Gender Reversed Geum Taeyang - Chapter 12

Chapter 12 – 4 Days Break

“I thought I told you not to send videos of people I don’t know. I’m just going to ban you.”

Their first impressions of each other were the worst possible. They both find each other uncomfortable.

It seems like the streamer Rete dislikes me, probably thinking I’m a troublemaker.

Well, I don’t particularly like someone who judges people based on a single video donation.

And now for the most important task. Dealing with the root cause of all this.

“No… first, you’ll get a 10-minute chat ban. You got too excited.”

-Wait nooo
-I just wanted oppa to do well
-Please spare me oppaa
-Aaangg
-Sssex sex sex

“Incredible.”

The viewer left their final words and departed. For 10 minutes.

“You survived because you donated yesterday and today, but next time send the money to me instead of spending it on videos elsewhere. Make sure it’s at least 100,000 won per month.”

-LOLOL
-She’s finally gone
-That was an overreaction lol
-Ah, so the friendship fee is 100,000 won lolol

Looking at the broadcast screen, there are currently about 150 viewers. Once again surpassing 100 viewers thanks to NewTube traffic.

It feels a bit strange to still call it a small stream now, but no matter how hard I broadcast, most viewers will end up leaving anyway. I just need to hold onto as many viewers as possible.

Honestly, there’s a good chance we’ll soon return to being a small stream with less than 50 viewers…

So let’s not have too high expectations. To avoid disappointment later. Like in the previous broadcast, I just need to focus on streaming diligently.

Anyway, the chat that was moving at a rapid pace noticeably slowed down after the video donation was played.

Since I played a fighting video today, viewers were more excited than usual, making the drop in atmosphere even more noticeable.

If you can’t overcome situations like this, you can’t even dream of becoming a major corporate streamer.

And the best way to overcome this situation is!

…Let’s try to exploit Rete again. Should’ve not hated me. Even if it sounds unconscionable, can’t help it.

“No… Miss Rete…”

-Rete really hates Geumtaeyang lol
-Looking at his last stream, it’s understandable lol
-It’s impressive he hasn’t made a hate video yet

“Woohoo! Being scorned by the top-level beauty in the province, so lucky!”

-?
-Still not making a hate video?
-lolol I totally understand how Rete feels
-This guy’s crazy lol

This isn’t enough. I stick out my tongue to lick my lips, then bite them and give off a sinister laugh.

“Hehehehehe even your contemptuous expression is so pretty.”

-Why would you use a woman’s contempt for…
-Just imagining it is gross lol
-Is this… a man? The men I know…
-Damn, so jealous of Rete getting these comments from a guy
-Because she’s an alpha female damn

“Shit, can’t take it anymore. I’m going to prepare some food.”

-?
-Where are you going
-Don’t go
-Eating with contempt
-Crazy guy lol

After making an appropriate… well, somewhat inappropriate… anyway, after making suitable comments, I left the screen.

The reason I left when the atmosphere was building up…

Actually, it’s because continuously provoking a major corporate streamer like Rete isn’t ultimately good for me either, so I need to end it at an appropriate point.

Also, I focused so much on gaming today that I’m hungry.

I warmed up some soup I bought earlier from a nearby restaurant in a pot. Since it takes some time, I returned to the broadcast screen to interact while cooking.

-Where did the host go
-Oppa… it’s too cold here…
-Why leave when things were getting interesting

“Well, you can’t keep making those jokes about someone you don’t know, have to stop at some point.”

-You made those jokes about someone you don’t know?
-You shouldn’t make those jokes about people you don’t know lol
-Your way of thinking is different from ours
-So damn rude lol

Looking at the chat atmosphere, it seems I ended the jokes at the right time. Even without continued comments about Rete, the chat speed is visibly picking up again.

It’s quite an appropriate situation, and I smile naturally while watching the chat and finishing preparing the food.

-What’s with that smile
-He looks quite handsome when he smiles
-Damn that smile is really attractive
-Why don’t you smile more often, you look too scary usually

“What do you mean I look scary?”

-No sir I’m sorry

The one-room apartment I live in is as small as its cheap price, so I can see everything in my room from the kitchen. From clothes to the computer and monitor.

With my good eyesight, I can clearly see what’s being said in the monitor’s chat.

While comments about my smile being handsome and my appearance being scary were flooding in, I rushed into the webcam’s view carrying the pot of soup.

The viewer who said my face was scary quickly posted apologetic messages.

“Hehe why so scared?”

-Damn no wonder he’s a thug
-Scarier than female bullies
-I don’t have my gym clothes… sorry I didn’t bring money… please don’t hit me…

“Today I prepared some delicious soup.”

I usually don’t buy food. Since I live day to day on part-time job wages, it’s much cheaper to cook for myself.

These days even the famously cost-effective soup is gradually getting more expensive, but the reason I specifically bought soup from outside is…

For image building.

-Oh soup
-Soup is king

I mix pork soup with perilla powder, salted shrimp, and spicy seasoning. Looking at the chat, the reaction is like watching a normal mukbang.

