Chapter 42: Ma'am, I Really Didn't Mean to Make Your Daughter Cry

Luo Xiaoyi: "Yishu, you really don't treat the brothers as outsiders!"

Zhen Bugan Chongle: "Auntie Jimao is quite trendy! Playing Delta Force with her daughter, no less!"

Gynecological Flamethrower: "What's up with Auntie Jimao? I can clear drains too!"

Handsomest Fat Pig: "I'm a professional. Whenever the neighbor's drain gets clogged, I'm the one who goes to fix it!"

Professional Drain Repair: "Commander, give me a chance! I want to go clear Auntie Jimao's drain!"

Seeing the barrage of comments scrolling rapidly across the livestream, Heize chuckled wryly: "Brothers, don't overthink it. This is just the most normal drain clearing you'll ever see!"

"Exactly, exactly!" Xiaoxiao Yan chimed in: "Brothers, don't get the wrong idea. Although Yishu can be a bit unserious, this particular matter is quite professional!"

At this moment, Li Yishu hung up the phone and put his headset back on. He watched Heize's livestream on his phone again. Seeing the chat filled with mentions of "Auntie Jimao" and "clearing drains," Li Yishu was stunned: "Commander, did I not mute my mic earlier?"

"Ahem, ahem!" Heize coughed twice.

"Yishu, you'll have to explain this one yourself!" said Xiaoxiao Yan.

"This... it's very professional!" Li Yishu said simply.

"Understood!" Heize replied: "We're all brothers; I won't ask any more questions!"

Li Yishu said: "Commander, please continue with your summary!"

"Right!" Heize nodded, then said: "Sergeant Li Yishu performed exceptionally well today, even better than Xiaoxiao Yan!"

Li Yishu said: "Commander, you're too kind!"

"I think that's an exaggeration," Xiaoxiao Yan said with a straight face.

Heize said: "Brothers, if you like Yishu, go ahead and follow him. What's your Douyin handle?"

Li Yishu immediately replied: "Sergeant Li Yishu, I just changed it!"

"Perfect!" Heize said: "Brothers, search for 'Sergeant Li Yishu,' help him out with a follow, and let's get him to ten thousand followers first!"

Li Yishu said: "Thank you, Commander, thank you, brothers!"

"Commander, what about me?" asked Xiaoxiao Yan.

Heize said: "Brothers, for those following Xiaoxiao Yan, go ahead and unfollow him!"

Xiaoxiao Yan cried: "Commander, no, no, don't do that!"

"Just joking!" Heize said: "Brothers, just block Xiaoxiao Yan directly!"

Xiaoxiao Yan: "Huh? Is that really okay?"

"Get those videos from the last two days edited and posted!" Heize said: "Otherwise, I'll really let the brothers block you!"

Xiaoxiao Yan said excitedly: "No problem, Commander!"

Heize added: "Yishu, are you going to start your stream after you finish clearing Auntie Jimao's drain?"

"Uh... yes!" Li Yishu nodded.

"Brothers, for those who can't sleep, you can head over to Yishu's stream in a bit. Goodnight, see you tomorrow!" Once he finished, Heize immediately ended the livestream.

As the stream ended, Li Yishu closed the game. Opening Douyin on his phone, he found his follower count had already risen to over three thousand, and it was still climbing. This effect was far superior to his daily streaming. Heize was undoubtedly his mentor in this world; there was no mistake about that.

Li Yishu tidied himself up briefly and put on his sneakers. He stood in front of the mirror, checked out his handsome face, and then went upstairs to knock on the landlady's door.

"Come in! It's unlocked!" The landlady's syrupy voice drifted from inside.

*Creak!* Li Yishu pushed the door open. He saw the landlady sitting at her computer, back toward him. Pink yoga pants tightly wrapped her slender, straight legs, and a white camisole accentuated her smooth, delicate shoulders. Her jet-black hair and the pink headset she wore gave her a particularly charming air.

"Good evening, Auntie!" Li Yishu changed into slippers and walked up to the computer. He saw the landlady was organizing her game inventory—several Liu Taos, three Hearts of Africa, and a pile of high-tier gear.

Li Yishu remarked: "Auntie, you've managed to snag quite a lot of good stuff!"

"Of course, I've been playing for several months now!" The landlady took off her pink headset and slowly stood up, heading toward the bathroom. Li Yishu followed closely behind, ignoring the sway of her hips.

"Right here!" The landlady pointed to the sink: "It's so late, all the repairmen are off the clock, and in this building, you're the one with the best skills!"

"A piece of cake!"

Li Yishu had lived here for nearly half a year; changing light bulbs, fixing toilets, and replacing switches were all second nature to him. He could do electrician work just as well as plumbing. He turned on the faucet first. Soon, water began to pool in the sink, flowing sluggishly. Li Yishu tried to remove the filter mesh at the drain, but it had been screwed on so tightly that it wouldn't budge.

The landlady stood with her arms crossed over her chest and asked: "Do you need pliers to unscrew the drain pipe?"

Li Yishu didn't answer; he used his phone's flashlight to inspect the drain. It was filled with tangled hair.

"No pliers needed!" Li Yishu stuck his two fingers directly into the drain and stirred wildly.

*Slap, slap, slap!* His hand speed was lightning fast, and water splashed everywhere. The landlady, leaning against the wall, blushed slightly: "What are you doing?"

"Clearing the drain!" Li Yishu said.

"You've got no sense of decency!" The landlady glared at him fiercely, then turned her head away, not daring to look directly at him.

Before long, Li Yishu pulled out the mass of hair from inside.

"So much hair?" Li Yishu remarked: "Auntie, are you suffering from severe hair loss?"

"I'm not losing my hair!" The landlady shook her head.

"It doesn't look like hair, and it's curly?" Li Yishu observed: "Auntie, do you shave your underarms?"

"I don't have underarm hair, stop asking silly questions! Let's go talk in the living room!" The landlady hurriedly pushed Li Yishu out of the bathroom and shut the door behind her.

The two sat down on the living room sofa. The landlady picked up a teapot, poured him a cup, and asked casually: "Where's your girlfriend?"

"Dead," Li Yishu said.

"Did you two fight again?" The landlady laughed.

"She's actually dead," Li Yishu nodded, his expression dead serious.

"If she's really dead, that's for the best; it saves her from tormenting you!" The landlady leaned back on the sofa, slowly crossing her legs, just as her phone began to ring. She answered immediately.

From the other end, a young girl's voice came through, crying: "Wang Yanwen, log on right now and help me earn some Koen coins!"

The landlady said: "My dear daughter, why are you crying?"

"Waaaah!" the daughter cried on the other end: "I was teased like a monkey by three shield-users at the Dam today, and they even fed me to the crocodiles! My account is bankrupt, and the club owner said I'm not cut out for escort duty!"

"Who is such a beast?" the landlady was furious: "Bullying my daughter like this?"

*Pfft!*

Li Yishu, who was in the middle of drinking tea, sprayed it all over the floor.

"Ahem, ahem!"

"Don't cough!" The landlady shot Li Yishu a look and then said: "Don't cry, darling, Mommy will think of a way to help you!"