Such a Stinky Livestream

Zhao Yu hadn't expected them to be so in sync about this. After clearing his throat twice, he spoke to Yuuka.

"Is it LINE? I remember Japan uses that, right?"

"Other apps are fine too, but LINE would be best," Yuuka said shyly.

After playing games together for so long, Yuuka had a pretty good impression of this boy from China. Their hobbies were practically the same too, which made her want to add him as a friend.

Being a gaming companion had only been a spur-of-the-moment whim for her anyway. She might stop doing it someday.

After all, whether she made videos or worked as a gaming companion, she was only earning some pocket money. It wasn't like she actually lacked money.

"Sure, but I haven't registered a LINE account yet. You can send me your account first, and I'll add you after I register," Zhao Yu replied.

Since this Japanese girl also wanted to add him as a friend, it would be much more convenient to invite her to play games together later. In a way, did this count as VIP treatment?

"Got it. Then I'll log off first, Tyou-san?" Yuuka opened her private messages and sent her LINE account to Zhao Yu.

"Bye-bye. See you next time, Yuuka." After saying goodbye to Yuuka, Zhao Yu went to the settlement page of the gaming companion website.

"2,700 yen? It's that cheap?" Zhao Yu's eyes widened in surprise at the final price displayed on the page.

[2,700? Why don't they just rob you?]

[Sure enough, good service always comes at a high price.]

The Bullet Screen had clearly mistaken the price, since Japan and China both used the same currency symbol internationally.

"Look carefully, brothers," Zhao Yu interrupted their discussion.

"This is Japan, and the currency unit is yen. So 2,700 yen is about 120 yuan."

[So that Japanese girl only charged 40 yuan an hour as a gaming companion?]

[That's practically dirt cheap, isn't it?]

[That's ridiculous. What kind of slave-labor price is that?]

"Damn! You've really got it good, bro. You found such a soft, cute Japanese girl to play with you, and it only cost 40 yuan an hour!"

At that moment, A Shui's surprised voice came through the voice channel, startling Zhao Yu, who was still reading the Bullet Screen.

"Wait, you're still here?"

"Huh? Shouldn't I be?"

A Shui looked completely baffled. Hadn't he been here the whole time? This guy had been chatting with the Japanese girl so much that he'd forgotten all about him, yet he still had the nerve to call himself his fan!

"Sorry, Shuizi Ge. I nearly forgot about you," Zhao Yu quickly apologized.

"It's fine, it's fine. Were you saying goodbye to that Japanese girl just now?" A Shui asked curiously.

"Yeah. She's still a student and said she had to study tonight, so I didn't extend the order," Zhao Yu said.

"It can't have been that simple, right? You two chatted for quite a while."

Such a simple exchange couldn't possibly have taken that long. A Shui had heard it clearly—this Japanese girl had been laughing quite happily.

"Oh, we also exchanged contact information," Zhao Yu said casually.

"Fuck! I knew it!" A Shui wore an expression that said exactly as expected.

"No, bro, why? I'm a world champion, at least. Why was she so perfunctory with me, but left you her contact information instead?"

He might have guessed it, but he still couldn't understand it. In A Shui's eyes, he should have been more attractive than Zhao Yu.

He had been the one carrying in the game, and he was a world champion. No matter how you looked at it, he should have been a bit better than an ordinary small streamer.

"You just don't understand, do you?" Zhao Yu shook his head. Still too young, Shuizi Ge.

"You may be good at games, but have you ever actually interacted with girls?"

"How have I not? Haven't I been interacting the whole time?"

"You call stuff like 'Give me a shield, I'll kill them all!' or 'See how awesome I am?' interaction?" Zhao Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"What else am I supposed to say? The opponents are so bad," A Shui said, somewhat confused.

Sure enough, if someone was a genius in certain areas, they were bound to be lacking in others.

Although A Shui had high emotional intelligence when streaming, he really wasn't very good at getting along with girls.

"Just showing off your own record is useless. It's that Japanese girl's first time playing this game, so she has no real concept of it. And since she wasn't the one getting the kills, she won't feel much satisfaction either. She'll only find it boring," Zhao Yu explained to A Shui.

"No wonder. So that's why you chatted with her about other things while playing?" A Shui suddenly understood.

"Exactly. Just talking about the game definitely won't work, so you need to occasionally bring up other topics and compliment the girl a little. That way, she'll be interested in continuing to play," Zhao Yu nodded.

"You really know your stuff, bro! No wonder girls would lose interest in playing with me after a while."

A Shui recalled the time before he became a professional player, when he had still been a small streamer.

Back then, there was basically no communication whenever he met girls. Even when they chatted, the girls would barely respond. So that was why.

[Wait! Don't lead Shuizi Ge astray!]

[If Shuizi Ge's performance gets worse this year because of girls, the streamer will be taking the blame.]

[Streamer, are you some kind of dating guru?]

[Aren't you afraid the Water Ghost Sisters will come after you for this?]

Seeing those Bullet Screen comments, Zhao Yu suddenly felt a chill run down his back.

Right, A Shui was at the peak of his popularity right now, and his female fans could only be described as insane.

If he taught A Shui how to flirt with gaming companion girls, wouldn't the Water Ghost Sisters tear him apart?

Zhao Yu hurriedly changed the subject. "Ahem, actually, you can't really blame yourself. The main issue is that communicating through the language barrier is inconvenient."

"If voice communication were easier, there definitely wouldn't be any problem."

"I think so too. Looks like learning some foreign languages is necessary," A Shui nodded solemnly.

It wasn't like he had never seen professional players who knew other countries' languages. It was quite a bonus in that regard.

"But I don't really have time to learn now. How about you just teach me a couple of simple phrases?"

"Teach you Japanese? You won't need it in competitions, though?" Zhao Yu asked, puzzled.

Competitions were generally held in places like Europe and Korea. When would there ever be one in Japan?

"Not for competitions. I can say it when I'm playing with other people to show off," A Shui quietly reminded Zhao Yu.

[Sure enough, Shuizi Ge never forgets to show off no matter when it is.]

[I'm dying. The A Shui showing-off meme is unavoidable now.]

[What do you know? Shuizi Ge showing off is just like catching Qs—it's instinct!]

Well then, so that was what he had in mind! Zhao Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Sure enough, showing off was more appealing to A Shui than girls.

"Fine, I'll teach you one or two phrases. What do you want to learn?" Zhao Yu said.

"The kind that feels really oppressive, cool like Sasuke from Naruto!" A Shui's eyes lit up as he quickly spoke.

"Something that can put pressure on them while I'm gaming!"

"Let me think..." Zhao Yu searched his mind for suitable words. After a moment, he spoke.

"It's okay, because you're weak."

"What does that mean, bro?" A Shui had only understood the two common anime words "daijoubu" and "yowai."

"It's okay. Anyway, you're weak," Zhao Yu said.

"That's awesome, bro! This one works!" A Shui had Zhao Yu repeat it several times and roughly memorized the sentence.

"Are there any sentences that put even more pressure on them? This one feels like it doesn't hurt or itch."

"What? You still want to put pressure on them?" Zhao Yu was at a loss now. He thought for a moment, then suddenly came up with a wicked idea.

"Is only black tea okay?"

"What does that mean this time?"

"All I can say is, those who know, know. Remember, it's best to say it when one teammate is alone. That makes it the most oppressive," Zhao Yu said with an upturned smile.

[Fuck! What a stinky livestream!]

[Oh no! This livestream really has homo energy.]

[It stinks too much! I can't keep watching.]

A Shui looked at the Bullet Screen in confusion. He also felt that something seemed off, but he couldn't figure out what exactly was wrong.