Chapter 22 Nan ​​Zhiyi was too embarrassed to admit she was straight...

The eldest son, You Yan, was busy with official business, so only the family of three, each lost in their own thoughts, sat at the dinner table.

As the meal drew to a close, Mr. You began to inquire, much like an elder returning home after a long absence: "Xiao Xin, have you had a crush on any girl lately? If you do, bring her home so everyone can meet her."

You Xin answered decisively: "No."

“You’re getting older now, you should spend more time with people your own age. Like Aunt Wu, whom you knew when you were little, her younger sister…”

"No need, don't introduce me to anyone," You Xin said. "I'm too tired from playing matches to date."

Mr. You frowned: "All you do all day is talk about your game. You're such a grown man, and you still don't know how to be serious."

“Dad, don’t talk about him. It’s actually my fault that Xiao Xin wanted to go out and play games.” You Qing chimed in, clearly more interested in the topic. “When he was still in school, didn’t you ask me to attend his parent-teacher conference? He was still young then, and I guess he got a taste of what it’s like to be a star, being the center of attention. His heart got carried away, and naturally he wanted to go out and show his face.”

"Really? Then I feel like I haven't quite grasped the essence of what you're doing," You Xin said casually. "After all, I didn't bring three different women to a hotel in two months and get photographed by paparazzi who sold the photos for six million."

You Qing's face stiffened, while the old man, who was listening nearby, was furious. He slammed his chopsticks on the table and told Zhao Yafen to push him out for a walk to clear his head.

Only the two brothers remained at the dinner table.

You Xin raised his head and looked directly into his brother's eyes: "If you want to tell him something, you can just say it directly. There's no need to beat around the bush, and it won't threaten me."

"Looks like you're feeling pretty smug lately," You Qing said with a smile as she looked back at him.

"Yes, thanks to you. If you hadn't lied to him about retiring, I probably wouldn't have had the chance to see him again."

“After all, I broke you two up back then, and I still feel pretty bad about it now. I’ll help you out if I can,” You Qing said with a smile. “But speaking of which, your boyfriend is practically a celebrity now, isn’t he? He’s a streamer that Stars is really promoting. You should think about him too, not just yourself, when you do things.”

You Xin's face darkened: "What do you mean by this?"

"Let me make it clear beforehand, this has nothing to do with me." You Qing spread her hands innocently. "Don't try to pin the blame on me again. I just saw this on the internet—here, take a look."

He took out his phone, swiped a few times, found a page, and handed it to You Xin.

You Xin looked down and saw that it was a video interface of Stars.

The cover boldly proclaims, "Using a 'Boosting' Name to Create a Persona? Banned for Cheating in Games? Plagiarizing the Inspiration of Younger Streamers? A Closer Look at the Masked Life of Streamer Angel Yi!!"

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Nan Zhiyi woke up groggily and found her phone ringing.

He fumbled around on the bedside table with his eyes closed for a while, then answered the phone, mumbling, "Hello?"

There was a moment of silence on the other end before the voice said, "Did I disturb your sleep?"

"Hmm... a little," Nan Zhiyi mumbled as if in a daze. He remembered working overtime last night testing a video idea, not going to sleep until ten in the morning. "If there's no urgent matter, I'll sleep a little longer..."

When Nan Zhiyi opened her eyes again, she found that night had already fallen.

His head was resting on his arm, and he was holding his phone in his hand. His entire right hand was numb and had lost all feeling.

Nan Zhiyi subconsciously turned on the screen to check the time, but when he saw the display clearly, he almost dropped his phone—

[Call [Blue Heart] 01:42:45]

The last number is still fluctuating.

Nan Zhiyi instantly regained her senses.

He paused for two seconds, then put the phone to his ear and said uncertainly, "...Hello?"

A voice immediately came from the other end: "You're awake."

"..." Nan Zhiyi was at a loss for words. He had fallen asleep after answering the phone, and the other person had actually listened to him sleeping for almost two hours?!

But he couldn't bring himself to ask that question, so he could only say, "Why...why did you suddenly call me?"

You Xin's voice was calm: "Have you seen the news outside?"

