CH 48

Jiang Song’s heart jumped unexpectedly.

His gaze scanned the webpage back and forth several times, and in the end, he looked dazed.

This was clearly a love message.

The shop wouldn’t write a small card for the customer on its own initiative. It was explicitly stated in the announcement on the shop’s webpage that small cards were only provided upon customer request.

Therefore, this sentence could only have been added by Xie Yao.

But this sentence was too subtle. The first half of the sentence, taken alone, could even make people feel a little confused and have nothing to do with a love message.

Jiang Song held his phone in his hand and suddenly felt fortunate that he had the idea to take a look at the shop. Otherwise, he would not have discovered this subtle thought of the little anchor.

At first, he didn’t pay much attention to the card and almost threw it away.

Jiang Song sat in front of the computer, with work interfaces and files still open on the screen, and the screen light was always on. His side profile looked very profound in the flashing light.

His thoughts were a bit scattered.

Since the little anchor had prepared this sentence, wasn’t the couple’s restaurant also planned?

And those dish names…

Jiang Song reminisced about those three words, and suddenly his attention focused on “love at first sight,” and his heart skipped a beat.

Love at first sight was obviously impossible. After all, the age difference between them was not small, and when they first met, Xie Yao’s voice had not even lost its youthful sound.

But this word reminded him of SUS seven years ago.

The indication was becoming more and more obvious, and Jiang Song’s heart was beating faster than usual.

Love at first sight… seven years ago…

Has the little anchor already figured out who he is?

Jiang Song couldn’t help but have this suspicion.

Once the suspicion arises, a person’s mind will start to search for evidence for the event, attempting to explain it away.

For example, last night, the little anchor’s unusual behavior, upon reflection, Jiang Song realized it was after he listed out those “to” tags.

And before that? Was it the voice message he sent when he ordered takeout for him?

Although Jiang Song did have the idea of speeding up the process last night, he never thought that just based on that, it seemed like he had completely blown his cover.

The little anchor was even more perceptive than he had imagined.

Jiang Song’s thinking was always very tricky. Once he was convinced that the reason for Xie Yao’s behavior was because he had discovered his alias, he started to trace it back to the lunch they had yesterday.

It shouldn’t be the accidental egg in the basket. Then… the voice message?

In almost an instant, Jiang Song grasped the key point, and his eyes began to shine brighter and brighter.

He had to admit, although he didn’t want to be so narcissistic, although he knew it was incredible, Jiang Song wondered, could it be that the little anchor recognized his alias based on his voice?

The fuse was probably the questioning of the barrage fans.

Although this idea was crazy, the moment it appeared in Jiang Song’s mind, he seemed to have accepted it as the reason.

He was a little amazed.

He had underestimated how familiar the little anchor was with him.

However, as he shifted his gaze back to the card, Jiang Song’s attention returned to it.

Looking at the writing on it, even though it wasn’t written by the little anchor personally, it still made his heart beat faster.

Originally, he had planned to slowly reveal his true identity to the little anchor, using gentle persuasion and gradually gaining their trust, before taking them down.

He had also considered the possibility of the little anchor rejecting him, but that was the worst-case scenario.

The best-case scenario was what was happening right now.

The little anchor had discovered his intentions and had shown an excellent ability to accept them, even turning the tables and launching an attack on him.

Once he realized what was going on, Jiang Song couldn’t react to what the little anchor was doing.

He took the initiative to change the subject, reported his own schedule, and made his presence permeate every aspect of the other’s life.

These were all things that Jiang Song had done to Xie Yao before, only now the roles had been reversed.

Even though the little anchor sometimes acted overly lively during their live streams, in private, they were always polite and knew how to act appropriately, to the point where Xie Yao could be considered introverted.

Jiang Song truly hadn’t expected the little anchor to take this step, and at this moment, he was feeling quite elated.

By the time he realized what was happening, he had already done the same thing as the little anchor.

Jiang Song opened WeChat and immediately opened Manager Chen’s chat without looking away.

River: Are you there?

River: Let me tell you something.

Manager Chen is usually involved in online work, so he is online almost all day. When he receives a message, he can usually get a quick reply.

