20. Fake Girlfriend
The live streamer whose nickname is "Tired and Don't Love Anymore" is indicated by the bullet comments. The animal effect is a white Persian cat with snow-white fur and a pair of blue-green heterochromatic eyes that are as clear and bright as gemstones. At this moment, it is sitting quietly on a chaise lounge, perfectly matching everyone's imagination of nobility and elegance.
Is this cat pretending to be a girlfriend of a prolific adult to gain popularity?
That's incredibly bold!
However, look at the luxurious furnishings behind her, and then look at the 1% progress bar for her residence upgrade in the upper right corner of her live stream.
Pimin knew that she truly had no other choice.
Just by looking at the layout of her residence and its luxurious furnishings, you can tell that this "tired and indifferent" woman must be a rich young lady from the mortal world.
Judging from her appearance, she doesn't seem like someone who can do any work. Without capturing enough supply pods, she can't upgrade her accommodation. Rather than dying quietly after the newbie protection period ends, she might as well go all out and take a gamble.
It seems this girl has seen through the essence of this game: traffic is life.
Regardless of whether you're popular or not, survival comes first.
Pretending to be popular generates traffic, and being exposed also generates traffic.
Others in positions of power might not bother with someone pretending to be their ex-girlfriend. But that man is immature and bored; he might actually jump out and confront the fake girlfriend.
Unless that man really gets so angry that he kills her, she's always the one who wins.
This surge in traffic is enough for her to survive the initial period.
Performing such an action in a survival game would warrant a ruling of emergency avoidance even from a judge. In the face of life and death, a minor moral lapse is truly insignificant.
To Pi Min's surprise, Persian Cat looked suspicious as he watched the live stream's popularity steadily rise.
Upon hearing someone speculate that she was the ex-girlfriend of the late Mr. Prolific, she even jumped up from the chaise lounge in excitement.
"I don't understand what you're talking about! You must have made a mistake! I'm not some ex-girlfriend!"
Huh!
Pi Min had already mentally constructed the other party into a scheming and ruthless character, and upon seeing this reaction, she subconsciously frowned.
What's going on? She hasn't even proven or admitted to being his ex-girlfriend. Is she more sophisticated than he thinks?
Soon, viewers provided the answer for her.
[Hidden things won't help, I've recorded it.]
A 3D group photo appeared in the comments section of the live stream.
In the group photo, the girl's face has been distorted into the image of a white Persian cat due to animal special effects, while the boy's face remains in human form, smiling foolishly.
Although this face looks a bit young, who else could it be but the man who appeared in the main live stream before?
Pi Min had come with the intention of watching the spectacle, but after seeing the photo of the two of them, her breath caught in her throat and her heart sank.
They even have a group photo?!
Even she didn't have it!
Upon seeing the group photo in the comments section, the Persian cat also gasped for breath, and its entire body began to tremble with nervousness.
"No, no, you've got it wrong! I'm really not Ming-ge's ex-girlfriend!"
After she finished speaking, she realized she had spoken out of turn and instinctively covered her mouth.
Brother Ming...
Pi Min narrowed her eyes slightly.
They not only have photos together, but she even knows his name.
Who is the fake girlfriend?
At that moment, she felt that she was the one who was fake.
Having watched too many short dramas in her past life, she couldn't help but imagine a 100-episode drama in which a scumbag man uses an innocent commoner woman to shield his childhood sweetheart from disaster.
After holding back for a while, she finally couldn't help but ask in the comments section: "Since you are the ex-girlfriend of the late producer, you must know his full name."
The golden nickname at the top of the leaderboard shone brightly, and even though the Persian cat was completely disoriented at the moment, it still managed to see it.
She subconsciously replied, "I know, but I can't say it. Brother Ming said it's a taboo, and if I say it out loud, it will bring disaster."
She even knew that...
It really is true!
Pi Min clenched her fist, having already mentally tortured that man to death countless times.
I have indeed heard similar claims. The streamer knows far too much; it must be true.
[Oh wow, we caught the ex-girlfriend of the "final producer"!]
[You can get name change cards from supply depots, don't think I won't recognize you just because you've changed your name!]
...
The audience cheered, and the Persian cat trembled.
She shook her head frantically, vehemently denying it: "No! You've misunderstood! I'm not, I'm really not Ming-ge's ex-girlfriend!"
Unfortunately, those unintentional details made her denial seem like a mere attempt to cover up the truth.
The audience became increasingly certain that she was his ex-girlfriend, and some couldn't wait to start hurling insults at her.
Don't think we'll be grateful just because you sent us the password. Humanity will never be grateful to demons who are against humanity!
[Why should these mentally unstable people, who love to act out their own dramas, harm innocent people when they go home and act crazy?]
It was you, you all killed my family! Give me back my family's lives!
...
Interestingly, even at this point, the Persian cat still wanted to explain for the man.
“Brother Ming is a good person. This must not have been his intention. He must have had his own reasons.”
Her explanation only made the audience angrier.
What does his predicament have to do with us? All I know is that someone died! So many people were killed, and you think you can just brush it all off with a flimsy excuse about having his own difficulties?
[You two are truly birds of a feather! Your man has done such heinous things, and you still think he's a good person?]
I'll remember you! I'll come and yell at you every day until the ultimate producer appears!
...
The Persian cat was terrified by the scene before it, trembling and helpless. It could only shake its head and deny it repeatedly with tears streaming down its face.
"I didn't! I don't want to! It's none of my business!"
