Chapter 23 shows his affection while deliberately acting innocent.

Regardless of how the person being slandered feels, through the phrase "I'm not doing too well here," Cheng Sijie felt a surge of pity and, through her love-struck mind, perceived a sense of pitifulness.

She made a voice call, "Hello."

Jiang Hui asked lazily, "What's wrong, Master?"

Cheng Sijie said, "Don't shout nonsense."

Jiang Hui deliberately lowered his voice, "Nobody's here."

Cheng Sijie said, "That won't work either."

Jiang Hui said, "Okay."

They chatted for a while, and when they finally got through on the phone, Cheng Sijie didn't have much to comfort him with. It was all normal; Jiang Hui himself didn't care, or rather, his longtime fans didn't care about these things anymore.

He wasn't originally going to follow this kind of popularity route, but the entertainment industry has been suffering from ugly men and pretty faces for too long. With such a talented and handsome guy, people are willing to give him a second look.

Jiang Hui also has a clear understanding of this.

Jiang Hui said, "Could you please not use voice chat during your live stream? Just mute me."

Cheng Sijie said, "No, I'd feel awkward."

Jiang Hui said, "Ah—why are you so high and mighty?"

He is, after all, a singer; his voice sounds "expensive," with the quality of an instrument. He sounds very pleasant when he tries to act cute.

Cheng Sijie rolled her eyes and said with a smile, "Can you stop being a jerk to me?"

Jiang Hui said, "No, I miss you so much. I'm going back to China soon. And... it'll be over a month. Remember to wait for me and think of me a little more each day."

He deliberately acted innocent, and the two of them broke up and got back together like they were having a romantic fling. It was really a kind of old married couple's game. Jiang Hui didn't necessarily need to be a domineering CEO. He could easily play the innocent little white flower and the weak green tea at will.

Cheng Sijie was very receptive to this. She also dreamed of being an empress, and seeing her beautiful concubine in the palace so understanding and tactful, she couldn't help but laugh and nod. Then she felt silly for nodding over the phone. She said, "I'm nodding over here, can you see me?"

Jiang Hui's voice was gentle, with the expected tenderness: "I saw it."

Cheng Sijie held her phone, the charm jingling and tapping against it. The sound echoed her heartbeat, making her feel incredibly happy.

Her heart was pounding, because of one sentence from this person, but she knew the other person felt the same way.

At this moment, she suddenly thought of the time when the two of them were in a long-distance relationship. Back then, before they were officially together, it was actually even harder to endure. How come she can't even stand being separated for three to five months or being in a long-distance relationship for a year or two now?

Okay, it was definitely tough.

She whispered, "I miss you so much every day, my boyfriend. I'm waiting for you."

Cheng Sijie: "I love you..."

She was still a young girl after all; she became shy after speaking, the confession was sudden, and the phone call ended abruptly.

I always use this method to entice him.

Jiang Hui couldn't resist the urge and sent her a hundred messages, all filled with various emojis, constantly replying with "I love you," acting like a madman.

He appears to be in poor mental condition.

Cheng Sijie laughed so hard she almost fell over, ignoring him.

Until the afternoon broadcast started, Cheng Sijie was in a good mood because of the chat in the fan group, the phone call from her mother, and the voice call from Jiang Hui.

So she was in particularly good form during her live stream. Jiang Hui, who rarely had time, even created a secondary account to watch her stream and sent her a screenshot of his secondary account on WeChat—a string of meaningless numbers: [5234952349].

Before the streamer Chengcheng could even realize it herself, a fan automatically told her, "Baby, actually my ID is the pronunciation of 'I love Cheng Sijie'."

Cheng Sijie didn't have time to flirt with him. She glanced at the comments, took a sip of water, and naturally answered questions from the live stream chat:

"Which school? Is it C University, the one listed on the homepage? Yes, I even filmed a welcome video for the school a few days ago. You can come and help me with the data later, haha. Our school is great, four-person dorms for undergraduates, yes."

"College entrance exam score? I don't remember exactly, it was over 640."

"Why is your hair curly..." she laughed, looking slightly lazy. "Baby, I just braided it into pigtails, it's not curly."

