A moment ago, Xie Yao was enthusiastically sharing with Zhou Tian about “my amazing boss”, but in the next moment, his expression froze on his face.
His hand, which was placed on the keyboard, trembled, and his mind was almost instantly emptied, and then filled with Zhou Tian’s words, which played on a loop in his head.
Although Xie Yao wasn’t direct, he wouldn’t easily think “this person is interested in me.” His first reaction after being shocked was that it was impossible.
How could it be possible that Brother Jiang had a reason to be interested in him?
Xie Yao questioned himself in this way, and then convinced himself, and his fingers began to move on the keyboard again.
Gad: “What nonsense are you talking about? Are you not educated enough by your father?!”
Zhou Tian is the type to talk a lot, and he dares to say any stupid and embarrassing joke. He’s not the first person to be chased by Xie Yao for joking around.
Zhou Tian scratched his head, and seriously assured Xie Yao that he was not joking, and even swore to gain his trust.
Son: “I really wasn’t joking. This is my sincere and thoughtful opinion written for you.”
Son: “I swear! If I was joking just now, I will never reach the king rank in my life!”
Zhou Tian almost sent a video to Xie Yao to swear in front of him, and although Xie Yao still found it absurd, he had to believe it.
He believed it, and Zhou Tian breathed a sigh of relief, and Xie Yao’s heart attack became his own.
How could Brother Jiang be interested in him? He clearly didn’t feel anything!
After a long while, Xie Yao finally came back to his senses from this hallucinatory speculation, and then expressed his own opinion to Zhou Tian.
Son: “…”
Son: “Did you really not notice, or are you pretending not to know?”
Zhou Tian was completely shocked. Just from hearing Xie Yao’s description, he felt that his boss liked him. How could Xie Yao, who had close contact with him, be completely unaware?
Is this the legendary case of being in the thick of things and not seeing the big picture?
Son: “Are you possessed or something? You’re usually pretty clever, aren’t you?”
Xie Yao heard the veins popping on Zhou Tian’s forehead from his tone, as if he wanted to crack his head open.
Gad: “Are you the only one who knows how to talk?”
Zhou Tian was temporarily silenced by his intimidation.
But after not even two minutes, he started speaking up again, unwilling to stay quiet.
Son: “If you’re not intentionally pretending to be ignorant, then you must be missing a few strings in your brain.”
Son: “What kind of friend plays games and lets others have the blue buff and the kills, and then spends money to say goodnight?”
Xie Yao said that Zhou Tian was a bit ignorant.
Gad: “Isn’t it okay for friends like me and Brother Jiang?”
Son: “No, it’s not!”
Zhou Tian immediately retorted, “We’re so close, when have you ever voluntarily let me have the blue buff or the kills? Every time it’s either calling me an idiot or calling me useless, just like having two heroes in the King’s Canyon.”
“Besides, did you ever say goodnight to me?”
Xie Yao couldn’t refute the previous statement, but he could refute this one.
Xie Yao immediately responded, “I did!”
Zhou Tian was stunned and became interested, “When?”
Gad: “Around seven years old.”
Son: “You can go to hell!”
Saying goodnight is a normal and innocent thing to do between friends? No, it’s not.
Zhou Tian then pointed out several things that friends absolutely would not do, and repeatedly mentioned [Praise] and [SUS].
Son: “Come on, all this talk, your boss obviously has a thing for you.”
Xie Yao had already been brainwashed by him, and his previous firm thoughts had begun to waver.
Zhou Tian had an idea, “If you still don’t believe it, just test him directly.”
Xie Yao: “How do I test him?”
Son: “Just play games with him.”
Xie Yao’s mind was very confused, and he spent the whole night unable to sleep. Whenever he closed his eyes, Zhou Tian’s voice would ring in his ears, “He likes you,” along with the random ideas Zhou Tian had given him, playing over and over in his mind.
He didn’t fall asleep until two or three in the morning, and he slept until noon.
For some reason, Xie Yao agreed impulsively. Zhou Tian said he would come to the livestream today and started urging him on WeChat before six o’clock, as if he was rushing to see a show.
