phone and peered down at the screen.
Every living creature in the room held their breaths anxiously.
…
On the other hand, in the livestream room, Mu Zhi drew a deep breath to steady her emotions.
After spending over half an hour immersed in her sorrowful memories, Mu Zhi struggled to recover from the sadness. She was out of words to say at this point.
Livestreams were scheduled to last for an hour. She checked the time and realized that there were twenty minutes remaining on the countdown timer.
Being lost for topics and almost breaking down into tears, Mu Zhi had no clue what she should say.
Thus, she could only say helplessly, “This is my first livestream, I’m running out of topics to talk about today. Phew, that’s a tough trip down memory lane. I need some fresh air. See you all.”
She reached out to unveil the screen upon finishing her words, preparing to turn off the livestream. As soon as she removed the cloth, she was shocked to see that tens of millions of audience tuning into her stream!
Mu Zhi’s hands started trembling, and she pressed the off button as a knee-jerk reaction.
Then… She turned around to leave the room, and Lu Jinye was standing before her eyes!
