The Film Queen’s Live-In Son-in-Law is the King of the Women's Kingdom (GL) - Chapter 23

People thought a 48-hour continuous livestream would have a lot of dead time. There was no script, and it wasn’t like a regular show that gets edited to make it exciting.

But this new couple, Yu Chiyin and Shen Ji, kept the whole country up all night. Everyone wanted to know what the two were doing when all you could hear were their voices.

Li Ran, their manager, was going crazy. Working overtime? What overtime? I’ll never catch up! she thought. Do these two know they’re on a show? A livestream in front of millions of people?

She desperately wanted to call them and yell at them, but she couldn’t. The couple’s phones had been taken by the show’s assistant. Li Ran sighed and hung up, knowing she couldn’t blame a powerless assistant.

“You… you want to rebel?” Yu Chiyin squinted, her voice dangerously low.

Shen Ji wasn’t scared. She knew her wife was just pretending to be tough.

“So this is what rebellion feels like,” Shen Ji said with a laugh in her voice that even the viewers could hear. “No wonder so many people in history wanted to rebel.”

“… “

What the heck? Yu Chiyin was speechless, frustrated, and didn’t know what to do.

Shen Ji wasn’t just talking. She started to lightly tickle the sensitive skin on Yu Chiyin’s waist.

Yu Chiyin was getting anxious but couldn’t give up. Her eyes darted around, and Shen Ji saw it. She decided to tease her. “Do you want to surrender?”

“No way!” Yu Chiyin’s soft prickles stood up. She glared at Shen Ji and said through gritted teeth, “Just you wait.”

The comments were full of cheers, wanting to see them “fight.” The word “fight” could mean many things, and viewers were hoping for a fun one. They thought even if they couldn’t see, just listening would be a win.

“Okay, I’ll wait. What are you going to do, wife?” Shen Ji’s voice was filled with a hint of excitement.

Yu Chiyin was silent. This person is so sneaky! I never noticed before. No, she’s not sneaky; she’s a wild dog with a big appetite! Why did I ever think she was an obedient little live-in wife?

“Hmph, I’ll show you!” Yu Chiyin said with a mischievous smile. She moved her hand from Shen Ji’s abs and started searching under the pillow. She quickly found what she wanted.

Shen Ji watched curiously as Yu Chiyin pulled out the phone the show had given them. Yu Chiyin held it up triumphantly. “Then let’s play a tense and exciting game of ‘Candy Crush’!”

“… “

Silence.

The comments were full of question marks. Shen Ji was also confused by the sudden awkward turn of events.

“That’s it?” Shen Ji asked the question that every viewer was thinking.

Is the famous actress Yu just all talk? She always starts the teasing and then gets scared and runs away. Shen Ji wanted to tell her that women can get… antsy… too.

“What’s wrong? Do you look down on ‘Candy Crush’?” Yu Chiyin knew her own habits but wasn’t embarrassed at all. She pinched Shen Ji’s cheeks. “Hmph, are you not even willing to play ‘Candy Crush’ with me anymore?”

Even with her cheeks being pinched, Shen Ji smiled and gave in. “Okay.”

Yu Chiyin turned her head away, a little embarrassed. I’m supposed to be the older one. Is she spoiling me again?

The viewers soon realized that not only could they not see anything, but all they could hear was the game’s music.

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[If someone told me a few days ago I would be listening to someone play ‘Candy Crush’ all night, I wouldn’t have believed them.]

[I also wouldn’t have believed that YCY would play ‘Candy Crush’ all night.]

[I didn’t expect them to actually do anything on the show, but I never expected them to play ‘Candy Crush’ all night.]

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Li Ran didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. These two troublemakers had caused her a lot of trouble, but they had also miraculously managed to calm things down on their own.

However, Li Ran’s eyebrows were furrowed as she looked at a piece of negative news she had just paid a lot of money to stop. It was sitting quietly in her email.

She mumbled, “Who is it? Who is so desperate to bring down Xiaoyin…”

The night passed without major issues. Because Shen Ji and Yu Chiyin were playing ‘Candy Crush,’ many people couldn’t stay up and went to sleep, but many fans stayed and listened to the livestream.

For some reason, even though they only spoke a few words, the sound of the game made it feel peaceful and calm. Compared to the other livestreams, this one was a breath of fresh air.

In Le Qi and Lu Jun’s livestream, since they were young, staying up late was nothing. They had no intention of going to the bedroom to sleep. First, they did a two-hour “mukbang” (eating show). After their managers’ warnings in the comments failed, they happily watched a horror movie with a bag of potato chips.

The comments were filled with “ahhhh” from terrified viewers. They seemed less like they were on a dating show and more like college students who had been cooped up in a talent show for too long and were finally let loose.