The more fearful, weak, and helpless she appeared, the more fiercely the audience attacked her.
As if they had found a way to vent the fear and pain they had experienced during this period, angry viewers flooded into Persian Cat's live stream like a tidal wave, spewing all sorts of slander, insults, and vulgarities.
The more Pi Min looked at it, the more she felt it was going too far, so she couldn't help but clear the screen.
No wonder that man was so adamant about not letting her reveal her identity. The ex-girlfriend route is indeed a shortcut, but the popularity gained in this way is all compensation for emotional distress.
Looking at Miss Persian Cat, she was now kneeling on the ground, curled up in a ball, looking utterly aggrieved.
Pi Min stared at the small, pitiful, and helpless figure in the live stream, his eyes filled with amusement.
Originally, she came to see the fake girlfriend.
Looking at it now, the Persian cat lady in front of us might not actually be fake.
Thinking of this, she turned off the live stream and reached out to rub Egg's fluffy little head: "Egg, maybe I'm the joke."
The little girl looked up, stared at her for a long time, and then shook her head firmly: "Mommy is pretty, but not funny."
Pi Min took a deep breath and hugged the little guy tightly.
"Egg, I'm very sad right now."
He's even developed paranoia.
How much of what that man said was true, and how much was false?
Is the withdrawal card also a trap? What would have happened if she had chosen to use it?
You can't blame her for assuming the worst about that man; no normal person would do something as heinous as expelling all of humanity.
The seven-day newbie protection period hadn't even ended, and countless people had already died for various reasons. She didn't believe he hadn't foreseen this consequence.
If he can betray all of humanity, why can't he betray her? How can she guarantee that she will be the special one?
Based on the fact that she had kissed and hugged him before?
She had even kissed and hugged the neighbor's dog. But that didn't stop it from chasing her for two blocks later over a bone.
For someone in a position of power like him, sending a trash collector to his death to protect his true love wouldn't be as psychologically burdensome as casually crushing an ant.
Her mind was getting more and more confused, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong. She even pushed the little one away from her arms.
"Egg, can I trust you?"
"Egg was born for Mommy. Whatever Mommy tells Egg to do, Egg will do."
Damn it, why did they make the little robot's eyes look so much like that man's? Now, every time she looks into those eyes, she feels like he's lying.
Reason told her that the one who looked pathetic was the fake one. Love is where the money is. He had done so much for her, yet she was still doubting him. It was really wrong of her.
But my emotions are screaming: stifling, upset, doubtful, fearful, and wanting to cry.
A thousand emotions welled up inside her, but she couldn't let the viewers in the live stream notice anything amiss, so she could only hug Dandan tightly and try her best to calm herself down.
The ex-girlfriend's identity is indeed full of potential. She only dropped the mask once, but the score for "tired and no longer in love" is already infinitely close to the top of the list.
With billions of people on Earth, there is no shortage of smart people. With the Persian cat as a precedent, some people immediately realized the huge potential of the ex-girlfriend track.
In a short time, various "disappearance" incidents occurred one after another.
Some accidentally leaked group photos, some accidentally revealed chat logs, some accidentally let slip things while talking in their sleep...
At first, some people were still performing seriously, but later they realized that almost all the available routines had already been used by their predecessors, so they simply gave up and started playing with abstraction.
She started by saying, "I'm coming clean, I'm not pretending anymore, I'm the ex-girlfriend of the 'life-long prolific'!"
Whether the audience believes it or not, the streamer who is only here to gain traffic doesn't care at all.
The traffic was generated, but because it was so fake, it didn't get criticized. This is the right way to play the "ex-girlfriend" game.
"Where did this slut come from, daring to steal His Majesty's ex-girlfriend status from me? Get out of my way, I am Ming-gege's true love!"
"No, I'm the ex-girlfriend! I am!"
...
Thanks to these silly gamers, "I'm the ex-girlfriend" has even become a meme.
Having tasted the sweetness of popularity, the "ex-girlfriend" category is now teeming with talent, a veritable free-for-all.
Thanks to these silly players, Pi Min has been running around various live streams watching the drama unfold, laughing non-stop every day, and gradually forgetting all about his ex-girlfriend who is highly suspected of being his girlfriend.
[Wow, these people are really good at abstract art! They've even brought up the guy's ex-girlfriend.]
[It's because you're not open-minded enough. Why can't your ex-girlfriend be a guy?]
[Great, great, you young people really know how to have fun!]
...
As the exclamations of surprise filled the screen, Pi Min was organizing the supply pods he had captured during this period.
Thanks to her and Egg's tireless efforts, the number of supply pods was already sufficient for the upgrade.
To prevent situations like the supply pods no longer being deployed according to the previous pattern after the upgrade, she decided to wait and temporarily put the supply pods into her system inventory, then upgrade them when the seven-day newbie period was almost over.
Upon hearing in the live chat that a man had appeared in the "ex-girlfriend" track, I immediately went to take a look with great interest.
It was a beautiful blue peacock nicknamed "the most handsome in the universe." Ignoring its gender, it was indeed beautiful and cute, which was quite convincing.
If the man is gay, then a black and white cat with a blue peacock isn't necessarily a bad match.
The more Pi Min watched, the more fun it seemed, and she couldn't resist joining in.
After watching the blue peacock display its plumage, she suddenly smiled slightly and asked her viewers in her live stream, "If I said that I am the real ex-girlfriend of the 'final producer,' would you believe me?"
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