CH 25

The originally planned 5-man team with other anchors on the second day was postponed due to one of the anchors being sick and taking two days off, as announced by Xiao Fang in the morning.

Xie Yao naturally had no objections and even welcomed the change.

However, he had already announced to his fans in the morning that he would play ranked games today. Changing plans to play peak games at night might not be received well by viewers. So, Xie Yao messaged Jiang Song on WeChat and made plans to play doubles with him in the evening instead.

Just the day before, Jiang Song had been awakened by a certain old man and realized his sudden feelings for Xie Yao. When he received the message from Xie Yao, he was still a bit dazed and in disbelief of the situation.

It wasn’t that he felt uncomfortable or unwilling to accept it, but rather he felt a bit guilty for continuing to play games with the little anchor who was unaware of his feelings.

After all, Manager Chen had said that Jiang Song’s personality was such that he would never give up on something he wanted. It was the little anchor who had come to him after all.

Moreover, they were both fans of each other’s husbands. If Jiang Song, the main lead, personally appeared in the game, who wouldn’t be moved and call him the most influential person in the fan circle?

Jiang Song chuckled and replied with a simple “Okay” to Xie Yao’s message.

He turned to call Jiang’s dad’s secretary, “Miss Zhou, please schedule my work during the day and don’t arrange anything unnecessary for the night.”

“Okay, sir.”

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Song took out the files on the desk and started working on them, planning to free up the evening to play doubles with the little anchor.

Xie Yao had joined the group for a whole day, and he had glanced roughly at the several anchors inside. He knew most of them, including two from Shark TV and two from Moe Cat.

One of them was Meet, whom he had matched with in a livestream before, but the other one he had never heard of.

Xie Yao searched for him on the homepage and found that his ID was Ling Feng. He was a new anchor who had been broadcasting for just over two months and had over 100,000 fans.

Xie Yao’s growth speed was fast at the time, but this was even faster. No wonder Shark TV classified him as a potential anchor.

With no need to play 5-man games with others tonight, Xie Yao breathed a sigh of relief and even cooked dinner himself in a good mood.

After finishing dinner at six, he informed Jiang Song on WeChat, who replied with “coming right away.” Then, Xie Yao prepared to start his live stream.

However, as soon as he opened his computer, his WeChat was suddenly tapped and Xiao Fang apologized to him.

Xiao Fang: “Bro, did you start your live stream? Someone here asked me to tell you to play games with Ling Feng today. Can you do it?”

Telling him at the last minute before the live stream, Xie Yao raised his eyebrows and shifted his focus to the “someone” in Xiao Fang’s words.

It seemed that this new anchor had some backstage support.

Xie Yao couldn’t refuse the platform’s request, but he obviously couldn’t just agree to it directly since he had already made plans with Brother Jiang.

Gad: I made plans with Brother Jiang to play a two-person team. I’ll have to ask Jiang Ge about playing with Ling Feng during the live stream.

Xiao Fang immediately replied, “No problem, bro. You can ask Jiang Boss. We can also do a three-person team!”

Xie Yao switched to Jiang Song’s conversation.

“Brother Jiang, the platform sent someone over tonight. Is it okay?”

“If it’s not, I’ll refuse,” he added.

Since this matter was only brought up at the last minute, it was understandable for Xie Yao to refuse. However, he was worried that his refusal might leave a bad impression on the person behind Ling Feng. Jiang Song was well aware of this, but he was not in a hurry to make a decision. As long as he could interact with the young anchor, he didn’t mind playing a triple or duo stream.

Jiang Song responded, “Triple stream is also okay.”

With Jiang Song’s approval, Xie Yao agreed to play with Ling Feng and informed Xiao Fang, “It’s okay.”

Xiao Fang breathed a sigh of relief. “Okay, thank you, brother. Ling Feng should be coming to add you soon. Please tell your fans that we’ll be playing together tonight.”

With that, Xie Yao closed the conversation with Xiao Fang and turned on his computer. He logged into his live streaming room and, after confirming that he had his hat and mask on, turned on his camera.

“Good evening, everyone. I’m Yao Yao. Tonight, I’ll be playing a game with Brother Jiang and a new friend, Ling Feng.”

There were many active fans in the live stream. Within a few minutes of starting, the number of online viewers climbed from a few thousand to ninety thousand, and the barrage of comments was flying across the screen at an incredible speed. It only took a few seconds for the comment count to reach 99+.

: Five-man to three-man?!

: First!!!!

: Boss Jiang is back in action! My CP (couple pairing) finally gets to be in the same frame again!

: Why wear a mask?! I could tolerate the hat, but why the mask?!

: Mommy orders you to take off your mask!

Yesterday, the barrage had gotten to Xie Yao’s nerves, and he hadn’t managed his expressions well. The next day, all kinds of meme expressions were flying all over the place. Today, he was smarter and wore a hat and mask. He wouldn’t take them off no matter what.

He pretended not to see the barrage and started a three-person game room as soon as he logged in. Within two minutes, a friend request popped up on his screen, from someone named Ling Feng.

Xie Yao accepted the request, and the game showed that Ling Feng was already online.

Jiang Song hadn’t logged in yet, so Xie Yao invited Ling Feng to the room first.

Ling Feng’s profile picture was that of a cute anime boy. As soon as he joined the room, he turned on his microphone and greeted Xie Yao. There was a badge on his profile picture.

“Hello, Brother Yao Yao. I’m Ling Feng. Sorry to bother you today~”

Ling Feng’s voice was slightly louder than Xie Yao’s, with a clear tone and a lively manner of speaking.