Xue Xianyue and Xie Jiayin weren’t close, but they couldn’t act like strangers. Since neither of them was good at socializing, they fell into an awkward silence. After staring at each other for a long time, one of them took out an electric guitar and the other took out a Chinese guzheng, and they started a live performance. It was a strange mix, like an ancient musician playing rock music, but it had a weird harmony.

These two livestreams also got a lot of viewers, and the directors were very happy. They felt they could get more sponsors.

Then there was Qiao Chi and Mu Linqing’s livestream, which was just awkward. Qiao Chi’s position as a celebrity was very awkward. He was a famous actor with years of experience, but many shows were afraid to book him, and shows with money preferred younger, popular stars.

So, it seemed he was just picky, but the truth was, he was in a difficult time with few roles to choose from. In a few years, he might not even get leading roles, or even important supporting roles in good dramas. He might just have to play dads, and in a few more years, grandfathers.

As for brand deals, he was even more awkward. The commercial value of a middle-aged male celebrity like him was lower than that of a young star. His fans didn’t buy as much, and he couldn’t lower his price to that of a smaller star.

So he was anxious. He was so desperate that he brought his wife on a reality show to get some attention and maybe a good new script.

But he was also very arrogant. He had been respected as a veteran actor for so many years that he couldn’t let go of his pride, even on a show.

In Qiao Chi’s eyes, young actors and talent show stars were all people with no real skill, who just flirted and smiled to please fans.

So even though he wanted more attention, he was just sitting there, drinking tea and giving out life advice to the viewers. He acted like a wise older man, but he came off as a know-it-all.

It was suffocating. You come home from a long day of work and turn on a reality show, only to be lectured by a forty-something-year-old man. The things he said were even worse, like how a woman should live for her man.

Viewers quickly left, and those who stayed just insulted him. Mu Linqing had gone to bed a long time ago. She had no interest in listening to his talk about success and women’s roles.

So, all four couples, whether they wanted to or not, stayed up late.

In the morning, some viewers who went to bed early and woke up at eight or nine found that only Mu Linqing was awake, making her breakfast.

As for Yu Chiyin and Shen Ji’s livestream, the most popular one, many fans were already waiting before nine. They were begging for the camera to turn on, wanting to see the “fairy” sleeping.

The “fairy” had meant to set an alarm, but she and Shen Ji were so focused on playing “Candy Crush” they forgot. They didn’t even remember to charge the phone. Since it was the show’s phone, they just put it down and fell asleep.

At nine, the cameras turned on, and viewers’ eyes widened.

Shen Ji was sleeping straight, and Yu Chiyin was curled up in her arms. She was holding Shen Ji, with her hand balled into a fist, clenching a lock of Shen Ji’s hair.

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[Is YCY afraid Shen Ji will run away?]

[Don’t ask questions you already know the answer to.]

[I’m crying! She’s so cute.]

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Shen Ji opened her eyes and looked at the camera. It was hard to tell if she had just woken up because there was no sleepiness in her eyes, just a cool look.

She looked at the person sleeping peacefully in her arms and mumbled to the camera, “Should I wake her up? Or just let her sleep?”

The comments all said to wake her up.

But Shen Ji thought that if she woke Yu Chiyin up, her wife might cut her allowance. So she comfortably hugged Yu Chiyin, turned over, and decided to go back to sleep.

“Mm, what time is it?” Yu Chiyin asked sleepily, still concerned about work. Her hand automatically searched for her phone.

“It’s still early.”

Shen Ji didn’t know if it was early, but she decided it was. “It’s okay to sleep a little longer.”

“Okay~ But you have to remember to wake me up,” Yu Chiyin said lazily, trusting Shen Ji completely.

Shen Ji felt bad for her. Yu Chiyin had been filming nonstop, and her day off was also being used for the show. Since this show wasn’t that hard, Shen Ji was happy to let her sleep in.

The two of them slept soundly for the entire morning.

A new trending topic appeared: #TrueLoveCoupleOpenlySleepingOnTheJob.

Viewers joked that they were “cyber criminals.” While everyone else was working hard to make their livestream exciting, they were just committing “crimes” on camera.

What crimes?

The crime of not caring about their fans.

And the crime of forcing “dog food” on their fans.

Fans loved and hated them at the same time. But they also felt that this couple’s behavior was very real and relatable. After watching so many scripted shows, this made them feel like they were getting a glimpse into a celebrity’s real life.

From now on, stars weren’t just a fantasy floating in the sky. They were people who slept in, stayed up late to watch shows and play games, and “slacked off” at work when they could.

And the best example was the famous actress Yu Chiyin.