Just yesterday, the two had just finished dealing with a contract issue. When Manager Chen received a message from him at this time, he didn’t think much of it and thought it was about the contract, so he quickly responded.

Online dating pinch horse: What’s up?

Manager Chen is usually very calm when dealing with business, and his tone is always professional. However, his calmness was quickly shattered by Jiang Song’s reply.

River: Nothing much, just wanted to ask where you and Xiao Yu’s wedding will be held.

Manager Chen was very surprised.

Online dating pinch horse: In Sacity. Why are you asking? Do you want to help?

Online dating pinch horse: It’s still early, wait for two months, it’s after the World Championship.

Manager Chen and his wife both work in the King of Glory industry, and the KPL season is always the busiest and most important time for them, so they decided to have their wedding after the World Championship. At that time, most people would have time off, and their invited guests would be able to attend.

Manager Chen was moved when he heard Jiang Song speak, thinking that he had a good conscience and was willing to help.

Jiang Song’s tone was very playful: “Don’t think too much, it’s your wedding, not mine. Who’s going to help you?”

River: I just wanted to get some advice.

After speaking, Jiang Song didn’t wait for Manager Chen to react and quickly added insult to injury.

River: Sacity? Nowadays, don’t all the young literary youths like to get married in that kind of place? Tsk tsk tsk.

River: It looks like I won’t be able to get any advice from you. But I’ve already planned to go to Fengcheng. Fengcheng is a good place.

Sacity can be considered the most desirable place for contemporary literary youths. Of course, Fengcheng is no exception, it’s just a different style.

Jiang Song just wanted to show off a bit.

Manager Chen took a few seconds to process his words and then went from being confused to being angry.

What the hell? Is this asshole saying he’s getting married?

Huh? Fengcheng? Pot calling the kettle black?

Getting married? Who is he marrying?

Damn it, getting married! Wasn’t this son of a bitch just telling him that genius found out his thoughts not long ago? How could he tell him now that he’s getting married to someone he doesn’t even know where they came from?

Manager Chen instinctively questioned, “Are you f***ing scamming a marriage as a gay?”

Jiang Song’s face, which was just full of joy a moment ago, almost instantly turned gloomy.

He gritted his teeth and said, “What the hell are you talking about? Can’t you speak properly? If you can’t, let Xiaoyu teach you how to talk every day, always saying negative things. No wonder you haven’t had many friends over the years. How did Xiaoyu put up with you?”

Manager Chen was left confused by his scolding.

However, Jiang Song’s reaction was too intense, making him feel insufficiently confident, as if he had really said something outrageous.

But if Jiang Song wasn’t scamming a marriage, who else could he marry besides the little girl?

Manager Chen widened his eyes and suddenly thought of a name.

His old father doubted his life choices, “You’re not talking about genius, are you?”

When he finally brought up the topic, Jiang Song’s gloomy face finally relaxed a little, but his tone was still tinged with some disdain.

River said, “Yeah.”

His tone was particularly condescending, as if he was reluctantly clearing up the confusion after Manager Chen came to disturb him.

If it were any other time, Manager Chen would probably have flown to B city to smack him on the head, but now he was so struck that he didn’t have the energy to worry about this anymore.

Manager Chen was starting to doubt his life choices, ‘Didn’t you just say yesterday that genius found out your thoughts? How could you have arranged your wedding in just one day?’

He seemed to recall something and quickly asked, “Isn’t genius only 19? Isn’t that below the legal age for marriage? Are you afraid you did something illegal?”

Jiang Song: …

He earnestly suggested, “Why don’t you let Xiaoyu make an appointment for you tomorrow to treat your foul mouth disease?”

He was somewhat speechless by Manager Chen’s odd focus all the time.

Jiang Song immediately lost the desire to share with him.

River: Just kidding, your personality is so boring. Xiaoyu still wants to marry you?

Manager Chen’s face turned dark, “Get out!”

Finally, he felt relieved halfway.

Online dating pinch horse: I thought you were making such quick progress. You just knew each other’s feelings yesterday, and today the wedding date has already been set. It turns out that you’re not willing to be lonely and just talking to me here?