Then I prepare the radish kimchi that came with the soup from the restaurant… and pour it all in.

“This is gonna be so good.”

-?
-Oh crazy
-Why are you putting the kimchi in
-Mixing everything like an auntie
-Damn even my boss doesn’t mix that much lol

“What are you talking about, you taste-ignorant people. I’m always right. I can do whatever I want.”

-LOL
-LOLOL

I eat the soup I made in a manly… no, womanly way. I add appropriate sound effects that old men… old ladies would make, but not too much.

-But guys usually just eat tteokbokki
-My blind date guy made a face when I took him to a soup restaurant
-He eats so well
-Why does this guy eat so well

“Why do I eat so well… don’t you know about natural selection?”

-?
-?
-Why is that coming up

“Which guy is more attractive – one who eats 5,000 won soup or one who eats 12,000 won tteokbokki?”

-What kind of logic is that
-This is straight facts
-Tteokbokki is too much
-A guy who eats soup with me? Absolutely irresistible
-For real lol

“That’s why.”

-?
-What are you saying

“If you act like cowards looking for spicy cheese tteokbokki, you’ll become outdated men. Then when you meet someone with a broad food spectrum like me, Geumtayeyang, it’s over. The superior genes that desire soup will survive.”

-That’s a reason I never imagined
-What the hell lol
-Crazy logic lol
-This guy isn’t just putting on an act lol

If last time I was the domestic guy who’s good at cooking, this time I’m the cool guy who’s good at eating ‘what women like’.

This image I came up with when planning broadcast content seems to be working quite well based on the reactions. Plus, it’s not just an image – I actually do like it.

Actually, the viewer count dropped a bit while I was preparing the soup. Probably people who left wondering why I’m setting up a meal when they came to watch fight videos.

Nevertheless, the fact that quite a few viewers stayed suggests that I’ve successfully established myself as an appealing character. This is how you grow.

Even though surprising things happened two days in a row, my broadcast schedule remained unchanged. 3 hours of just chatting followed by 4 hours of gaming.

Not too calm, but not too spicy either.

Today ended with 131 viewers.

It was quite an achievement.

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12 AM. Midnight. At the time when everything starts falling asleep, 7000 viewers lose their place to go.

It’s Rete’s stream end time.

“Anyway, remember I’m taking a break this Sunday.”

-Don’t go don’t go
-Don’t abandon us please
-Rete…ㅠㅠ

Even though the broadcast is over, Rete’s day isn’t finished yet.

She exchanges goodbyes with her managers and points out what she thinks are today’s broadcast highlights to the NewTube editors.

Then at 12:30 AM, when everything is wrapping up, she receives a message from her manager.

[Unni. I think it’s better to just not react to that person’s videos (link)]

‘That person’. The small-time streamer she first learned about yesterday. The atmosphere cooling down due to Guemtaeyang’s video donations isn’t a one-time thing.

Yesterday, I couldn’t control my expression at the bowing video creating an awkward atmosphere, and today the mood got weird when I had to ban a viewer who sent a fight video.

If only that was all. Even my broadcast, which is considered relatively clean, has its share of malicious viewers who kept sending donations related to Guemtaeyang. Of course, I banned them all.

And now in the link my broadcast manager sent through Discord…

“Woohoo! Being scorned by the top-level beauty in the province, so lucky!”

What kind of forced, strange dialogue is this.

I can’t find the words to express this feeling. I just think everything was my misjudgment.

There’s a saying that you avoid poop not because it’s scary but because it’s dirty. Reacting to someone like this was a mistake from the start.

Has there ever been such a stressful day in my life?

Things felt off from the morning.

The “Rete’s Volunteer Work” series uploaded on NewTube.

Several videos secured decent view counts, some people verified their donations after watching this content, and though I didn’t aim for it, my public image soared.

I wanted people to donate or volunteer even a little after watching my videos, and it actually happened.

But not everything that happened was good.

Lee Junhyuk. My boyfriend and childhood friend really hated this content.

He questioned why I was going out of my way to do this, saying what would really change. When I first thought of this content and asked him to volunteer together, he showed quite a negative reaction.

Of course, I knew well that not everyone likes volunteer work, so I didn’t say much, and Junhyuk also respected me despite his reluctant expression, so I thought there wouldn’t be any problems…

But finally things exploded this morning.

‘Yohan Orphanage’. I had asked this orphanage for permission to film content, and they contacted me saying this Sunday would work.

I told this to Junhyuk and we had a big fight.

Junhyuk got angry asking if I couldn’t spend weekends with him, and I got angry saying what’s the problem when it’s just an extension of my work.

Everyone has parts where they clash with others, and we had such parts too, so things built up and finally resulted in an incident.

After experiencing that from the morning and barely finishing the broadcast, now there’s Guemtaeyang – nothing’s going right today.

The stress I’ve been holding in bursts.

When I come to my senses, I’ve already written a notice saying I’ll take a break until Sunday.

Normally I wouldn’t take a sudden break for reasons like this, but…

My mind is already saturated and can’t make rational judgments.

I don’t know either.

I pressed the post button.

(End of chapter)