Chapter 316: Chapter 316: You Should Be Called Little Psycho
The viewers in the livestream saw Hardworking Zane admit he was the housekeeper at SizzlingPorkās home, and they excitedly flooded the chat with comments.
[AHHH, ZANE, QUIT NOW!]
[Zane, run! Run away tonight!!!]
[Is it really hard working at SizzlingPorkās house?]
[Sweetie, donāt you want to find a new job...?]
[Dear, you canāt eat spoiled fruit, itās bad for you!]
Seeing everyoneās messages, Hardworking Zane quickly typed a reply:
[I am going to quit. I didnāt quit when I was wrongly accused before because I was afraid theyād think I was running off after stealing something.]
[Itās hard work, but itās my job. I get paid, so itās only right that I do the labor.]
[I will find a new job! Iāll work hard to find a respectable one!]
[Because the fruit looked fine on the outside, not spoiled at all. I thought it would be a waste to throw it away...]
Renee Jennings finished reading Zaneās comments. A look of concern appeared on her delicate features, and she said softly, "Zane, if you need any help, just let me know."
Hardworking Zane gazed at Renee Jennings on the screen, his heart warm and his eyes welling up.
He had been wrongly accused by his employers recently, and though it was incredibly painful, he hadnāt cried once, swallowing all his grievances.
But now, everyoneās concern shattered his restraint. Hot tears streamed uncontrollably down his face, blurring on the screen.
Hardworking Zane wiped the tears from his screen with the corner of his shirt, typing as he cried: [I understand. Thank you, Renee! Thank you, everyone!]
Renee Jennings sent Hardworking Zane a private message and then proceeded to connect with the third viewer.
"Nugget" connected to the livestream.
The woman had long, straight black hair, a blue headband, monolids, and thin lips.
"Nugget, hello," Renee Jennings greeted her.
Nugget quickly straightened her pajamas and waved. "Hello, Renee Jennings."
After the greeting, she added, "Iām going to go change my clothes."
Nugget stood up and left the cameraās view. A few minutes later, she returned wearing a pink dress, holding a ginger cat in her arms.
"Renee Jennings, this is my ginger cat, Winter," Nugget introduced.
Renee Jennings looked at the ginger cat and said with a smile, "Hello, Winter. Iām Renee. Itās a pleasure to meet you."
Upon hearing this, Winter let out a meow. "Why are you so happy to meet me?"
Renee Jennings found this amusing and raised her eyebrows slightly. "Because youāre very cute."
"Oh, I see!" Winter chuckled. "I think Iām cute too~"
Renee Jenningsās eyes curved into crescents. "So you know youāre cute."
Nugget interrupted the conversation between the human and the cat. "Renee Jennings, thereās something Iād like you to ask Winter for me."
Renee Jennings: "What is it?"
"I suspect thereās something wrong with my husband and my stepmotherās relationship." Nuggetās expression turned serious.
[What? Am I hearing this right? Iām so confused...]
[How could you even suspect something like that?]
[This kind of messed-up gossip is so exciting.]
Renee Jennings was also stunned, a look of confusion appearing in her beautiful eyes. "What do you mean?"
[Haha, the streamer is stumped too.]
[This topic is seriously juicy.]
Nugget said with some urgency, "I mean I think my husband and my stepmother are having an affair."
Renee Jennings: "..."
She furrowed her brow slightly. "Why would you think that?"
"Itās just that the atmosphere between them feels very wrong to me." Nugget looked unhappy. "My gut tells me their relationship is definitely not simple."
"Do you have a good relationship with your stepmother?" Renee Jennings asked.
Nugget: "I think itās okay, but our relationship is a bit special. Weāre not just stepmother and stepdaughter."
Renee Jennings raised an eyebrow. "What other relationship do you have?"
"Sheās actually my motherās second-oldest sister. My mom died from complications during childbirth," Nugget sighed. "When I was six months old, my paternal grandfather worried that if my dad remarried, his new wife wouldnāt genuinely treat me well. It just so happened that my momās sister wasnāt promised to anyone yet, so my grandfather talked to my maternal grandparents and arranged for her to marry my dad and become my stepmother."
Renee Jennings: "..."
She pressed her lips together, suddenly at a loss for words.
āHer stepmother is her aunt, but she keeps calling her "stepmother"?ā
[Your stepmother is your aunt! Youāre that close, and you wonāt even call her āMomā?]
[Your aunt married your dad for your sake, and now youāre here suspecting sheās having an affair with your husband??]
Seeing the comments, Nugget immediately retorted: "Itās not that Iām unwilling to call her Mom. Iām calling her āstepmotherā for the streamerās benefit. And what do you mean she married my dad for my sake? If she didnāt like my dad, how could she have possibly agreed to marry him?"
Renee Jennings took a deep breath, sipped some water, and then said slowly, "Iād like to ask, what makes you think theyāre having an affair?"
Nugget: "Every time we go to my dadās house, my stepmother cooks my husbandās favorite dishes."
Nugget: "When my stepmother asks my dad for help, he doesnāt go, but my husband volunteers to help instead. At home, when I ask him for help, he acts like he didnāt even hear me."
Nugget frowned tightly, her expression filled with dissatisfaction. "I just find it so ridiculous."
[I find it ridiculous too.]
[Your aunt and your husband are decent people who know how to be polite, but youāre accusing them of having an affair...]
[It feels like you donāt really consider your aunt as family.]
Renee Jennings frowned slightly and fell silent.
Nugget stared at her. Seeing that she remained silent, she pressed, "Renee Jennings, why arenāt you saying anything?"
A hint of exasperation entered Renee Jenningsās tone. "Do you really believe this, or are you making it up?"
Nugget said, agitated, "Of course itās true! Why would I make up a story like this? What are you trying to say?"
"I think..." Renee Jenningsās expression was neutral, her tone unhurried. "Thereās nothing wrong with your stepmother or your husband. The one with the problem is you."
Nugget was instantly displeased, saying angrily, "What problem could I have? What nonsense are you spouting! Unbelievable. You havenāt even asked Winter yet. Isnāt it too rash to jump to a conclusion like this?"
"Fine, Iāll ask Winter now." Renee Jennings looked at the ginger cat, Winter, and said slowly, "Winter, when Nugget isnāt around, do her stepmother and her husband hug and kiss each other?"
"Of course not," Winter meowed. "The two of them donāt even talk to each other."
Renee Jennings nodded and said to Nugget, "Winter said that when youāre not around, your husband and your stepmother donāt even chat."
"Impossible!" Nugget didnāt believe it at all. "Thereās definitely something going on between them."
[Theyāre perfectly innocent, and you insist theyāre having an affair... You shouldnāt be called Nugget, you should be called Psycho.]
[+1! Psycho!]
Seeing the comments, Nugget immediately cursed back, "Youāre the ones who are psycho!"
Winter blinked its feline eyes and meowed, "Renee, Shannon often calls her stepmother crazy too."