The Happy Farmer Wanderer-Chapter 828: Blocking the Door Live Stream

About four or five people each holding a selfie stick charged into the barbecue stall, circled around from every angle, and then almost identically shouted at their phone screens, "Big brothers, family, at your request, we’ve arrived, Tongcheng County, Sanhe Village!"

"Let me show you all, right across is where those two experts were dueling in the video. You can check it out yourselves, the village sign and the parking lot are exactly the same, Brother Hu never lies, we’re all about authenticity."

"Folks, let’s keep those little gifts coming, next we’re going to find some eyewitnesses to uncover the truth behind the cultivators’ duel!"

Li Qing gazed at their grand setup, his eyes gloomily turning towards Hua Liangjun and Li Yumeng.

"You two seem to have... become famous."

Hua Liangjun, with a bitter expression, said, "Brother, I drank so much with you that I forgot about this mess, I need to think of a solution fast. You guys carry on, I need to make some calls, this is screwed, these netizens are too fast, how did it already get on a livestream, damn."

"I need to make some calls too, I also forgot about this mess." Li Yumeng hurriedly stood up, lifting her slender fingers in haste.

After the two left one after the other, Li Qing turned to look at Miao Yue, who was calmly sucking on a lamb bone, "Brother Miao, aren’t you going to make some calls?"

"Suck~" Miao Yue took a slurp of bone marrow, very calmly put down the lamb bone he held, and said, "I don’t need to, I’ve already made calls, doesn’t seem to help, my family doesn’t have any significant connections, those I can contact don’t have much influence, it looks like this can’t be suppressed, we have to rely on them."

Li Qing silently covered his left cheek, glanced towards the door, and said, "They seem like... they might not be reliable either."

"They might be, brother, don’t underestimate them just because they act humble, their families actually have some power," Miao Yue said calmly as he picked up another lamb bone, "Though it might cost a bit, they should be able to handle this situation."

"But it seems like they didn’t even get a chance to make any calls." Li Qing said gloomily.

"Huh?" Miao Yue looked up puzzled, slowly turned his head, and followed Li Qing’s gaze, suddenly freezing.

Li Yumeng and Hua Liangjun had been cornered at the door by those livestreamers, their phones almost smashed into their faces.

"Wow, such a waste, these two," Miao Yue sighed with a look of pained annoyance, "Now there really is no way out, just depends on whether they can bluff their way through. If they can’t, heh... might as well wait to die."

"Actually, it’s partly my fault, I should have reminded them to go around the back." Li Qing said somewhat speechlessly.

But honestly, both Hua Liangjun and Li Yumeng were really stupid.

They saw the hosts right at the door yet still bumped straight into them.

Although there was a wooden fence around the barbecue stall, it was only about one meter high, they could have easily jumped over it, but they insisted on using the door which was purely decorative and completely impractical; what a senseless action!

"Qingzi, brother, do you have any good ideas? I think these two idiots probably can’t bluff their way through this." Miao Yue asked gloomily.

Li Qing shook his head, "Right now, the best thing we can do is to stay put, leave it to fate, and figure out how to salvage the situation afterward. If we go over now, we’ll just make things worse; it won’t help at all, and running might make it even more suspicious."

"True," Miao Yue shook his head and scoffed, "Guess we’ll just wait to die."

At that moment at the entrance of the barbecue stall, Hua Liangjun and Li Yumeng had essentially become the stars everyone was watching. There were lights around them, microphones being passed, and of course, a multitude of phones livestreaming. They were almost completely surrounded.

"Both of you masters, could you disclose to us a bit, are you the legendary cultivators? It’s not me asking, I’m asking on behalf of the 3,891, oh, now 4,002 people in the livestream."

"Cultivator? What’s that, man? Stop messing around, I’m just a magician," Hua Liangjun stood upright with a stern face, "It’s the secret technique passed down in my family. This is also my profession."

"Same here," Li Yumeng said with a smile.

"Then, would you two be willing to show us a bit more?" Brother Hu, the blogger, asked, "I’ll pay!"

After saying that, he turned towards the camera and said, "Folks, do you want these two masters to demonstrate again to prove themselves? Brother Hu is paying out of his own pocket today, just for the truth, to let all of you see clearly. Let the small gifts flow, hit that follow button!"

At this moment, the live chat was almost in a frenzy.

"Holy shit, they really are real, the host is awesome, I’m slamming that like button!"

"Some people talk like they are farting. When you say awesome, throw in a gift too, I’m also hitting like like crazy!"

"Impressive, impressive. But it turns out, that was just a magic effect, not a real cultivator. A bit disappointing!"

"We’ll know whether it is or not in just a moment."

...

Hua Liangjun crossed his arms in front of his stomach, wearing a polite smile, he spoke emphatically, "Not convenient!"

"Master, this is the collective call of ten million netizens. Give us some face," Brother Hu said, "Name your price."

"I am a magician with professional integrity. My performances happen on stage, not under these circumstances," Hua Liangjun said seriously, "I am not a clown chasing after cheap popularity; I’m a magician, and also an actor."

"Please move your phones away. If you keep bothering me like this, I might just have to send a lawyer’s letter. My face might not be worth much, but I can ask you for a lot of money, enough to bankrupt you, until you’re penniless!"

"Master, do we really need to go this far? Name a price and perform one show, and it’ll be over," Brother Hu said, "You two were almost performing under similar conditions earlier, and besides, my livestream is about to hit ten thousand viewers right now—a great opportunity to make you famous."

"But you are making me uncomfortable, so, I just won’t perform!" Hua Liangjun said, with a stern face, "If you don’t move your phone away right now, I’ll immediately send a lawyer’s letter, you know, for portrait rights, reputation rights and such. You probably can’t afford that."

"Same here, get rid of those useless toys in your hands," Li Yumeng shouted.

Just then, a diner from the table behind suddenly chimed in, "What magic show, that’s not it at all. I saw with my own eyes, this guy muttered something, then out of nowhere, a yellow talisman appeared in his hand. He threw it, and bam, down came the thunder."

"And this guy, always talking about your home and my home, not sure if he’s male or female. He was even more incredible, with a pink sword, he swung it and chopped the rear end of a car off. The car owner has been looking for the person responsible everywhere. I don’t know if he managed to get any compensation."