Xie Yao didn’t give a clear response to this “brother,” just made a noncommittal “um” sound.

: Wow, his voice is quite nice. Is this the new friend that Yao Yao mentioned?

: Wow, he’s already a big bro now hahaha.

: Has Boss Jiang not logged in yet?

By bringing in Ling Feng, they clearly wanted Yao Yao to help him gain more viewers, but he didn’t mind. While waiting for Jiang Song to log in, he helped promote Ling Feng: “This friend’s name is Ling Feng. He’s also a King of Glory game streamer on SharkTV. If you like him, you can go give him a follow.”

He glanced at the barrage and then mentioned Jiang Song: “Brother Jiang should be logging in soon.”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sound from the microphone in the team.

Ling Feng was very curious: “Who is Brother Jiang that you mentioned, Yao Yao?”

Xie Yao lifted his eyelid and asked, “Didn’t Xiao Fang tell you that we’re playing in a three-person team this time?”

Upon hearing this, Ling Feng immediately realized what was going on and laughed, “So you’re the top player in Yao Yao’s live streaming room. It’s okay, since you’re the boss, we should indeed wait for you.”

Xie Yao furrowed his brows under his cap, sensing that Ling Feng was speaking with hidden meaning. Although he seemed outgoing and friendly on the surface, he had a strange way of speaking.

Xie Yao found it annoying to play ranked games with other streamers, but he didn’t dwell on it for long. Jiang Song’s profile picture popped up on his game friend list, and he immediately sent him a team invitation.

Jiang Song joined the team almost instantly.

Xie Yao introduced Ling Feng to Jiang Song, “Good evening, Brother Jiang. This is Ling Feng, and he’ll be playing with us in a three-person team tonight.”

Ling Feng quickly greeted Jiang Song with a smile, “Good evening, boss. Yao Yao and I will take you to fly high in the game later!”

Jiang Song didn’t turn on his microphone. He didn’t respond to Ling Feng’s words and just typed out a message: “Let’s create a new room, and I’ll invite you.”

After saying that, Jiang Song had already left the room and sent a team invitation to Xie Yao. The room owner was on the first floor, and after Jiang Song pulled Xie Yao in, their avatars were next to each other. Xie Yao didn’t question why Jiang Song wanted to create a new room, and after Ling Feng joined, they were all in the same room.

Jiang Song, Xie Yao, and Ling Feng’s avatars lined up in a row, with their respective favorite heroes above their heads.

“Let’s start when everyone’s ready,” Jiang Song said before starting the matchmaking.

The bullet comments remained silent.

: I’m really amazed by this operation…

: Are you kidding me? It’s just a game, why do our avatars have to be so close together?

: I learned something new today. The boss is possessive hhh

: The boss is quite skilled. They haven’t even been in the live stream for a minute, and they’re already feeding dog food to someone.

After the game started and both sides banned heroes, Xie Yao helped the stranger grab the marksman and switched positions to sit on the fifth floor.

Jiang Song locked in Li Bai.

Xie Yao jokingly teased, “The boss pulled out Li Bai, we can just lie down and take it easy this round.”

Fans: What’s the big deal? Don’t make a fuss over basic operations.

Ling Feng sat on the third floor and he was pretty much the only one talking after he came in.

Xie Yao didn’t want to talk to him, and Jiang Song didn’t turn on his microphone, so his voice echoed through the entire live broadcast.

“Boss picked Li Bai, very impressive! Then we’ll just wait for you to carry me and brother Yao Yao to victory haha!”

“The opponent’s lineup is very squishy, isn’t it just one slash at a time, stable.”

After looking at the opponent’s lineup, which was all squishy heroes, Yao Yao said, “Then I’ll play Diao Chan this game…”

Before he could finish his sentence, Ling Feng on the third floor immediately picked Wang Zhaojun.

Then an apology came through his microphone, “Sorry Yao Yao brother, I also main mages and didn’t hear that you wanted to play Diao Chan first.”

Yao Yao looked at his avatar and said, “No need to apologize, no one said only I can pick mages, you play yours.”

Ling Feng: “Sorry sorry!”

Fans: …

: This Ling Feng is quite something.

: What’s going on? It sounds a bit off.

: ??? Isn’t Ling Feng a friend of Yao Yao? Why does the conversation sound strange?

: Use your brain, it’s obvious that Ling Feng was sent over by someone to have Yao Yao teach him. You can tell from their conversation that they’re not close friends. Normal friends don’t talk like that.

: Why was he constantly cueing Jiang Boss earlier?

: Li Bai and Wang Zhaojun…Sigh.

Li Bai and Wang Zhaojun are two heroes, one mid and one jungle, who are paired together as a couple by fans due to a limited-edition skin in the same series.

Jiang Song took Li Bai first, and then LingFeng immediately locked in Wang Zhaojun. Although there may not be any real connection, it still looks a bit suspicious.

When it was Xie Yao and the fourth floor’s turn to pick their heroes, only the support and top lane positions were left.

Xie Yao had just opened his top lane hero page when Jiang Song, who had been muted since the start of the game, suddenly sent a message: Take Yao with me.

After a moment’s hesitation, Xie Yao locked in Yao.

The countdown ended and the game began to load. Xie Yao looked at the hero display page for both sides and saw that the opponent’s Wang Zhaojun was wearing the limited edition Phoenix in Flight skin.

He shifted his gaze to Li Bai and chuckled.

Li Bai was wearing the skin with the name “Sword Sings and Shadows Trail”.

Author’s note:

“Sword Sings and Shadows Trail” was the skin that Jiang Song got when he spent money on the game in the beginning, and the skin that Xie Yao got when he drew a lottery.