Manager Chen didn’t miss any opportunity to hit Jiang Song. He was very noble, “Ha, I already have my marriage certificate, but some people are still fantasizing about getting married here, rubbish.”

However, he mocked the wrong person, and Jiang Song refused to fall behind, “Who says I’m fantasizing?”

Online dating pinch horse: Otherwise, what? Imagining it?

Jiang Song’s answer was several screenshots pasted together.

River: Do you know what this is?

Jiang Song looked at the restaurant in the picture and sneered.

“This is a famous ‘couples’ restaurant near my home,” he emphasized the word “couples” and continued to post pictures.

River: This was my lunch today

River: These are the names of the dishes

River: This is the note written by the restaurant

Jiang Song took a screenshot of the restaurant’s announcement about the note and also of the Baidu entry.

Finally, with an exaggerated tone, he said, full of a desire to show off, “Do you know who ordered this takeout for me?”

Manager Chen heard the answer that he didn’t want to admit from Jiang Song’s tone.

Jiang Song confirmed, “It was Genius, haha!”

One laugh conveyed a thousand words, expressing both Jiang Song’s unbridled joy and his mocking challenge to Manager Chen.

“Damn it,” Manager Chen said, finding it hard to believe how fast things were progressing.

Manager Chen hated how uncommitted Genius was. It had only been a short while and he had already been taken down by that old dog. Although Jiang Song and Genius were both aware of their relationship, there was still a thin layer of ambiguity between them that had yet to be confirmed.

Jiang Song’s words were highly misleading, and Manager Chen instinctively thought that they were already together. He was almost having a heart attack from anger.

Meanwhile, Xie Yao was completely unaware of Jiang Song’s manipulations. He was delighted despite being eight thousand miles away from his father, Manager Chen, and unaware of the inner struggles he was facing. Xie Yao was always like this – once he got familiar with someone and broke through his social anxiety, he immediately began to let loose.

He was slow to warm up, but once he did, he also warmed up very quickly. After spending the afternoon chatting with Jiang Song, he had become much more active. After all, he was talking to Brother Jiang, and receiving praise from him!

Previously, Xie Yao had been troubled by the suspicion that he was playing two sides. However, upon discovering the truth, he was overjoyed. He felt as though he was chasing after two people at the same time!

By the end of this month, the first phase of the live broadcast competition was coming to an end. Xie Yao’s score had stabilized in the top ten, and his promotion was a sure thing.

While Xie Yao’s career was like a rocket, he and Jiang Song had also entered into a period of ambiguity in their relationship, causing quite a stir online. First, the official SUS Weibo account released a post announcing that SUS’s first team of five players and their contract with SharkTV had expired, followed by the announcement of their new signing with a new live broadcasting platform. They even tagged the official account of the new platform.

Xie Yao had initially thought that it was a big platform, but upon seeing the tag, he was instantly confused.

“Cat Claw TV? How come I’ve never heard of it before?”

Apparently, SUS’s fans have also noticed this issue. One by one, they followed the @ mentions and discovered that the newly signed platform for their team was actually newly established, with only two posts on its official account. One post announced its establishment, and the other announced the arrival of SUS’s team. The two posts were only two minutes apart.

The fans went crazy instantly. How could their rising and popular team sign with an unknown platform? Wasn’t this just letting the platform suck their blood? Who wouldn’t explode in such a situation?

In less than two minutes, both SUS’s official account and the official account of the platform were taken over by angry fans. The comment section was filled with demands to terminate the contract and many people were cursing SUS’s management for being brainless.

However, SUS’s official account remained unmoved, and no statements were made. They were very calm under pressure.

At this time, someone quietly posted on social media about their signing with the platform, which was not noticed by SUS’s management. At first, it was only one person, then a few, and finally, it turned into more than a dozen. These people were not small streamers but popular streamers on their respective platforms.

Then, the fans were shocked! If signing with one platform could make them feel like they were being bled dry, how much money did this platform have to sign so many popular streamers? These streamers already had high popularity on their original platforms, and one platform having four or five top streamers was already the limit. But this platform had a whopping fifteen!

Everyone knew what fifteen meant. These streamers would not easily leave their original platforms unless they were offered benefits far beyond their losses.

