The Streamer's Allure: Top Fans Vying for Her Affection - Chapter 98

Chapter 98

Once the PK ended, Boss P thanked the leaderboard and turned on his mic. “Ah, I lost, I lost. Little sis, your side is way too terrifying. Even my Big Brother is about to be beaten into shutting down.”

The PK had only just ended, and Brother Salty Fish had already gone completely silent in the Danmaku.

Jiang Zhouzhou hadn’t expected things to get so huge at the end either. All she could do was smile a little sheepishly. “Boss P, your Big Brother is really amazing too.”

Boss P said, “Then follow me back, little sis. Let’s play together again when we have time. As for the Punishment, I’ll post a video on my profile later and @ you. Remember to come watch it.”

He didn’t put on any airs like some super-big streamer, nor did he get a sour face just because he’d lost the PK.

Jiang Zhouzhou nodded. “Mm-hm, okay.”

After following each other, Jiang Zhouzhou disconnected the link.

[Chaomu: Are you going to keep doing PKs?]

He was thinking of helping Jiang Zhouzhou through a few more PKs. After all, there was still plenty of money left in his wallet.

Jiang Zhouzhou waved her hand. “No, no. Doing PKs nonstop is too tiring. Don’t your wallets ever run empty?”

Sometimes, sitting here, she would feel a strange sense of unreality. The gift effects floating through the livestream room were like dream bubbles; the instant they vanished, everything returned to calm, as if it had all been nothing more than a brief, dazzling dream.

But they weren’t cold, meaningless numbers. They were real money.

The people spending it didn’t seem to feel the sting, but she, the one receiving it… somehow felt distressed just looking at it!

And…

The more she received, the more her heart gradually fell out of balance. Subconsciously, she felt that no matter what she did, she could never repay everyone for this support.

[Chaomu: This… How am I supposed to answer that?]

[Chaomu: According to the standard script, shouldn’t the streamer take the chance to fleece me a few more times and completely empty my wallet?]

Yet she… was actually worrying about his wallet!

[Little Dian Is Not Little: If the day really comes when it’s empty, can I beg the Rich Lady streamer to keep me?]

[Little Dian Is Not Little: Little Dian is presentable in public and capable in the kitchen. At night, I can play games, and when it’s time to sleep, I can warm the bed.]

[Zhouzhou’s Dog Brother: When the time comes, just give me a shout. I’ll gift the streamer a box of steel wool to spice things up for you two.]

[Little Dian Is Not Little: …Bro, you are genuinely vicious!]

[Big Rice: Hehe, when that happens, we’ll all go to Zhouzhou wifey’s place and let Zhouzhou wifey take care of us.]

[My stomach isn’t great. The doctor told me to live off someone else, preferably a pretty streamer. Streamer, do what you think is best.]

Seeing the style of the Danmaku suddenly take a sharp turn, Jiang Zhouzhou laughed and said, “Okay, okay, okay. When the time comes, Zhouzhou will support all of you.”

That thread of anxiety in her heart gradually faded, and her smile brightened again.

After Jiang Zhouzhou calmed down, she planted both hands on her hips and pretended to be serious. “All right, now listen to my orders. Your streamer needs to rest for a bit, and everyone’s wallets need to rest for a bit too. Zhouzhou hasn’t sung for everyone in ages, so I’ll sing you all a song now!”

[Little Dian Is Not Little: Good, good, good. The streamer feels bad for Little Dian’s wallet. Rounding up, that means she feels bad for Little Dian.]

[Little Dian Is Not Little: Little Dian has finally waited until the clouds part and the moon appears. Sob sob sob.]

[Chaomu: Mm, I haven’t heard the streamer sing before. I’m kind of looking forward to it.]

[Big Rice: Don’t worry, don’t worry. My Zhouzhou wifey sings super well. @Chaomu]

[Big Rice: Especially that song “Rice Wife Is the Best in the World.” No one has surpassed it to this day.]

