While it wasn''t exactly a kind thing to do, it was certainly going to be interesting!


    With Hannah''s approval, Cherry immediately started a livestream.


    "Hey, everyone! I''ve made a few posts recently that blew up online, and I can see you''re all a bit confused, so today I was nning to... huh?"


    Cherry sat in the living room, acting as if she had no idea Lionel wasing, and started greeting her viewers.


    But halfway through her sentence, Lionel appeared on screen, walking toward them.


    "Strange, why is Lionel here?" she said, feigning confusion with a furrowed brow. After a few seconds of hesitation, she added, "Well, since he''s here, I''ll end the stream. I''ll share what happened today with you allter."


    Cherry reached out and "hurriedly" ended the stream, leaving her phone on a nearby surface before walking over to sit on the sofa.


    【???? Wait, what''s happening?】


    【Didn''t she say she was ending the stream? Why is it still live?】


    【Hahaha, I''m dying. Cherry must think she actually turned it off, but she didn''t and just left her phone there.】


    [You think she did it on purpose?】


    【No way. Cherry''s been an influencer for years, but she''s never done a livestream before, so it''s normal for her not to know how it works.


    【Exactly. Why would she do it on purpose? What''s in it for her? If Lionel sues, she''s the one who''ll suffer the loss. There''s no benefit to her.】


    【You''re all a bunch of conspiracy theorists. Just because you''re cynical doesn''t mean everyone else is. She just forgot to turn it off.】


    【Right, plus we all saw her fumbling to find the ''end stream'' button. She''s just not used to it.】


    Cherry sent a message to their


    group chat, telling them the stream


    was still on and that she was pretending she''d forgotten to turn it


    off She told them to y along and not look at the phone.


    [Samuel]: You''re truly one of a kind. The devious schemes youe up with are amazing.


    [Cherry]: Of course. Just y your parts well. Whatever you do, don''t look at the camera. If you do,


    viewers will notice and say you saw


    it but deliberately kept quiet.


    [Hannah]: Got it. Lionel''s almost here. Everyone just needs to y their part.


    [Cherry]: OK, I''m ready.


    [Samuel]: I don''t even know where the phone is, hahaha.


    [Hannah]: Me neither. Which is good, I won''t be tempted to look for it. We''ll just act like we don''t know.


    【Why are all three of them on their phones? Are they nning how to deal with Lionel?


    【No way, right? The other two probably didn''t even know Cherry was going to stream. If they were going to n something, why not just talk? Why text?】


    【It''s just like when we visit rtives and everyone just sits there on their phones. Besides, isn''t that what everyone does these days? What''s so strange about it?】 【Good point. Lionel''s here. Everyone be quiet!】


    Lionel walked into the hall with a grave expression. He had expected Hannah and the others to be waiting for him with serious faces, but instead they were alkengrossed in their phones.


    It was as if his arrival meant nothing to them, as if they didn''t care.


    That feeling of being ignored and dismissed was deeply unsettling.