Daily Life Of A Socially Anxious Scumbag Alpha Raising Flowers - Chapter 16

Wen Xin maintained a pace of updating at least one video every day, and her follower count began rising steadily each day.

From the day she registered the account and posted her first video until today, only one week had passed, yet [Cozy Flower-Raising Daily Life] already had more than ten thousand followers! That could already be considered a small-scale account!

Wen Xin’s backend also began receiving private messages for business collaborations one after another.

She looked through a few of the business partners who had come to her on their own and even carefully checked whether their product quality met standards.

The process could not be called anything but headache-inducing.

Because product information was involved, there were many things she, as an individual, simply could not find online. On top of that, negotiating collaborations also required a lot of effort, and when it came to communication skills and what kind of price quote was appropriate, she knew absolutely nothing.

After finishing another chat with a merchant who had taken the initiative to seek cooperation, Wen Xin clutched her head and wailed, “Everything is developing way too fast. I’m not ready yet. How are people already coming to me for collaborations?”

At first, Wen Xin had vaguely had an idea: after the account grew, she would find someone specialized to help her handle this part of the work. After all, every profession had its own expertise. Asking her to cook, and then learn a simple video-editing skill, was already the ceiling of what she could do.

Added to her personality, it was very hard for her to learn the shrewdness a businessperson ought to have.

Besides, it was not like she could collaborate with just anyone. The first requirement had to be that the product quality passed inspection, and that also required time to investigate and filter seriously.

It seemed that forming her own self-media team really did need to be put on the agenda.

But she had not even earned much money yet. Was she really already going to start spending money to hire people?

Wen Xin was a little emo.

Especially since, these days, her earnings actually mainly came from tips from this rich sister, KK.

This rich sister truly loved food. Almost every time Wen Xin posted a video, the other party would appear in seconds. And every time, she would tip a not-small amount of money. After several times, Wen Xin had become a little embarrassed by it.

She was no longer that urgently short on money now, so she also did not want the other person to keep spending money every time.

After posting today’s video, Wen Xin immediately sent KK a private message.

Cozy Flower-Raising Daily Life: [Dear, you don’t need to tip me every time. It isn’t easy for you to earn money either. I’ve already received your love and support, and from now on, I’ll definitely create seriously.]

On the other side, KK, who had received the private message, had not even read the rest of the content yet. The moment she saw the opening words, her pupils quaked first.

This Omega called her… dear?

What did she mean? Didn’t she have a partner?

The way the two of them interacted in the video was obviously that of partners. Previously, a netizen had asked in the comment section about their relationship, and the blogger had personally replied that the other person was her “legal partner.”

Was it because KK seemed rich and tipped a lot?

From childhood to adulthood, what KK had never lacked around her were people who took the initiative to cling to her because of money, power, and influence. And the thing she hated most was exactly that kind of person.

Especially when this Omega clearly had a partner, yet still deliberately used such an obviously ambiguous form of address toward another Beta. What her intention was—there was no need to think to know.

In that instant, a bit of disgust toward Wen Xin rose in KK’s heart.

It even made her feel that the other party taking the initiative to say there was no need to tip in the future sounded like some self-clever attempt at playing hard to get.

Did she look like some brainless sucker?

A trace of mockery flowed through KK’s eyes, and she deliberately played along as she replied: [Okay!]

Not only would she really stop tipping her from now on, she was also going to unfollow her!

Irritated, KK closed the chat box and stopped looking.

Because of that, she did not see the message Wen Xin sent not long after.

Cozy Flower-Raising Daily Life: [The lottery results just came out, and you’re one of the winners! Dear, I sent the package directly to the address you left when you joined the lottery. This food giveaway is lime matcha cheesecake~ (Note: Since the weather is hot, cream melts easily. Please enjoy it as soon as possible after receiving it. Food should not be stored past the same day!)]

Wen Xin still unconsciously carried habits from her original world. Whenever she chatted with fans, she would automatically slip into customer-service mode, opening with “dear,” ending with “oh,” and even adding a few soulful wave marks at the ends of sentences, as if only that way could she show through text that her attitude was very good and very polite.

She had no idea at all that her words had caused someone else to misunderstand.

Wen Xin was busy with Dong Xun mailing out the little cakes she had just made, along with the coconut bear pastries.

The reason she chose to make two different kinds of prizes was because she had considered that netizens might come from different areas. Pastries, once packaged properly, could be stored for a few more days, while if the winning netizen was in the same city, she could directly mail out a small cake.

The lottery was drawn by the system. Once the list came out, Wen Xin could see the addresses the participating fans had left earlier.

Wen Xin was very grateful for the support of this rich woman named KK. She had originally thought that, as the number-one big sister on the ranking, KK definitely had to receive some preferential treatment to some extent. Whether or not KK was drawn, this event of sending out pastries and little cakes definitely had to include her.

The other party had very luckily appeared on the winner list, which saved Wen Xin the trouble of specifically asking her for an address.