But Nan Zhiyi was very familiar with his tone of voice. He could almost immediately tell what had happened.

"Whose message?"

"your."

Nan Zhiyi was a little confused: "Mine?..."

He switched the call to speakerphone, looked down, and was so shocked he almost jumped out of bed—Sister Li had called him more than ten times!

"Why is Sister Li calling me so many times?" Nan Zhiyi's hands trembled slightly. "Something must have happened. I stayed up all night last night and didn't go to sleep until this morning. I should have known better than to turn on Do Not Disturb..."

You Xin, however, keenly caught the loophole in his words: "You turned on Do Not Disturb? Then how did you answer my call?"

"Hmm... Hahahaha." Nan Zhiyi was too embarrassed to admit that she still had his number on her do-not-disturb whitelist until today. "I don't know, um, maybe some other noise woke me up..."

He felt that You Xin must have guessed the answer.

But You Xin didn't continue the topic: "A blogger on Stars has revealed a lot of information about you. Go take a look. Now many people are demanding that you come out and explain, and some are even demanding that you delete your account and leave the internet."

"That serious?!" Nan Zhiyi was shocked. Her first thought was, "Could some of my inappropriate photos have been leaked? Are Yux's fans making a huge fuss, demanding that he clear his idol's name?"

That's why You Xin called in such a hurry...

He asked tentatively, "Is...this related to you?"

“…A little, perhaps.” You Xin paused for a moment. “Maybe.”

Nan Zhiyi quickly found the video You Xin had mentioned, and breathed a sigh of relief when she discovered that there were no strange photos on the cover.

Then, he felt confused again—the title was written in Chinese, but why did he feel like he couldn't read?

Proxy playing, cheating, plagiarism?

He himself had no idea that he had done so many bad things.

Just then, Sister Li called him again. Nan Zhiyi sensed that she was a little anxious, so he said to the person on the other end of the phone, "Sister Li, uh, she's the staff member I work with at Stars. She's urgently looking for me—can I contact her first and then talk to you later?"

After a brief silence on You Xin's end, he finally hung up the 110-minute call with a soft "hmm".

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When Nan Zhiyi arrived at the studio, Zhang Li was sitting inside with a serious expression.

Seeing him arrive, she cut to the chase and asked, "Xiaoyi, are the screenshots in that video all real?"

—On the way here, Nan Zhiyi had already taken the opportunity to briefly watch the video.

Regarding the part about him using a substitute player, there is a screenshot of a chat log in the video. In the screenshot, a person with the nickname "Angel's Intent" and whose profile picture is his live stream avatar sent several messages in the group.

The tag wasn't set by me; someone else used my account.

Hahahaha

I'm not that good.

The chat atmosphere was relaxed and pleasant.

Nan Zhiyi couldn't remember the exact time the group chat happened, but he did remember the situation. Tangyuan discovered that his alt account had six Asia server badges, one of which was the witch he didn't often play, so he asked about their origin.

“It’s true.” Nan Zhiyi thought for a moment, “but not entirely.”

Zhang Li looked at her very seriously: "So, you mean you hired someone to boost all these top Asian server rankings?"

She seemed a little anxious, stood up from her seat, and started pacing: "Actually, this isn't a big problem. Many streamers have used boosting services; just explain it clearly. But the rest..."

For some reason, Nan Zhiyi couldn't help but laugh out loud when she saw this scene.

Zhang Li stopped in her tracks.

She looked at Nan Zhiyi in disbelief: "What are you laughing at?"

Is this because the pressure was too much and he finally went crazy?

In fact, ever since one of her anchors went on a trip and came back, she suddenly started acting a little strange.

After much thought, Zhang Lisi concluded that the problem lay with Yux.

Nan Zhiyi's mental state is increasingly resembling that of the infamous Little Wanderer who often does outrageous things.

"Um, well, it's nothing." Nan Zhiyi waved his hand, still smiling. "I just think it's a bit absurd... Why would they want to attack me from this angle?"

"The account is mine. Of the six Asia server number one rankings on the account, I achieved five of them myself. Um... the Witch ranking wasn't achieved by me. I'm not that good. The Witch ranking was... my friend's. She borrowed my account to play it."

