Her Food Livestream Broke the Galaxy

Chapter 587 - 606: He Failed to Seize Power

"So what exactly is going on now?" Jiang Qiuqiu asked.

There was a long, long silence on the other end.

So long that Jiang Qiuqiu felt Qian Xingxing’s voice sounded a little faint and distant.

"Things have gotten... complicated."

"I... I was too reckless."

The Qian Xingxing of today was a complete departure from the man he once was. Back then, his voice brimmed with boundless ambition, and with a commanding air, he planned to make Federation livestreaming the strongest in the interstellar space.

He was hesitant, faltering, even lost.

Jiang Qiuqiu immediately stopped in her tracks. She could tell her partner was not in a good state. "Where on Federation Star are you right now?" she asked. "We should talk."

"I’m at the branch office. I’ll come pick you up."

"No need. Just send me the exact address. I’ll take a Hovercar."

The branch office was quite a distance from Federation University, and it took Jiang Qiuqiu nearly two hours to get there.

This was no longer the bustling commercial district. Pedestrian traffic was light, but the building itself was incredibly grand.

This was also Jiang Qiuqiu’s first time visiting the branch office.

The receptionist at the entrance was a robot. After scanning Jiang Qiuqiu’s face and her terminal, it let her in.

At the same time, Qian Xingxing, who was upstairs, received a notification.

So, the moment Jiang Qiuqiu stepped out of the elevator, she was met with the sight of Qian Xingxing’s face.

They hadn’t seen each other in a month, and the instant she saw him, Jiang Qiuqiu was taken aback.

It seemed Qian Xingxing was facing a massive crisis.

The young noble, once as bright as the sun and blissfully unaware of the world’s troubles, who could flash a gentle smile in his suit, was now visibly haggard.

The two of them went to the conference room together.

On the way there, Jiang Qiuqiu’s keen senses picked up on something wrong.

"..."

’Why is the company so empty?’

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A robot even served the tea.

As the fragrance of tea curled into the air, Qian Xingxing sat across from Jiang Qiuqiu and couldn’t stop himself from grabbing at his hair.

He had managed to hold it together over the comms, but the moment he saw Jiang Qiuqiu, he felt a wave of misery wash over him.

"Did you know, Qiuqiu? I failed."

Through his dejected, rambling words, Jiang Qiuqiu learned what had happened over the past month.

Qian Xingxing was a proud man.

After all, basically every streamer he had ever scouted had taken off.

Regardless of their category or style, Qian Xingxing believed he had a fantastic eye for talent.

Furthermore, the development plans he laid out for the streamers proved to be incredibly effective. His track record made Qian Xingxing feel he was an excellent manager.

After deciding to overthrow Qian Duoduo, he had made many plans.

The mind of a young man is truly sharp. He felt his plans were perfectly viable. He had won Qiuqiu’s support with his pure intentions, and Qiuqiu had delivered spectacularly, becoming an ace up his sleeve.

He used this ace as a springboard to contact many shareholders who were dissatisfied with Qian Duoduo. He held ten percent of the shares himself—

He calculated that the net he had cast was already quite wide.

He thought it was time to pull it in.

Qian Xingxing could no longer bear living under Qian Duoduo’s thumb. He didn’t want to go back to that villa, didn’t want to hear Qian Duoduo’s pointless chatter, and he didn’t want to watch that man—whose illegitimate son was older than him—spout "I love your mother" over and over again.

Ptooey.

He desperately wanted to succeed, to become the true person in power. Then he would immediately announce that the extra baggage, Qian Song, was not his mother’s son, not his brother, but just an illegitimate child who was neither innocent nor pitiable in the slightest.

And so, with ’everything in place,’ he launched his ’corporate coup.’