Damn, fifteen! And there’s also SUS. Just how much money did this platform have?

: The app can be downloaded now, and I just registered. Damn, there are even more big streamers on MiaoZhua TV! All of them are top streamers!

: Damn, they’re so rich?

: It’s over, I’m already worried that my favorite streamer will be diverted after joining MiaoZhua.

: Sisters, go to the official MiaoZhua account quickly. They’re giving away red envelopes for new users! Damn, you can win a hundred red envelopes worth ten thousand yuan each!

: I’m impressed. Is this just a monetary attack?

: No more talking. Brothers, I’m going to download it first!

Of course, the hosts themselves have a considerable following. Coupled with the sus tag and the lottery activity on the Cat Claw official account, the app’s download volume surpassed an astonishing 300,000 in just three hours!

This is the rhythm of taking off.

Xie Yao sighed with emotion as he forwarded this scene to Jiang Song.

Jiang Song happened to be dealing with this matter.

Creating a buzz on the day of the app’s launch was important, and someone needed to monitor the process, assess the situation, and seize opportunities to correct any negative reviews. Overall, it was a tiring job.

As the behind-the-scenes boss, Jiang Song didn’t need to monitor it all the time, but he still needed to pay attention to it. Some of the processing steps also required his approval.

However, even when he was working, Jiang Song picked up his phone the moment he received a message from the young host and checked his unread messages.

If Jiang Song was happy when he saw almost all positive reviews online a moment ago, his joy skyrocketed when he saw the young host say “cowboy” to Cat Claw TV.

He modestly replied, “It’s okay.”

Xie Yao’s response was full of emotion, “I’m serious. So many hosts can get along with each other, the boss of this live streaming platform is really amazing. The key is that it hasn’t been dissed by other platforms, which is the most impressive.”

The rise of a platform is bound to threaten the cake of other platforms, especially when the people Cat Claw dug up were top-tier hosts from those platforms.

But even though the hosts have been officially announced for so long, those platforms have yet to take any action against them. This cannot be attributed to just the goodwill of the former employees.

It can only be attributed to the skills of the Cat Claw TV boss.

Xie Yao knew that Jiang Song was doing similar work now, and seeing his interest, he talked to him, relying on his own meager knowledge reserve.

Jiang Song wanted to laugh but also felt warm inside.

This kid was both foolish and cute.

He took the opportunity of Xie Yao bringing up Cat Claw to ask the question he had planned earlier.

Good morning: Yao Yao. Have you ever thought about going to other live streaming platforms?

Xie Yao was stunned. They had just been discussing Cat Claw TV a second ago, and now Jiang Song was bringing up this question. Xie Yao immediately sensed something was up.

Gad: are you talking about Cat Claw?

Jiang Song nodded.

Xie Yao smiled, “The talents that Miao Zhua signs now are all big broadcasters, and even sus. How could they consider me?”

Jiang Song raised his eyebrows, “Do you think that your 2.8 million followers are few?”

Since the competition began, Xie Yao had official traffic support and his ranking climbed quickly. He gained a large number of new followers every day, and now he has an amazing 2.8 million followers. Even in Shark TV, this amount of followers is considered “popular.”

However, Xie Yao didn’t take Jiang Song’s words seriously. After all, the matter of platform migration was obviously arranged by Miao Zhua in advance with those broadcasters. At that time, Xie Yao probably only had a few hundred thousand followers, so how could he attract their attention?

But Jiang Song obviously had not given up.

Jiang Song: How long is your contract with Shark TV?

Xie Yao didn’t need to keep it a secret and answered generously. He signed a contract with Shark TV with the help of his agent. But the contract was only for two years, and by the time of the World Championship, it would almost be over. Xiao Fang even mentioned it to him a few days ago.

Jiang Song immediately had an idea.

Jiang Song: Then you can sign with Miao Zhua

Xie Yao was speechless, “Brother Jiang, they really don’t consider me.”

Jiang Song: I consider you

Jiang Song: So they will too.

“Otherwise, I can help you get in through the backdoor?” Jiang Song suggested.

Xie Yao’s eyes widened.