"When they asked me about it, I thought it would be better to keep a low profile, so I just mentioned it all together," he added somewhat embarrassedly.

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhang Li was practically staring at him.

—She herself understands ROE and knows just how valuable the badges, which are awarded every three months and are only ten per season across the entire Asian server, really are.

An entertainment streamer who spends most of his time in the Platinum rank might have some skill and occasionally play ranked matches, but reaching the top rank in the Asia server is a true professional level.

But Zhang Li didn't immediately question it: "How can you prove it?"

The settlement dates of those badges are as far back as four or five years ago, when ROE wasn't very popular yet, and "Angel's Intent" hadn't even become a streamer.

Even if he could produce the full screen recording from that time, the majority of people would still not believe him.

This is probably why the whistleblower dared to confidently release a video criticizing him.

“I already thought about it on my way here.” Nan Zhiyi thought for a moment, then counted on his fingers, “The registration for the Juxing Cup competition seems to have two more weeks left… I remember the requirement is to have more than 500,000 followers?”

Meeting Zhang Li's increasingly shocked gaze, he continued with a gentle and harmless smile: "If I form my own team, sign up for the competition, and win a place or the championship in the offline competition—I mean, if that were the case—would that be enough to prove that I wasn't cheating?"

A note from the author:

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Previously on the Juxing Cup: a competition for live streamers, the champion and runner-up can enter the Contenders Cup, which includes league teams (meaning league teams and live streamer teams compete together).

The next chapter will be available for purchase, and the update time will be 24:00 tomorrow night, which is 3 hours later. A longer chapter will be released then.

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Here's a preview of my upcoming novel: "Villain's Guide," a PvP cyberpunk infinite flow story featuring high interactivity, short dungeons, and game-like real-world integration. Feel free to add it to your favorites if you're interested.

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When Yu Jing woke up, he found himself transported to the future.

The original owner lived in a slum and made a living by livestreaming. She was introverted and timid. Not long ago, she offended a major guild and was repeatedly killed in dungeons, causing her livestream viewership to plummet.

He eventually became so poor that he couldn't even afford a loaf of bread, and died in despair.

Despite the disastrous start, Yu Jing is forced to continue the original owner's live-streaming career due to the need to make a living.

Arrival is the most popular highly interactive holographic escape game in the future world.

The mall offers real-world goods, and signing up for live streams can earn you generous rewards from viewers. Accumulating enough favor with an NPC can even turn them into your personal agent.

Yu Jing: The secret to traffic generation! Bring them all to work for me!

As soon as I entered the game, I was indeed being hunted down by the entire server.

He then renamed his livestream "Villain's Guide" and casually wiped out the entire guild that had bullied the original owner.

He addressed the ten NPCs, saying: "Sign an economic contract? Sorry, you'll have to compete for the position."

A powerful new NPC has been added to the game. He always scrutinizes every player who passes by with a cold gaze. It is said that he has a terrifying personality, and angering him means certain death.

Yu Jing: Today's live stream activity value has reached 10 million, and the streamer is going to kiss the boss right away. Believe it or not, if you dare to send a gift, I dare to kiss you.

Viewers who originally came to watch the cowardly streamer make a fool of himself: ? ? ?

From being harassed every month to being harassed every week: ?

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After a series of actions that propelled her to the top of the live streaming charts with incredible popularity, Yu Jing is very satisfied with her current life.

Peaceful, wealthy, and happy.

—Until one day, people suddenly discovered that the game's login wizard had appeared on top of the capital's iconic building.

The terrifying, bloody world of the game has quietly begun to merge with reality.

Yu Jing, feeling content with her comfortable life, went downstairs to walk her dog while munching on a slice of bread.

He discovered that the NPC, rumored to be ruthless, merciless, and someone he harassed on average twice a week, was standing two steps above him, head bowed, looking at him with those inorganic golden eyes.

Yu Jing took a deep breath and smiled: "...Sir, please give me two minutes. I would like to say my last words."

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A villainous bottom who gets itchy if he doesn't act up every day vs. a cold-blooded, ruthless, and deadly humanoid top