I Treat You Like a Brother, You Treat Me Like a Son?

"Logging off..."

"See you later, Brother Qie..."

"Bye, Director Di..."

Shark, FPS section, Liu Peiqie's livestream.

Just finishing up his King of Shooters rank climb, Liu Peiqie rolled his shoulders and said goodbye to his five-stack friends.

As one of the official streamers for CrossFire, his daily content mainly revolved around King of Shooters ranked matches.

But any FPS player knows that if you want to play this kind of game well, it demands extreme focus.

Usually, maintaining your skill level for three or four hours without dropping off is already pretty impressive.

So, Liu Peiqie's peak streaming time was typically around three hours.

Starting at 5:30 PM and going until about 8:30 PM.

After that, he'd usually browse for some small games to kill time and fill the rest of his stream.

"Hey hey, anyone still here?"

After saying goodbye to his teammates, Liu Peiqie called out in the voice channel to see if anyone was left.

A moment later, a young voice chimed in:

"I'm here, Brother Qie. What's the plan?"

The one answering was Coconut Juice Cake, though everyone was more used to his old ID, Dong Gua.

Known in the FPS circle for raging for ten minutes straight after getting killed, earning him the nickname Hyperthyroid Warrior.

"No real plan. Since it's just us, how about we find a co-op little game to mess around with?" Liu Peiqie suggested.

"Sure, just call me when you find one, Brother Qie. I'm checking out a female streamer's room right now..." Dong Gua replied.

"WDNMD... you're such a beast..." Liu Peiqie cursed with a laugh, opening the Yiyou Platform.

Meanwhile, the barrage was still buzzing with chatter:

'Brother Qie wants to watch the show too, but his wife's home'

'You really know the family hierarchy'

'Yiyou hasn't had any fun games lately'

'Didn't Xingmang Games just release a co-op competitive one? I heard the reviews aren't bad?'

'Fantasy Hegemony 2, right? A fighting game. The good reviews are all bought. It's boring in practice, not as fun as arcade games'

'The main thing is, it costs 50 bucks and still has in-app purchases. You can imagine'

'6'

'My take: it's a cash grab. Run away'

'Brother Qie, not playing Mario Bros.?'

'Just got back from Mars, buddy? Brother Qie already broke three controllers'

'Hahahahaha...'

'...'

Liu Peiqie scrolled through the recently released new games while watching the barrage.

Sure enough, right at the top of the new game recommendations, Xingmang Games' "Fantasy Hegemony 2" stood out.

Liu Peiqie shrugged.

He never had a taste for fighting games, let alone a cash-grab sequel like this.

As for Mario Bros. well...

His feelings about that game were complicated.

If you said it was fun, its design was truly hellish—pit within pit, torturing you until you lost your mind.

But if you said it wasn't fun, the sense of accomplishment from clearing a level was addictive and refreshing.

After thinking it over, Liu Peiqie asked in the stream: "Oh, by the way, does the company behind Mario Bros. have any other games? What's the company called again?"

Soon, the barrage gave him the answer.

"Oh, right, Golden Wind... found it."

Following the barrage's hint, Liu Peiqie typed the developer's name into the search bar.

Quickly, two games popped up on the search results page.

The first was Mario Bros., which had been torturing him for over a week.

And below that was a strange game with an utterly abstract art style.

"Who's Your Daddy? WDNM what kind of name is this?"

Liu Peiqie frowned, finding it pretty absurd.

Driven by curiosity, he clicked into the interface, and the game description appeared—

"Who's Your Daddy"

Genre: Role-Playing, Online Multiplayer, Casual Puzzle

Description: In this game, you and your friend will play as a father and son. The father must do his best to protect his child, while the child... just go ahead and unleash your curiosity and destructive instincts!

Release Date: Just released

Price: 5 yuan

"Hehehehe... what a goofy game this is..."

Looking at that ridiculous description, Liu Peiqie let out his signature goose laugh and immediately called out to Dong Gua:

"Dong Gua! Dong Gua, stop looking! I found something fun!"

The bullet comments burst into laughter—

'Hahahahaha calling your bro to be your son, huh'

'Hyperthyroid warrior: I treat you like a brother, you treat me like a son?'

'Liu Peiqie: From now on, we'll go by our own rules—I'll call you bro, you call me dad'

'Lol hahahaha this game is so goofy'

'Never heard of an ethics joke game before'

'Definitely made by Golden Wind, it's got that vibe'

'Abstract company, their whole thing is being abstract'

'This one looks like it'll have great stream content, for real'

'...'

Over here, with Liu Peiqie's call, Dong Gua was quick to respond:

"Coming, coming, coming, Brother Qie! What game?"

"Open Yiyou and search for 'Who's Your Daddy'," Liu Peiqie said.

A moment later!

From Dong Gua's side came laughter too:

"Hahahaha damn! How does this company keep putting out weird-ass games! I see it just came out, let's give it a try!"

With such a bizarre game, and it being the latest work from the Mario Bros. developer, the two hit it off immediately and soon finished downloading.

As the game screen opened, the father-and-son duo appeared on the monitor, making everyone exclaim how ridiculous it was.

But a problem quickly arose—

"Who's gonna be the dad?"

Dong Gua asked.

"One round each. I'll be the dad first," Liu Peiqie said.

"Damn, why?!"

Dong Gua protested on the spot:

"I wanna be the dad too!"

Liu Peiqie replied calmly: "I'm the King of Shooters at 3800. Come on, let's compare."

Dong Gua was silent for a moment.

"Dad—Dad—!!!"

A single shout nearly broke Liu Peiqie:

"WDNM you've got no shame, you really..."

After assigning the roles for the first round, both entered the game simultaneously.

The game's graphics weren't refined, even a bit rough.

Liu Peiqie looked around and found himself in a two-story villa. It seemed this was his home.

The game's UI was also very simple.

In the quest bar at the top right, his only task was displayed: Protect the child.

At the top left was his own status bar, showing HP, fullness, and oxygen.

Though the graphics were a bit rough, giving it an abstract charm, overall nothing strange had appeared yet.

However!

Just as Liu Peiqie was still getting used to the controls!

Suddenly, Dong Gua's explosive laughter rang out through the channel!

"Hahahahahahaha holy shit! Brother Qie! Brother Qie, come look at me!"

"Huh?"

Liu Peiqie's face was full of question marks:

"Where the hell are you?"

"The nursery! I'm on the second floor in the nursery! You don't even know which room your big son is in—how the hell are you a father!"

Dong Gua said over the channel.

"Hold on, hold on, I'm coming, I'm coming..."

Following Dong Gua's directions, Liu Peiqie went up to the second floor and found the nursery.

Click.

The door swung open.

There, in the warm and cozy pink nursery, a little baby wearing a diaper was kneeling on the crib, staring at him with a look of utter despair.

"..."

After three seconds of silence, Liu Peiqie couldn't hold it in anymore:

"Is this fucking you???"

"That's right!"

And with Dong Gua's reply, the little baby suddenly sprang up like a spring, his posture bizarre.

Hands on his hips, looking unjustified yet full of confidence, he stared at Liu Peiqie with a vacant gaze:

"Watch closely, Daddy! Your big son is about to pull off a stunt!"

"Ignore!!!"

With Dong Gua's explosive shout!

The little baby did a straight-up vertical backflip on the spot... and then his head smacked into the window, flying out of the second-floor window along with the shattered glass.

The whole sequence was smooth and fluid, flawlessly executed.

Liu Peiqie was stunned for a full five seconds!

Then, a scream tore through the livestream—

"Holy shit! Son! Son!!!"

"WDNM, are you a fucking idiot!!!"