[Zhouzhou’s Dog Brother: My review is, it’s not as good as “Dog Brother Husband Is the Best in the World.”]

[Big Rice: Huh? When did Zhouzhou wifey ever sing that? How come I don’t know?]

[Zhouzhou’s Dog Brother: Next time.]
[Chaomu: …]

Was it just his imagination?

Why did it feel like none of the guys and girls in this livestream were normal?!

Jiang Zhouzhou looked at the Danmaku message Dog Brother had sent, the heat in her cheeks quietly rising. She rubbed her reddened earlobe and pretended she hadn’t seen it.

She opened her playlist and clicked play on the instrumental track she wanted to sing.

As her soft, graceful voice rang out, the constantly scrolling Danmaku gradually fell silent.

“Memories are like a storyteller, speaking in an accent thick with home.”

…

“How many times have I turned around, how many doors have I crossed, wasting away my youth?”

…

“From then on, someone lived in my heart…”
—
After she ended the stream.

Jiang Zhouzhou stretched and stared at the now-closed livestream page, her gaze unfocused.

It wasn’t until her WeChat vibrated that she abruptly snapped back to herself.

Lin Wujing: [Is Zhouzhou wifey in a bad mood?]

Looking at that message, Jiang Zhouzhou’s nose suddenly stung.

Jiang Zhouzhou: [No! Rice Wife, don’t worry about me. I’m in a really good mood today.]

Jiang Zhouzhou: [(￣▽￣)~*]

Lin Wujing: [Zhouzhou wifey, you don’t have to pretend in front of me. I can tell you’re feeling a little down today. Can you tell me what happened?]

A girl’s sharp intuition had allowed her to sense the subtle change in Jiang Zhouzhou’s mood after the PK ended.

Jiang Zhouzhou’s fingertips hovered over her phone screen. She typed and deleted, deleted and typed, unable to piece together a complete sentence.

In the end, she still voiced the anxiety buried in her heart.

Jiang Zhouzhou: [I’m a little scared.]

Jiang Zhouzhou: [Scared that everything I have now will drift away from me someday.]

Jiang Zhouzhou: [Scared that I won’t be able to repay everything you’ve all given me, and that you’ll slowly stop liking me.]

Jiang Zhouzhou: [I feel like I’m becoming greedier and greedier.]

She wasn’t greedy for those numbers. She was greedy for the “love” she had never possessed before.

If you never had something, you wouldn’t be afraid of losing it.

But once you had it, you became afraid of losing it.

Jiang Zhouzhou suddenly felt like she was being overly sensitive. If it were someone else, would they overthink everything the way she did?

On the other end, Lin Wujing looked at the WeChat messages Jiang Zhouzhou had sent. The words in her input box were also typed and deleted, over and over.

From the first time she entered Jiang Zhouzhou’s livestream, she had noticed that this delicate, beautiful girl hid a nearly imperceptible inferiority and cautiousness deep within her eyes.

She didn’t know what Jiang Zhouzhou had gone through before. The only things she could do were stay by her side and be her Guardian.

Lin Wujing: [Zhouzhou wifey, I’m really glad you’re willing to tell me these things. Actually, a lot of people face these kinds of problems. Some people gradually lose themselves to temptation, while others, because they stay clear-headed, are able to walk farther and farther.]

Lin Wujing: [Your fear comes from your lack of confidence. But you need to know this: we like you because you’re worth liking, not because we expect you to repay us.]

Lin Wujing: [And if it’s Zhouzhou wifey, then I give you permission to be greedy for a lifetime.]

Lin Wujing: [No matter what anyone else does, I will never leave you.]

In that moment, those words were imbued with the sincerest feelings and the warmest power to touch a heart.

Tears instantly blurred her vision. After her barren heart was nourished by those tears, it was as though something had broken through the soil.

The cracks that had accumulated over time were gradually mended in that very moment…

Jiang Zhouzhou: [Wujing, I’m so glad I met you.]

Met all of you…

I’m so glad!