Seeing that she was adapting well, Jiang Hui left the live stream to get busy.

In just this short while—

[Strawberry9Jam] has sent 100 pearl shells and successfully sponsored this gift.

[Strawberry 9 Sauce] sent 10 Atlantis Lights.

A huge gift effect lit up the live stream room. This gift costs 3,000 yuan, and there is a special gift effect every time it is sent.

Passersby were astonished and clicked in to see the post.

Cheng Sijie was a little surprised: Why are there so many messages all of a sudden?

Actually, among Cheng Sijie's fans, there are a few particularly memorable big spenders: CJ Sister who suddenly went crazy, and Strawberry...

Strawberry's full ID name is [Strawberry9 Sauce]. According to Cheng Sijie's guess, she is probably a fan of celebrities? She seems to be a big fan in the fan circle, because the girl is particularly knowledgeable about fan groups and comment control, and often helps her maintain them in private. Cheng Sijie is not a person who likes to pry into other people's privacy, so she did not ask too many questions.

However, she had previously sent her a skincare gift set, which the girl accepted generously. In return, she enthusiastically sent a rather expensive beauty device, indicating that she was not short of money.

Cheng Sijie often laments that she seems to attract wealthy female fans very easily.

They knew that Cheng Sijie would have a difficult start when switching platforms, and considering the things that happened before he got the platform, they wanted to help him in some way.

Moreover, [Strawberry 9 Sauce] actually has its own reasons for spending so much money...

After she finished throwing the gifts, she sent a message in her fan group.

[Over 999 messages in the group chat about the Orange Defense War]

[Strawberry9Sauce]: Sisters, Orange is starting to chat! Let's all chat!

[Wu Xi Di Xi]: I saw it, I saw it, I'm here!

[Grey Rabbit No Bald]: Where?! Starry Sea?

[Milk tea pearls.]: Yes, yes, yes.

[21 years old]: Oh my god, there are so many people today! Strawberry! You smashed the gift again!

[Strawberry9Sauce]: I have a lot of money lately...hehehe.

…

[999not666]: Oh my god, there's a pervert spamming the chat in the live stream, so annoying!

[21 years old]: I'll go send some small gifts to boost the rating.

[Milk Tea Pearls]: It's okay, I just bumped it down. How come there are such disgusting people on every platform?

Something unclean has entered the live stream.

After the administrator banned and kicked out a perverted man who was spamming the room with comments like "Great figure [smirk], do you have a boyfriend [smirk]", the perverted man broke down and came back in a group to spam the room.

"Wow, I can't even praise you, you're so domineering!"

"Her breasts are fake, her face is fake, her breasts are fake, her face is fake."

"How much?"

Full of malice.

Not only that, because they started stirring up trouble, it greatly affected the viewing experience of the live stream, and the number of viewers dropped significantly.

Cheng Sijie is a beauty-focused live streamer, and it's a new account. In the first few days of live streaming, the target audience wasn't very precise. Now, thanks to big data, the recommended users are influenced by the user profiles of this group, and many users from lower-tier cities who are looking for a partner or watching borderline live streamers are also being pushed to her.

"Holding a book looks so sexy, is this the image of a top university student?"

"They're not in their dorms, it can't be real."

Cheng Sijie glanced at them twice, then ignored them completely. "Help the managers out. All these men are out. We don't welcome men today."

With her involved, Strawberry and the other two administrators quickly blacklisted and kicked all of these people out.

The atmosphere in the live stream improved a lot. After the live stream ended, Cheng Sijie sent Strawberry a private message: "Baby, did you change your address? I bought you lipstick, remember to sign for it. I remember you are Olive Skin."

Then I contacted the other two managers and said, "Babies, I sent you red envelopes, remember to claim them, you've worked hard today."

Strawberry replied the fastest: "Wife!!!! You're so sweet!!! You didn't have to send me a gift!"

[100% Orange Juice]: "A little something for you, baby. No problem, I'll mail it to your old address."

Strawberry: "I really want to kiss you passionately with the lipstick you gave me!!!"

