CH 17

As soon as Jiang Song appeared, special effects immediately dominated the screen. The golden glow exclusive to VIPs flashed across all the bullet comments, making it impossible for people to ignore.

Some fans became active as soon as they heard him speak.

: Boss is here!

: What is this, is this the legendary scene of catching an affair?

: Wow, caught in the act of cheating?

Xie Yao was choked by the teasing of the bullet comment fans. He couldn’t tell whether he was embarrassed or ashamed. He deliberately ignored the bullet comments and instead asked Jiang Song to change the topic: “Is the boss done with work?”

Before starting the broadcast, he asked Jiang Song if he wanted to play duo, but the other party refused because he had unfinished work in the evening.

Although Xie Yao felt regretful, he didn’t insist, after all, work is obviously more important than playing games.

User 4958021: I’m almost done, just have to wrap up the finishing touches.

Xie Yao’s mouth turned up, teasing him, “Are you slacking off, boss? You haven’t even finished your work and you’re watching a live stream.”

“I’m not here to catch anyone in the act, just checking if you’ve been flirting with anyone while I was away.”

Xie Yao was about to retort, but Jiang Song blocked him by playing along with the teasing from the fans in the chat.

The main focus of the stream was the CP (couple pairing) between the two, and Xie Yao blushed as the audience cheered for them.

Both of them knew they were joking around and didn’t take it too seriously.

Although Jiang Song was present in the stream, he was mostly idle, occasionally looking and listening while busy with his own company and SUS (probably a company or project) follow-up negotiations.

Xie Yao directly started the second game.

Recently, he has been alternating between playing on his own account and his fans’ accounts. Originally, Xie Yao planned to use his own account to climb the ranks today, but he ended up getting his fan’s account banned, which made him feel guilty. So he wanted to see if he could climb a little higher before the end of the season.

The Q zone is known for its bad attitude, and everyone has their own set of beautifully crafted Chinese phrases to tilt their opponents. Being banned, Xie Yao couldn’t argue back when he encountered difficult opponents, which was frustrating.

However, his luck was unexpectedly good today, and he won several mid-lane matches in a row. His teammates were friendly and communicative from the start, and their skill levels were stable.

Xie Yao directly won three MVPs in a row.

In the fourth game, Da Qiao was surprisingly not banned and was let out. As a powerful support hero, Da Qiao was usually a must-ban, but Xie Yao’s team managed to grab her.

At the beginning of the game, Xie Yao realized that this Da Qiao was a skilled player, who controlled the pace of the game almost the entire match, and had very good game sense.

This game was much easier for Xie Yao than the previous few, and after the victory, the MVP on the settlement screen was awarded to Da Qiao.

: Kekexili, why does this Da Qiao’s ID look so familiar?

: I know, I know, it’s another King-ranked anchor from SharkTV, also a guy named Yu Jian!

: Another anchor? Let me search and see.

: Wow, who could steal MVP from Yao Yao? Turned out to be another anchor.

: This anchor is really lucky tonight, did he secretly pray to Buddha for good fortune?

: I’m back! It was the opposite anchor, and I just checked his live broadcast and saw that they were in the post-game interface with Yao Yao’s account in the team!

: That’s great, Yu Jian is a big anchor with three million fans!

Reading the comments, Xie Yao realized that he had just matched up with another anchor.

“No wonder.”

Xie Yao knew this person, Meet is also a popular streamer in the King of Glory section of SharkTV. He specializes in playing support, has decent skills, and also holds a few national standards for support heroes.

Meet’s fans are several times more than Xie Yao’s. They usually have no interaction, but unexpectedly, they met in the game during the live stream.

The barrage had some fans double-opening the streams, one squatting in Xie Yao’s live stream, and the other peeping at Meet’s stream, and then relaying the information to everyone.

: Oh my god, the next-door streamer turned on his camera and looks pretty good. He’s got a nose and eyes.

: They’re saying that Xie Yao has good skills.

: Doesn’t this prove that they have good taste?

: Is it possible that our streamer is the only one who hasn’t turned on his camera?

: Xie Yao’s voice is so nice, he must be good-looking. If he turned on his camera, he would have become famous long ago.

: Is it possible that he is good-looking, but he refuses to show it? / Angry

The people in the live stream had already made it clear to Xie Yao hundreds of years ago that they wanted him to turn on his camera or post photos, but Xie Yao refused for some reason. Now that they accidentally ran into a streamer who revealed his face, they brought up the old topic again.

As he watched them shower him with compliments in the comments section, all of which were aimed at persuading him to turn on his camera, Xie Yao let out a disdainful snort.

He even started to self-deprecate: “Are you guys so certain that I must look good? Forget about me turning on the camera, stop being delusional.”

“Forget it, I’m just a fat and lazy voice actor, only 5’0 tall and weighing 170 pounds. I have no house, no car.”

“Turn on the camera?” Xie Yao’s eyes flashed mischievously, and he let out a soft hum. “Maybe in the next life!”

“Is this how you talk to your sugar daddies?”

“If I don’t turn on the camera, I’ll just have to climb over the wall to meet him next door,” he replied with a dog emoji.

Xie Yao laughed out loud at their comments. “You guys are all scum, hypocrites! You used to say that you only care about skill, not looks.”

“You believe men/women too easily?”

“Alright, it’s already past 8 o’clock, let’s play a few more rounds. Don’t be too annoying in the comments, or I’ll ban you guys later.”

The live chat room erupted in laughter.