He didn’t need advanced equipment for the livestream, as there was an internet cafe just across the street from the nursing home where he could use their computers. He booked a separate soundproof room at the internet cafe and logged into his SharkTV account a few minutes before six o’clock.
Zhou Tian kept messaging him on WeChat the whole time.
Son: “I’m in your livestream room. Did you call your boss?”
Xie Yao replied expressionlessly, “I’ll kill you if you keep rushing me.” He turned his head to the chat box and took a whole minute to send a complete message to Jiang Song’s name.
Gad: “Brother Jiang, are you free tonight for a duo game?”
Jiang Song replied instantly, “Sure.”
Xie Yao breathed a sigh of relief instantly, but also became nervous in an instant.
Brother Jiang: “Didn’t you take a leave? Why are you livestreaming today?”
Gad: “The doctor is doing a checkup on my grandmother, and I’m getting in the way there. So I just came to the internet cafe and started livestreaming.”
Xie Yao made up a reason to fool him and didn’t wait for Jiang Song’s reply before saying, “Time is almost up, I’ll start streaming first.”
He sent the message and ran off.
Jiang Song replied with a simple “okay.”
Xie Yao’s livestream room was like a festive occasion today.
: What’s going on? Why is he livestreaming?
: Is this a recording… holy crap, he’s really livestreaming?
: Isn’t Yao Yao visiting his grandmother? How is she doing?
: After many years, the first time I saw a livestreamer who went back to work with a leave of absence.
…
Fans in the live broadcast room are already used to Xie Yao taking two days off every month. They would chat and have fun while waiting for him to come back. Unexpectedly, Xie Yao started broadcasting earlier than expected, which was a pleasant surprise for them.
: D*mn, Tianba is actually online!
: What? Let me go check it out!
: Shocking! The missing person has returned! Is this a miracle?
During the time when Xie Yao just started broadcasting, Zhou Tian used to come and watch him frequently, occasionally giving him some money. After Xie Yao’s popularity gradually increased, he was asked to stop donating by Xie Yao.
He used to be the number one in the live broadcast room, but he hadn’t come for a long time, and was surpassed by Jiang Song and [Praise]. He remained on the leaderboard without any changes. Except for some old fans, most people did not know him.
Zhou Tian proudly greeted the fans in the barrage and immediately drew a large group of people to say hello and chat with him.
The barrage instantly became much more active.
After adjusting the equipment in the live broadcast room and the devices in the internet cafe, Xie Yao logged into the game while watching the barrage. The first thing that caught his eye was Zhou Tian’s endless chatter.
He made a painful expression.
“Can you tone down your arrogance a bit? Xiao Fang might ban me from the live broadcast room later, and will you compensate me for the loss?”
With the support of his fans, Zhou Tian was not afraid at all.
“What are you afraid of? Brother has plenty of money, I’ll compensate you double!”
The barrage was filled with “666” and “Boss is generous,” making Zhou Tian very happy.
Xie Yao silently moved his lips.
D*mn idi*t.
After logging into the game, Xie Yao joined a team. Within two minutes, the special effect representing Jiang Song appeared on the screen.
The barrage that was just lively and cheerful immediately stopped for a second.
Someone accurately sensed the scent of a showdown.
: Wow, the former number one and the current number one are competing. This is the big event of the year.
: Boss Jiang is here!
: Boss Jiang, if you come any later, our ship will sink!
: Jiang-Yao fans will never be slaves!
Just now, most of the comments in the barrage were old fans celebrating with Zhou Tian, while new fans were unable to join in the conversation. Finally, when Jiang Song appeared, it was like having a leader to support them, and the oppressed new fans began to sing.
Jiang Song: ?
Fortunately, there were many people in the live broadcast room, and it took him less than a minute to understand the ins and outs of the situation from the fans’ comments.
Then, Jiang Song looked at the reward list, and first glanced at [User 4958021] and [Praise] at the top, then counted to the fifth before seeing [Tian Ba] that they were talking about.
Ranked fifth on the reward list with a total historical reward amount of fifty thousand.
Jiang Song was unimpressed: “Heh, fifty thousand.”
The author has something to say:
Boss Jiang: “Heh, you dare to compete with me with just fifty thousand?”