novelbin Chapter 208: Streamer, Don’t Bring Trouble Upon Yourself
Chapter 208: Streamer, Don’t Bring Trouble Upon Yourself
Ultimately, Sun Yingbin brought the devoted second male lead to life, capturing the attention of a massive audience.
But just as his career was taking off, his girlfriend abandoned him for a rich, handsome man.
She told Sun Yingbin, "I’ve had enough of this bleak life with you, working in a factory every day! He’s the factory’s big boss, a man from the city. He’s rich and handsome—how is he not better than you in every way? With him, I’ll never have to suffer or struggle again!"
Though unlucky in love, his career flourished.
He went from playing the devoted second male lead to being the leading man who gets the girl.
Every role he took was widely acclaimed, his popularity soared, and he finally broke into the ranks of A-list male actors.
His very first leading film role won him a Best Actor award, and advertisers flocked to him.
In those days, making money was as easy as breathing for him.
During this period, he had no shortage of female admirers, but he threw himself entirely into his career, so busy he barely had a moment’s rest.
He didn’t dare let himself be idle, because the moment he was, he couldn’t stop thinking about her.
The woman who had been with him through his toughest years had abandoned him without a second thought.
Later, during a shoot, he ran into his ex-girlfriend.
He saw the panic and bewilderment in her eyes, and felt a pang of disappointment when she ignored him.
But when he saw his ex-girlfriend, all he felt was relief.
After that, he went to make trouble for her every day. After ordering food, he would always find fault with something and threaten to file a complaint against her.
Like a broken record, she repeated the same words every day: "I’m sorry, I’m sorry..."
Seeing her looking so flustered and helpless, he felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction.
But what he never expected was that after he’d tormented her for a while, she simply packed her things and disappeared.
Sun Yingbin laughed in anger. ’I’m not done having my fun yet, how dare she leave!’
He sent people to search everywhere for his ex-girlfriend’s whereabouts and was surprised to see the word "Unmarried" on her resume.
Only later did he learn that the "rich, second-generation heir" from the factory was just a colleague he had asked to play the part.
She had left him because a famous actress had taken an interest in him. The actress found his ex-girlfriend and told her, "I can help his career and give him a leg up, but on one condition: you have to break up with him and disappear so he can never find you."
For the sake of his future, his girlfriend had packed her things and left.
For the next eight years, she never appeared in his life again.
If he hadn’t gone to Shen City for a shoot, he probably would have never seen his ex-girlfriend again in his life.
When Sun Yingbin found out the truth, he was both furious and heartbroken.
He found his ex-girlfriend, and they got back together.
His contract with his agency included a clause forbidding him from getting married.
But Sun Yingbin’s heart ached for all the hardships she had endured. After they reconciled, she became pregnant with his child.
Sun Yingbin wanted to make things official for his girlfriend and child, so he raised hell at his agency. In the end, the company relented, extending his contract on the condition that they conceal the fact that he was married.
To protect his wife, Sun Yingbin sent her abroad.
But to his heartbreak, after giving birth, his wife was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer. The medical care available abroad wasn’t adequate, and she passed away while being transported back home.
At this thought, Sun Yingbin’s tears fell uncontrollably. "If she had never gotten together with me, I’d probably just be some unremarkable laborer today. But in the end, her cancer wasn’t treated in time. If I hadn’t sent her abroad, if I’d kept her here, maybe she wouldn’t have died... If she hadn’t gotten pregnant, maybe they would have found the cancer sooner... It was me, I killed her. She died because of me... But the child she gave her life to leave behind... I lost our child. I’m useless! I deserve to die! I... I let her down..."
[SOB SOB SOB, Actor Sun’s life is so tragic, it’s making me cry...]
[I’m crying my eyes out too. His girlfriend suffered so much with him but never got to enjoy the good life... BOO HOO HOO...]
[Sun Yingbin, don’t cry! I won’t stop being your fan, okay?! I won’t unfollow, I really won’t!]
[Fine, look how heartbroken the poor guy is. I’m not un-stanning either. I get it now. As long as you can be happy, that’s all that matters. I’ll watch over you in your ex-girlfriend’s place!]
[Host, hurry up and divine where Sun Yingbin’s kid is! His life is already so tragic, and now his child is gone. Isn’t that even worse?]
[Seriously, I totally want to be the kid’s stepmom!]
Sun Yingbin wiped the tears from his face, composed himself, and said, "Host, please help me find my child. I’ll do anything you ask, even if it means leaving the entertainment industry. I just want my child back safely. I’ve already lost my wife; I can’t lose my child too!"
In the Island Country, Sun Yingbin had already begged Shen Zhiyao for help.
But Shen Zhiyao had given him two conditions: 1. Publicly release the child’s information and announce that he has a child. 2. Establish a foundation to help find missing children.
Sun Yingbin agreed to the second condition on the spot and immediately had someone start the preparations.
But the cost of the first condition was too high, so he hadn’t agreed right away.
After rushing to the United States, he sent many people to look for his child, but a full day of searching yielded nothing.
He knew that the longer a child was missing, the harder they were to find.
So, ignoring his manager’s objections, he posted his child’s information on Weibo and admitted that he had a child.
Even after doing both of these things, he still felt uneasy, so he came to Shen Zhiyao’s livestream, hoping she could point him in the right direction.
Shen Zhiyao understood what Sun Yingbin wanted and said, "Post your child’s information and photo on Weibo. You have many fans and a great deal of influence; it will have a major effect."
Sun Yingbin hurriedly asked, "Really? Is that all it will take?"
Shen Zhiyao said, "Your child was fated to face this ordeal, and the only one who can help her overcome it is you. Although you failed to prevent it, thankfully, it’s not too late to make amends. You just need to wait patiently. There will be news in a few days."
After so long, he had finally received a definitive answer from Shen Zhiyao, and Sun Yingbin felt a great sense of relief.
"Thank you, Host! Thank you!"
Deeply grateful, Sun Yingbin hurriedly sent the divination fee.
The icon for the Diamond Dragon Ranger appeared on the phone screen.
[System Notification: Sun Yingbin has sent Diamond Dragon Ranger x100.]
’Another whale who’s not short on cash...’
’This is way too much...’
Shen Zhiyao restated the rules of her stream. "One divination in my stream costs one thousand. Readings are free on the first and fifteenth of the lunar month. The sincerity of the gesture is what matters. Please, everyone, let’s not follow Sun Yingbin’s example, alright?"
It wasn’t that Shen Zhiyao was trying to act high and mighty; it was just that for a huge star, one million was small change. For an ordinary person, however, one million could be more than they might earn in a lifetime.
If some viewers couldn’t afford the one-thousand-yuan divination fee, Shen Zhiyao would waive it.
She didn’t want her divinations to become an exclusive service for the wealthy.
She charged a thousand to prevent trolls who were bored out of their minds from randomly connecting and taking up the divination slots.
After paying the divination fee, Sun Yingbin left the livestream, making way for the next person seeking a reading.
Meanwhile, the people in the livestream were still gossiping nonstop:
[Host, can you tell us when Sun Yingbin’s child will be found? I’m dying to know!]
[I heard his child was lost abroad. Can they even be found if they were lost overseas? Host, you have to tell us! I seriously won’t be able to sleep without knowing how it ends!]