Tonight’s livestream went exceptionally smoothly, except for the first game. After that, there was not a single encounter with a low-quality player, and Xie Yao almost exclusively played as a mage, steadily climbing the ranks. By the end of the final game, this fan’s peak score in the tournament had surpassed 2100.

It’s relatively easy to gain points in the early stages of the tournament, but as it progresses, winning a game earns fewer and fewer points. Thus, a score of 2100 is considered quite high.

The host is a young lady, and Xie Yao immediately said he didn’t need any more help after they finished playing. He was not punished for being silenced in the game.

With a few minutes left until the top of the hour, Xie Yao exited the game, preparing to chat with the audience in the livestream until 10 o’clock.

However, as soon as he put his phone down, the barrage suddenly erupted with dazzling gift effects: flower mines, supercars, and rotating banners.

Xie Yao was taken aback, thinking his boss had given him another reward. However, upon checking the ID, he realized it was not his boss.

“Thank you for the gifts from Green Rose,” he said.

This was a new arrival, and they had spent several thousand dollars on gifts. As was customary, Xie Yao asked, “Boss, are you of legal age?”

The barrage was used to his jokes, but the newcomer clearly didn’t understand his humor. A cold and ruthless question mark immediately appeared on the public screen.

Green Rose: “?”

Xie Yao: “Sorry, I was just joking.”

Ignoring the barrage’s joke-like request for a hug from a rich person, Green Rose went straight to the point and asked, “Are you the one who played Li Bai just now?”

Upon hearing the question, Xie Yao was momentarily confused, but then he remembered that he did indeed play as Li Bai in the first match.

Judging from the tone of the boss’s voice, could it be that she was the player he was matched with in that game? Was she on the opposing team or on his team?

Green Rose spoke with a very noble and cool demeanor, and Xie Yao recalled the match from earlier and equated her with the fierce loli-voiced girl.

Surprised, he asked, “Are you the one who played as Angela?”

Green Rose replied, “Yes, it’s me. I didn’t expect you to be a streamer.”

According to what Green Rose said, Xie Yao learned that there was a friend with her when she played the game, and that friend happened to have watched Xie Yao’s livestream and told her that Xie Yao was a streamer.

Green Rose had never seen such a bad streamer in her life, and out of curiosity, she checked out Xie Yao’s stream and watched him play a few games. She then realized that Xie Yao was only good at playing mage, while his jungle gameplay was particularly weak.

After listening to what Green Rose said, Xie Yao apologized, “I’m sorry that I’m so bad at playing Lee Sin.”

Green Rose replied, “You’re good at playing mage. I’ve also invited a few other streamers. Would you like to join our five-man team?”

Xie Yao was surprised and had never interacted with other streamers privately before. He hesitated for a moment and then declined, using another excuse, “I’m sorry, we have the same role. As you saw, I only know how to play mage and I’m not good at other roles.”

Green Rose replied, “That’s okay, I can play other roles. Our team is just missing a mid-laner, so you could fill that role.”

Xie Yao didn’t know how to refuse, but his silence made Green Rose misunderstand.

“Do you think the tips are too low?” Green Rose asked.

Xie Yao frowned, “That’s not what I meant.”

But before he could finish speaking, the barrage began to flash all kinds of gift effects, dazzling the audience.

Fans were shocked.

: Damn, it’s already 30,000 yuan…

: Is this meeting a rich lady? And still tipping!

The newcomer was a bit aggressive, and Xie Yao didn’t want to join her in that “mainstream anchor five-person team,” but he couldn’t stop her from tipping, and he felt genuinely annoyed.

As the other party became more and more intense and the tipping amount gradually increased, even the barrage became unsettled. Xie Yao’s expression gradually became colder, and he spoke up: “Enough…”

But in the next moment, Green Rose, who had already climbed to the top of the rankings, was suddenly pushed down by another person who appeared.

Jiang Song had just finished handling some documents and was preparing to relax by watching a small livestreamer’s broadcast when he saw the screen filled with gift effects. After roughly understanding what had happened from the comments in the chat, his face immediately turned black.

Then he tapped his finger.

The special effects on the barrage exploded, ten spaceships with sound effects aggressively cleared the screen, directly clearing out all the miscellaneous comments.

Green Rose obviously didn’t expect to be pushed down by force. So far, she had given a total of 70,000 in gifts, surpassing Jiang Song, but Jiang Song later caught up and doubled the amount.

Her gift-giving hand paused, feeling somewhat unwilling. She turned her anger towards Xie Yao: “70,000, enough for you to play a hundred games, right?”

Jiang Song arrived late and said with a sneer, “I haven’t played a hundred games even with 150,000 gifts.”

With a high posture and sarcastic tone, his arrogance was fully revealed at this moment.

“Sorry, the rule in the livestream room is that the host only pairs up with the top supporter.”

Green Rose was taken aback by Jiang Song’s response, “What kind of rule is it for a host not to pair up with the boss?”

Xie Yao was initially very angry, but after Jiang Song’s intervention, his anger dissipated and he couldn’t help but chuckle at the situation.

Facing Green Rose’s aggressive attitude, Xie Yao remained calm and said, “Sorry, I don’t like to pair up with others in the top five. As for the rules of the livestream room…”

Xie Yao glanced at the monthly leaderboard and smirked, “The rule in the livestream room is that the host only pairs up with the top supporter.”

Author’s note:

Jiang Song: I couldn’t even get a girlfriend with 150,000 yuan.