Xia Wan's phone screen was broken. She picked it up, and the live stream continued. She looked at the crack on the screen, which resembled the one between her and Zhuang Yan.
Replacing a screen costs hundreds or thousands of yuan. For Xia Wan in the past, that amount of money was just the price of a meal, which she could easily spend. But now, she can't afford it. That amount of money is enough for a week, and if she saves money, it can even last for half a month.
Xia Wan hadn't found a job yet and was reluctant to spend the money to repair the screen. Instead of repairing the screen, she thought it would be better to buy some food to nourish Xia Qingshan.
Fortunately, the screen is still usable despite being cracked.
Seeing the live stream and the comments made Xia Wan's mood even worse.
She frowned, biting her lower lip so hard it almost drew blood.
The caregiver had already prepared the meal. It was a simple meal of two dishes and a soup, nothing fancy, just enough to fill our stomachs.
Xia Qingshan has a crooked mouth and weak bite force, so we feed him lean meat porridge and the like to make it easier for him to swallow.
When it comes to feeding, Xia Wan is the one who feeds him whenever she's home. She carefully puts a bib under Xia Qingshan's mouth and wipes his mouth while feeding him. It takes her a long time to finish a bowl of rice.
Xia Wan was clearly not in a good mood today. Xia Qingshan hesitated for a moment, then asked with a smirk, "Wanwan, did something happen? Tell me..."
"Nothing happened." What's the point of talking to him? It won't solve anything.
You don't seem happy.
It would be a miracle if she were happy to go from being a rich heiress to this state, but she couldn't tell the truth.
After feeding Xia Qingshan, the caregiver helped him wash up, while Xia Wan washed the dishes and chopsticks. She couldn't help but take out her phone to check and found that her name was on the trending search list.
The past has been brought up again by netizens. Everyone knows that although Xia Wan is not in debt after the Xia family went bankrupt, she must be having a hard time now that she has a paralyzed father to support.
Some netizens believe that Xia Wan suddenly entered the live broadcast room to try to gain attention and ride the wave of popularity. Now that Zhuang Yan is so popular, if she can get involved, even negative publicity is still publicity, and with traffic, she can sell products.
Xia Wan saw these comments. She had never thought about selling goods through live streaming. She used to look down on internet celebrities who did live streaming, thinking they were just trying to attract attention and were like clowns.
Even though life is difficult now, Xia Wan has never thought about making money through live streaming. She only enters the live streaming room to watch, and has no intention of riding the wave of popularity. If she wanted to, she would have done so already.
Xia Wan wanted to post a Weibo to prove something, but after typing the words, she deleted them one by one. At this point, netizens probably wouldn't believe her explanation.
After the caregiver finished washing Xia Qingshan up, he closed the door and came out. He saw Xia Wan sitting on the sofa scrolling through her phone.
Xia Qingshan didn't know, but he was very clear that Xia Wan was currently unemployed and busy looking for a job. With her qualifications and appearance, she could easily find a job if she lowered her expectations. However, her requirements were too high. She wanted to find a decent job with a monthly salary of 10,000 yuan, five social insurances and one housing fund, and plenty of rest time. Sending out her resume was like throwing it into the ocean.
A monthly salary of 10,000 yuan requires either hard work or exceptional ability; Xia Wan doesn't fit into either category.
The caregiver suggested, "Miss Xia, have you ever thought about selling goods through live streaming? You work during the day and stream at night. That variety show is very popular, and Zhuang Yan is trending on social media every day. As his ex, you can just sit there and ride that wave of popularity."
He meant well by reminding her, but Xia Wan was very unhappy and felt that he was humiliating her.
"I won't be doing live streams."
"You can learn if you don't know how. Just take out your phone and start. Anyway, netizens like to watch the excitement. You can watch Zhuang Yan's live stream while you're streaming. Netizens will definitely love it."
"I'm not interested."
The caregiver wanted to say something, but seeing Xia Wan's sudden cold face, he stopped and muttered to himself: "You're so concerned about saving face that you'll suffer for nothing. Your dad is lying in bed half-dead, and you're still thinking about saving face. Since you don't want traffic, then I will."
Xia Wan tried her best to ignore the online buzz, but she still kept hearing people discussing it in various places. She saw related billboards while walking down the street, and even the big screen in the mall was showing last night's fireworks show. Looking at the huge Christmas tree downstairs in the mall, she suddenly remembered that yesterday was Christmas Eve and today is Christmas Day.
Because it's Christmas, shopping malls are having sales. Today is the Christmas promotion, and in two days it will be the New Year's Day promotion, followed by Chinese New Year's Eve.
This year has gone by so fast.
Xia Wan wore a mask, her eyes were blurred by the wind, she tucked the stray hairs on her forehead behind her ears, and put her hands in her pockets with her fists clenched.
It was so cold that she couldn't feel the festive atmosphere at all.
Think carefully about what she was doing at this time last year.
She was throwing a party, inviting more than a dozen friends to her apartment, leaving Zhuang Yan to cook and decorate all by herself.
Zhuang Yan prepared two days in advance, and the food he made that day received a lot of praise. He made a very large cake, her favorite strawberry chocolate cake. She didn't eat much of the cake, only took a small bite, and then someone took it and smeared it on her face and threw it everywhere, on the floor, the walls, the sofa... making a mess of the originally clean room.
The drinks were sprayed everywhere, and the food Zhuang Yan had prepared on the table, which they praised as delicious, turned disdainful as soon as Zhuang Yan left.
"Wanwan, are you looking for a husband or a male nanny? Someone like you can find anything."
"Why do we have to spend such a nice holiday here? It's so shabby. You used to book hotels, and these dishes would only cost around a thousand yuan. I still want to eat seafood."
"It's no fun spending Christmas at home, let's go out for karaoke."
One person persuaded Xia Wan with just one sentence. Xia Wan was originally a little hesitant, but seeing so many dishes on the table, she felt it would be a waste not to eat them.
"Give it to the stray dogs downstairs." A person standing next to her dumped a plate of chicken directly into the trash can.
Zhuang Yan's cooking was delicious, no worse than what you get outside. She preferred Zhuang Yan's dishes to those of Michelin-starred chefs, but she was too proud to admit it, so she just went along with her so-called "friends."
She went out for a day and didn't return until 11 p.m.
The house had been cleaned up, and Zhuang Yan sat on the sofa eating the cake that had been ruined at noon.
Seeing him return, he looked up and asked, "Are you hungry? Would you like something to eat?"
Zhuang Yan got up and made her a bowl of noodles and a fried egg. The hot noodles dispelled the chill she had brought back from outside.
This was last year's Christmas. For her, it was just like any other Christmas, but from Zhuang Yan's perspective, it was a disaster. What could she do but cause him trouble?
An unintentional recollection revealed how awful she was back then.
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