Cheng Sijie laughed and thought to himself: There's no need for that. The lilies in my hometown shouldn't bloom.

Strawberry is still posting: "Sister sister sister sister ovo"

Cheng Sijie found the little girl's cute antics adorable and thought for a moment, "Baby, why did you send so many gifts today?"

[Strawberry9Jam]: Oh my, I got accepted into a graduate program! My parents gave me a huge red envelope (cash gift), I'm super rich lately. And hahaha…

[100% Orange Juice]: Congratulations!! [Red Envelope] Please accept this, my darling, you're amazing! I want to kiss you! 33333

Strawberry's nail art flickered across the screen, making me a little nervous, hesitant to speak—

She was a little troubled.

actually……

Ugh, should I tell you or not?!

Who knew that she accidentally clicked on the red envelope, and it turned out to be a huge red envelope of 16,666, which was more than her gift today.

The excited Strawberry had no idea that she had spent tens of thousands of yuan today.

I love broadcasting so much, I really don't know what to say!

Strawberry thought for a moment, let out a long sigh, and her fingers trembled slightly: "Baby, actually, um, I'm your junior now, we go to the same school. Can we keep in touch privately? I mean, if we happen to bump into each other at school, can I add you on WeChat? I only wanted to apply to C University because of you!"

And then she was so lucky to get a degree. Although she said she was an art student, it was still far beyond her expectations.

Cheng Sijie was stunned when he saw the message.

Her finger scrolled across the mouse.

Strawberry waited quietly. The reason she asked that question was because she had already bumped into Cheng Sijie. However, she knew that Cheng Sijie didn't like to have real-life contact with fans, so she hadn't greeted him at all.

But, but.

She felt that she was different from that sleazy guy CJ who wanted to date Cheng Sijie, and she suddenly understood after seeing the reason he sent her that "I like her".

Doesn't liking someone mean wanting them to become a better person?

If you want to date a beautiful woman, just say so. If you're upset after being rejected, just say so too. Why bother with all this cliché about pure love?

She felt that genuinely wanting to get closer to someone was different from this kind of coercion.

The two have known each other for almost nine years.

She also runs her own social media business and feels that it's hard to sustain. She wants to have some real-world connection with Chengcheng before she finishes this job, even if they have different futures and stories, good or bad, it doesn't matter. At least right now, she really wants to have this connection.

About three minutes later, a message popped up.

[Chengcheng Juice%]: "Sure. If you run into me at school, just say hi. You can check my major on our school's official account, or you can come find me directly."

"Ah! That's great!"

Upon seeing the news, Strawberry let out a joyful cry.

Her sister shouted from outside, "Chen Jiu, are you trying to get yourself killed by shouting so loudly!"

Chen Jiu: "...Tch."

Her real name is Chen Jiu. Her family is very well-off and they work in international trade. Her parents are away from home most of the year. Her older sister is more than ten years older than her. From junior high school onwards, she felt that "she didn't need a lot of money, she just needed a lot of love." Of course, now that she's more mature, it seems a bit childish... But back then, she had no interest in studying and became a fan site manager for a girl group. Afraid of being beaten to death by her sister, she didn't follow their schedules and had others take photos for her. In high school, she was also a troublemaker and almost developed anorexia due to excessive dieting.

By chance, I discovered Firefly Live, and I've been watching a small streamer's live stream every day at set times. I've become completely addicted to it; watching live streams is so entertaining, it's like watching food while eating!

Later, he got into that university because of his role as a live streamer.

Her parents knew that she had changed because of this female streamer, and they strongly supported her continuing to watch the live stream and spend money on in-game purchases.

Later, she even started dating her boyfriend by chance because of being a live streamer, and then went on to create her own self-media platform.

In short, really...

Her feelings for the anchor were no less than her feelings for Jixing.

Now she's a blogger with nearly 800,000 followers on Shenhai, but she doesn't do many live streams, mainly focusing on beauty reviews and lifestyle vlogs.

Hmm, Chen Jiu thought with a smile: Maybe there will be a chance to collaborate with Chengcheng in the future!