Chapter 57

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Translator: penny

Chapter: 57

Chapter Title: Lulu-chan is a Filial Daughter!

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Kang Haneul was in an especially good mood today.

Three days ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠ago, when she had given the Blue LUV members their first payout.

The joy, pride, and sense of accomplishment on their faces.

All those emotions washed over her too, making her finally think, I'm glad I created Blue LUV.

But that wasn't the only reason she was so upbeat today.

Today was also a pretty memorable day for her.

['Cloud Squad Chief' donated 500,000 won.]
- Haneul, congrats on 3,000 stream days! Let's keep it going forever!

['Life is Like Kang Haneul' donated 100,000 won.]
- Congrats on 3,000 stream days. Can't believe it's been this long since I started watching you, Haneul.

['President’s Slave' donated 200,000 won.]
- Happy 3,000 days, Master. I'll keep slaving away to donate more. Loyalty! ^^7

That was right.

Today marked exactly 3,000 days since she had started streaming.

She had begun shortly after turning exactly twenty.

That meant a little over eight years had passed.

"Thanks, everyone. It's crazy to me that we've been together for 3,000 days. If the manager hadn't told me, I would've missed it completely."

The viewers kept teasing her, but Kang Haneul had no excuse to offer.

It was an undeniable fact.

Just take last year's birthday, for example.

She had been swamped with work the day before, overslept, woke up disheveled right before stream.

Rushed to turn on the broadcast, only for donations to suddenly flood in—she was totally baffled.

Finally snapping to it, she checked the calendar and realized it was her birthday.

Of course, that didn't mean she had no sense of dates in general.

On the contrary, she was razor-sharp with work-related schedules.

She just wasn't the type to fuss over anniversaries or birthdays, so she was clumsy about that stuff.

"Argh, enough already. You've been milking that story for a whole year."

The chat kept heating up with the savage messages.

She threw a little tantrum, but it had zero effect.

Finally, fed up, Kang Haneul muttered while shaking her head in a small voice that barely carried.

"On a day like this, couldn't you just let it slide nicely? No affection at all, seriously."

The viewers were dumbfounded hearing that.

It wasn't for nothing she had the nickname T-Neul-Bom.

Kang Haneul's usual stream persona had about as much affection as an ant's tear.

Of course, that icy-but-warm-inside charm was what drew so many fans and led to her success.

Everyone knew her true nature, so they let it slide.

But her blunt personality was crystal clear.

Hearing her complain about a lack of affection?

To the viewers, it was like the pot calling the kettle black.

In the midst of the back-and-forth.

One viewer tossed a donation that made Kang Haneul smirk like, What do you take me for?

No cam, so viewers couldn't see.

"Come on, you know I take great care of that stuff. I neglect myself, but I look after the people around me. Why pretend otherwise?"

Nyangtamon.

A Twitch streamer who was Kang Haneul's real-life bestie.

About a month ago was her birthday.

But Kang Haneul had just launched Blue LUV, so she was swamped and forgot.

It might've blown over if that was it.

But later, a donation asked, "Did you wish Nyangtamon happy birthday?"

And she casually replied, "Is today Nyangtamon's birthday?"—big controversy.

Then Nyangtamon did a birthday booze stream, crashed her Discord live, whining, "Even busy, you forgot my birthday?!"

It became one of Kang Haneul's biggest karma debts.

"Ahem! Th-that's old news. When was that even?"

Just like always, the banter with viewers was in full swing.

Pam-ppam-bam!

A fanfare-like sound blared in Kang Haneul's ears.

The effect for donations over 1 million won.

The moment she felt a twinge of curiosity—

['Lulu' donated 1,000,000 won!]

- President, congrats on 3,000 days! Please keep streaming with us forever! Love you!

"...What?"

- Whoa?

- ????????????? - Real Lulu? - For real? - LuHa - Whale donation incoming ㄷㄷ

Not just Kang Haneul—the entire room full of viewers exploded with question marks at the unexpected donor's name.

She had mentioned Lulu on stream once before, so plenty in the room knew her situation.

For that girl to drop a million won, even for the President's 3,000-day milestone?

"Is this really Lulu? Hold on, lemme ring her on Discord. Is she streaming?"

Kang Haneul immediately opened Discord and hit call.

Dring dring—connection tone briefly.

『H-Hello?』

Lulu's voice came through.

"Lulu, what's with the sudden mega-donation?"

『Ehehe... President, it's your 3,000-day milestone today. I was thinking what to do and decided on a surprise donation.』

"You knew it was my 3,000th day today?"

『Yeah. A few days ago when we were all together with the members, I wanted to celebrate, but you said you were busy...』

She had known since then?

Kang Haneul had assumed the "pigeons" (members) tipped her off today—total shock.

"Thanks, for real. But I wanted Lulu to spend it on something you want..."

She knew the payout was solid.

But given Lulu's impoverished past, Kang Haneul hoped she'd invest in her own happy life.

Lulu thought differently.

『No way. Without you, President, I wouldn't have this happy life. I'm plenty happy now because of you. I'm always grateful!』

"Ugh...!"

Kang Haneul pretended to tear up from the overwhelming emotion.

The chat turned into a sea of tears.

Even if her upbringing was a bit rough.

It was touching proof that material poverty didn't mean a poor heart.

"Kids, looks like I nailed parenting."

"Who're you trying to steal my cute daughter from? No way. Right, Lulu?"

『Hehe, yeah. I'm the President's daughter forever.』

"Ha... "

The utterly lovable reply had Kang Haneul palming her forehead.

Age gap was only eight years.

But the urge to adopt her for real and shower her with doting welled up strong.

『Congrats again on 3,000 days, President. Gotta head back to stream, so bye!』

"Yeah, stream hard today. Love you, my Lulu."

『Love you too!』

Everyone melted at the innocent reply, gushing over Lulu.

Watching the chat, Kang Haneul felt a smug superiority.

Hmph.

You guys don't have a daughter or lil sis like this at home, huh?

She eyed the screen with that vibe, ended the call, and resumed streaming.

It hit her anew how grateful she was that the girl had joined Blue LUV.

After hanging up with the President.

I resumed moving my character and turned my mic back on.

"Sorry about ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠that. Had to step away for a sec..."

"Wh-what are you all saying...! No, I just popped over to donate on the President's stream."

Had to clear up the weird misunderstanding quick.

I urgently stabbed the monster in front of me with my sword. Pok.

"Yeah, exactly. Actually, today marks 3,000 days since the President started streaming. So I just went to celebrate."

Some Cherries must've already checked her stream to confirm.

I hadn't planned to mention the exact amount.

But they'd find out eventually anyway, so I just nodded casually.

"Thanks always, Cherries. I don't say it enough, but being able to thank the President today is all thanks to you guys."

"Nah, come on. Just you guys showing up to my streams is huge support for me. That donation to the President today? Couldn't have done it without the Cherries..."

I shook my head at the humble Cherries.

If the President is the one who let me start this happy life.

Then the Cherries are the ones who let me repay that happiness.

"So it wasn't just me celebrating—we did it together. Thank you so much, Cherries."

Cheek squishies? That's something Ra-hee unnie says a lot.

Wonder if the Cherries would be jealous if I told them. Hehe.

"Gasp...! Th-thank you for the 50,000 won donation! B-but really, you didn't have to..."

Was about to resume streaming like nothing happened.

Then one viewer hit me with 50k snack money, and the vibe started getting weird.