Master of his heart (Max and Brielle)
Chapter 1290

When Brielle clocked in for her fourth day at the office, she overheard Donny mentioning that Emma had pulled in a jaw-dropping quarter million dollars in tips in just one night. Emma, who had been languishing at the bottom of the rankings, had suddenly shot up to third

from last, with her fan count soaring to 300,000.

Brielle couldn't believe her ears. Who would drop such a massive tip?

Since tips from fans counted towards the total, the company had no reason to interfere. After all, other employees were still waiting for their shot at such luck.

"How's Emma been doing lately?" Brielle asked casually, noticing Donny hesitating.

Raising an eyebrow, she prodded, "What's up?"

"Mr. Haywood, Emma got into a spat with Leonak during a livestream. Leonak took it pretty hard and hasn't sung in days; she's been moping around."

Leonak, who had always been spoiled and pampered, wasn't used to being insulted. She was itching to tear Emma apart, but Emma had been keeping a low profile lately, only showing up at the cafeteria. Leonak had to focus on her streams. Seeing Emma's fan count skyrocket was a bitter pill for Leonak to swallow. Could this underdog be gearing up for a major comeback?

Even though Emma was still far from the top three, Leonak couldn't shake her unease. Coincidentally, a trending topic caught her eye today.

A ten-year-old had tipped a streamer hundreds of thousands of dollars, prompting the child's parents to call the police.

Leonak shuddered at the thought. This must be the benefactor behind Emma's recent windfall. And if it was indeed a child, Emma was in hot water, especially with the police investigation looming, potentially implicating Stellar Stage Entertainment too. Brielle, of course, had seen the trending news, which had quickly climbed to the top spot, fueled by parents lamenting their kids' reckless spending. The child in question came from a modest background, and the money was all the family had saved. Now, with the mother in tears and on medication, the child's school fees and medical expenses were at stake.

However, when the police approached the tipped streamer, the streamer refused to return the money, claiming it was the tipper's decision to make.

This response only fanned the flames of public interest, leading to a frenzied search for the streamer's identity. But with the police video heavily blurred, identifying the platform, let alone the streamer, proved impossible.

Leonak, gleeful at the news, quickly took to her burner account.

"Isn't this Stellar Stage

Entertainment's Emma? She recently received a mysterious 200,000-dollar tip from a new account. It's highly likely it's her."

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She even dropped a link to Emma's stream for good measure.

With the mysterious big tipper absent today, Emma's viewer count had dwindled to 100,000.

As Emma fielded questions from her fans and engaged in casual banter, she noticed a surge of hostile accounts demanding she return the money.

Puzzled, Emma wondered if these were Leonak's fans.

But these new arrivals didn't seem to follow Leonak; they were just there to hurl insults and demand repayment.

Emma's loyal followers quickly caught on, some spotting the trending news and briefing her.

"Emma, check out the trending topic. That 0000 boss might be a kid who secretly used their family's savings to tip youIt's now the top story, and the parents have alerted the police. Is it you? The police have contacted the streamer involved, asking for a refund, but they refused."

"Emma, have the police reached out to you?"

Emma hastily responded, "I haven't heard from the police. If I do, I'll definitely return the money."

She was serious, but those waiting to mock her seized their chance.

"Return it? Like a country bumpkin like you would ever see that kind of money in your life, right? I bet the police did contact you, but you're not telling your fans the truth."

"Yeah, it's too coincidental that you got a 200,000-dollar tip and now it's vanished. Must've been discovered by the parents."

"It's someone's tuition and medication money. Better give it back."

Emma furrowed her brow, taking a deep breath.

"I'll contact 0000 boss right now to see what's going on."

Clicking on the profile of 0000, which featured an ocean as its avatar, Emma urgently messaged, "Boss, is the kid in the trending news you?"