Deeply Scheming

Chen Xu estimated that the dartboard was about fifty centimeters in diameter, and the area he needed to hit was less than one percent of that, probably smaller than a beverage bottle cap.

He took a brief aim, and the dart in his hand shot out.

Dai Zixin, who was filming with her phone, felt her heart leap into her throat. Seeing the dart with the red tail firmly embedded in the triple section of the twenty-point zone, she excitedly shouted, "He hit it, he hit it!"

After shouting a few times, she remembered she was live-streaming and turned the camera towards herself. "Did you see that? He hit it!"

"The streamer's camera is making me dizzy, I didn't see anything."

"Doesn't count, doesn't count."

"Yeah, didn't see it. Who knows if you guys stuck it on there while we weren't paying attention? Reshoot."

Soon, a large wave of comments appeared: "Reshoot..."

Dai Zixin argued vehemently, "He clearly hit it, I saw it with my own eyes!"

Chen Xu went over to persuade her, "Forget it, reshoot it is. Just fix the stand properly."

As he said that, he caught sight of someone on the phone screen commenting, "Bouncy Ball Bro is still the most honest..." His eye twitched. Why were people still bringing up that unlucky nickname?

Today, I must give you all a deep impression, he thought fiercely, determined to get rid of this nickname as soon as possible.

"He clearly hit it..." Dai Zixin muttered incessantly, putting the phone back on the stand and adjusting the shooting angle.

"Here we go." Chen Xu picked up another dart and threw it.

Hitting a bottle cap-sized target from three meters away was easy for him. If it were a bouncy ball, he wouldn't even need to aim—

Bah, why did he think of that unlucky bouncy ball again? The dart stuck firmly in the same spot as the previous dart.

"He hit it again!" Dai Zixin jumped up excitedly and walked in front of the phone. "Did you see that? Did you see that? You can't deny it this time, right?"

Immediately, someone sent a gift and commented, "Triple section of the two-point zone."

Chen Xu retrieved the dart, aimed, and threw, all in one smooth motion.

"He hit it!" Dai Zixin cheered.

Next, several more people sent gifts, and Chen Xu hit each target without fail.

Before long, Dai Zixin noticed that no one was sending gifts anymore, and the screen was filled with exclamation marks.

"What's wrong?" she asked, a little puzzled.

"The city is full of tricks."

"Hello, 110? There's someone here pretending to be weak to scam people out of gifts, it's absolutely outrageous."

"Bouncy Ball Bro's darts are so-so, but this acting is top-notch."

"And the streamer, this double act is so professional."

"Especially that questioning tone, it's absolutely perfect. Streamer, you're wasting your talent here, you should switch to acting."

The comments were all teasing.

Dai Zixin was a little confused. Did this mean she and Chen Xu were putting on an act for them? Was that really the case? At this moment, Chen Xu also came over, watched for a while, and said, "Everyone seems to think my darts are nothing special. How about I increase the difficulty?"

"Everyone sit tight, Bouncy Ball Bro is about to start showing off again."

"Waiting for Bouncy Ball Bro to show off his acting skills."

"Indeed, darts aren't that interesting, you should continue to hone your acting skills."

Chen Xu caught sight of a few such comments and was speechless. He felt that he really couldn't do the streamer thing, he'd be infuriated to death by these people.

He went over and asked the waitress, "Do you have any eye masks here, or clean strips of cloth?"

The waitress said, "Yes, I'll get you one."

After a while, she brought over a black eye mask with cartoon eyes on it. "This is my own."

"Thank you."

Chen Xu took the eye mask and put it over his eyes to try it out. He walked in front of the phone, put the eye mask in front of the camera, and said, "This is a completely opaque eye mask, you can see for yourselves."

After a few seconds, he took off his blindfold and said, "I'll cover my eyes with this, and stay in the same spot as before. You guys call out a location. If I hit it, you guys will send gifts. If I don't hit it—"

At this point, he glanced at Dai Zixin next to him and said, "I'll release Zixin's WeChat, guaranteeing that every loyal fan who sends a gift can add her as a friend. How about it?"

"That's not right."

Dai Zixin was the first to object, saying, "Why should my WeChat be released if you don't hit it?"

Chen Xu shrugged, "You said it yourself, this is your live stream."

Dai Zixin was speechless.

"666, I'm impressed by this trick."

"This gift-begging routine is novel, I'll reward it."

"There's even this kind of operation?"

The barrage was filled with teasing again. Obviously, no one believed that Chen Xu could hit the dartboard with his eyes covered. They thought he was just using this as a guise. In reality, he was using the streamer's WeChat to attract people to send gifts.

In any case, Dai Zixin was definitely a beauty, so it wouldn't be a loss no matter what.

After a viewer pointed this out, the others also reacted and sent another wave of barrages.

Chen Xu walked to the spot where he had thrown the darts before and said, "I'll only throw three times, the opportunity is limited, those who want it should call out the locations quickly."

Dai Zixin quickly called out the locations from the first three people who sent gifts, "Triple 19, triple 1, and 25."

Chen Xu quickly found the first two locations, but where was 20? Before he could ask, the waitress next to him said, "It's the green ring outside the bullseye in the very center."

"Oh, thank you."

Chen Xu firmly remembered these three locations in his mind, put on the blindfold, and picked up a dart.

At this time, the commotion here attracted many customers, especially when they saw Chen Xu about to put on a blindfold. These customers couldn't help but be curious and gathered around.

Chen Xu pinched the dart with three fingers, aiming in his mind based on his memory. Throughout the whole process, the people around him were infected by the atmosphere and became nervous. No one made a sound.

"First, triple 19." Chen Xu called out the location, and the dart in his hand shot out.

"Wow."

The onlookers exclaimed in unison.

"He hit it!" Dai Zixin's voice trembled slightly, and she was extremely excited.

At this moment, Chen Xu picked up another dart. Suddenly, the people around him became quiet again.

"Triple 1." He called out the location and shot again.

"Wow—"

This time, the exclamation was much louder than before.

Not only those customers, but also the girls from before were stunned.

Dai Zixin covered her mouth, her eyes widened to the limit.

That's not all, Chen Xu picked up another dart and shouted, "25!" Before the sound faded, the dart in his hand turned into a bolt of lightning, steadily inserted into the green area of the outer ring of the center.

Clap clap clap...

Everyone around applauded vigorously for his wonderful performance.

On the phone, in the live broadcast room, it had become empty at some point, without a single barrage.

After a few seconds, countless barrages poured out in an instant, the number exceeding any previous moment.