Because this was a lottery event posted a few days ago, Wen Xin had spent two days just agonizing over what to make, then spent another day making it together with Dong Xun. It had taken quite a lot of time, and many fans had originally forgotten all about this matter.

So when the winning fans received Wen Xin’s [Please check for your package] private message today—

they were truly caught off guard by a huge surprise.

[!!! I got drawn?]

[The prize is food personally made by the blogger! Am I dreaming?!]

[Aaaaah! Who understands that emptiness after ending holographic sensory sync every day? Every time, I confidently toss the wok and try following the blogger’s cooking steps myself. Unsurprisingly, every finished product turns into a lump of dog shit. Now I can finally eat the real thing. I hereby announce that I am now the happiest person under heaven!]

[I won by luck! In the private message the blogger sent, she explained that because we’re not in the same city, the prize food is a little bear coconut pastry that’s more suitable for storage and mailing. I’m really curious what it tastes like. This is a food that has never appeared in the videos before.]

After receiving the surprise, many of the winning netizens turned around and posted to show off and share their happiness.

This immediately made the netizens who had not won break down one after another.

[Aaaaah! I didn’t get picked!!!]

[What exactly is lime matcha cheesecake? And what is little bear coconut pastry?]

[Damn it! Who exactly drew away my lime matcha cheesecake and little bear coconut pastry?]

[Is anyone reselling? I’ll pay a high price!!!]

…

Chen Ke was at home, bored out of her mind as she played a game.

After unfollowing Cozy Flower-Raising Daily Life, when she went to watch other bloggers, she truly felt that none of them felt right.

On the entire internet, she could not find another account with a similar style.

Damn it!

But proud eldest young miss Chen Ke, even if no one knew about it, still could not bring herself to secretly follow someone back. Dislike meant dislike. Even if she felt that not being able to watch the food videos was a pity, she absolutely would not follow someone who chased after power and influence and was disloyal to their partner.

Loving and hating clearly was the base color of Chen Ke’s personality. Her parents had a very good relationship and had set a good example for her, so she was also very serious when it came to feelings.

Especially after seeing so many Alphas in her circle fooling around everywhere, with families full of illegitimate sons and daughters. Every one of them had all kinds of skills and schemes, a dark, crowded mess that was simply headache-inducing to look at.

As a Beta, not ruled by pheromones, Chen Ke had long since secretly decided that she absolutely had to find someone who truly matched her soul and whom she truly liked. If she could not find that person, then she would stay single this whole life. In any case, she did not have a sensitive period.

The moment she went on her smart terminal, she could not help wanting to see whether Wen Xin had posted a new video again. Especially the closer it got to mealtime, the more she could not help thinking about it. So she simply turned off her smart terminal and went to play games to distract herself and kill time.

She was in the middle of playing when a servant appeared holding a green box.

“Eldest Miss, this seems to be your package.”

“Oh. Put it on the table.”

Chen Ke did not pay much attention. Usually, when she saw something interesting online, she would casually buy it, and she never deliberately remembered what she had bought. Because of that, she usually received many packages in a day, so she simply thought this package was also something she had bought at some unknown time. She figured she would open it later.

She could not keep playing the game either. She felt a little restless.

Suddenly, Chen Ke smelled a sweet fragrance.

Just then, she saw Uncle Lin, the chef, moving ingredients into the kitchen. She asked, “Uncle Lin, did you make some new food in the kitchen today?”

“No, Eldest Miss. I’m still learning the wonton noodles from that video before.” Uncle Lin scratched his head a little embarrassedly. “I don’t know why. The steps are all the same, but the taste of the meat filling and the texture of the noodles I make are still somewhat worse. Many of the seasonings and sauces she uses might be homemade, so I have no way to replicate them.”

“It’s already much better than at the start,” Chen Ke comforted Uncle Lin.

At first, it had been Chen Ke who had made her family chef follow the account Cozy Flower-Raising Daily Life and learn to replicate the dishes every day. Uncle Lin could be considered fairly skilled, and basically every time, he could copy the dishes by watching the video and get fairly close.

Although they were indeed very hard to compare with the food made by Cozy, it was already rare and commendable.

“Then did the house buy new nutrient fluid? Why do I feel like I’m smelling lime?”

This villa was Chen Kefe’s private place. Other than the servants, she was the only one living there. No one would spray perfume, so she did not consider at all that it might be the smell of perfume.

Perhaps because it was already mealtime, she had already been thinking about eating in her mind, and now she subconsciously associated that scent with food even more.

“Eldest Miss, the house hasn’t replenished any new nutrient fluid either.”

After receiving a negative answer—

Chen Ke carefully sniffed the fragrance in the air. She walked around the spacious living room, and finally, her gaze landed on the green box that had been placed on a table not far away.

After she opened the outer packaging, that fresh, sweet fragrance became even stronger.

Chen Ke unconsciously sped up the movements of her hands.