This Way, I'll Be Different From Everyone Else

After chatting with Shuizi Ge for a while, Zhao Yu ended his stream.

Today was his first day streaming after transmigrating, but the popularity was beyond his imagination.

He checked the backend and found that the rockets and gifts he received added up to nearly ten thousand.

This was only the first day. No wonder everyone wanted to be a streamer. They could earn so much just by talking. Who would want to be a corporate slave then?

"In that case, I won't have to worry about next month's rent at least," Zhao Yu stretched.

"But today was only because of the Japanese girl. I don't know how it will be tomorrow, so I shouldn't get happy too early."

This was just how Zhao Yu was. He never just thought about the good parts; he always considered the worst-case scenario.

So, he didn't relax at all. Instead, he felt even more pressure.

After all, maintaining this level of popularity wasn't easy. Even though he was just talking and entertaining, he still needed to make sure the audience liked it.

"What should I stream tomorrow? Continue with League of Legends? Or other games?" Zhao Yu was a bit troubled.

If it were League of Legends, Yuuka could learn, but it wouldn't be good to always make her play games she wasn't familiar with, right?

He had a pretty good impression of this Japanese girl. She was so polite and understanding. Making her play games she wasn't good at felt like forcing her to do something difficult.

But he was a bit reluctant to find other Japanese girls. Although there were Japanese girls who played League of Legends on companion player websites, who could guarantee that the next one would be like Yuuka?

If the audience was finally attracted by Yuuka, and then suddenly a new, unfamiliar Japanese girl appeared, it would be easy for things to go wrong.

"Forget it, I'll think about it tomorrow. Let's get some supper first!" Since today's income exceeded his expectations, Zhao Yu felt like celebrating.

He was also a bit hungry after playing games for a while. It was just past eleven, the perfect time for nightlife to begin.

Rongcheng, known as the "Land of Abundance," had been prosperous since ancient times, and its nights were very exciting.

The apartment Zhao Yu rented was near Wuhou District, which had plenty of good food.

"How about some pig's trotters?" The thought of soft, tender pig's trotters made Zhao Yu's mouth water.

After changing into simple clothes, Zhao Yu headed out to find something to eat.

On the way, he didn't forget to add Yuuka's LINE account. He remembered that when he added her account, he had specifically turned off screen sharing for a while.

This made the audience in his stream complain furiously about him hoarding the fun, but Zhao Yu had finally met a cute girl, so how could he leave her to the perverts in his stream?

"It's deep waters here, you guys can't handle it. Let me do it," Zhao Yu said as he searched for Yuuka's account.

"Yuuka? Why is every account named that?"

After finding the account, Zhao Yu immediately saw the Japanese girl's nickname. It was the same as her companion player account, Yuuka.

However, unlike her companion player account, this LINE account finally had a profile picture, and it was her photo.

Zhao Yu clicked on the profile picture, and a cute girl with medium-length hair appeared before his eyes.

She looked a bit like Kato Megumi from Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata, but... compared to Kato Megumi, Zhao Yu felt she looked a bit silly when she smiled.

Overall, she was much cuter than Zhao Yu had imagined Yuuka to be, and she perfectly fit the image of a pure and somewhat naive college student.

After sending Yuuka a friend request, Zhao Yu was about to put his phone away. But as soon as he put it in his pocket, his phone vibrated.

He lit up the screen again and saw that Yuuka had accepted his friend request instantly.

"You're still awake?" Zhao Yu asked.

"Tyou-san, did you forget? I told you I still had to keep studying," Yuuka replied.

At the same time, she sent a photo. Zhao Yu opened it and saw several university textbooks spread out under a very cute little duck desk lamp.

"Yuuka is really working hard. I don't think university in Japan is that tough, is it?" Zhao Yu was a bit curious.

"Actually, my deviation score was just barely enough to get into university, so I have to work hard to catch up with everyone," Yuuka sent a crying bunny emoji.

"Just barely enough to get into university?"

"Yes, my school is Ochanomizu University. Have you heard of it, Tyou-san?"

"Ah! That school!" Zhao Yu immediately remembered it.

Ochanomizu University's predecessor was the "Tokyo Women's Normal School," established in 1875, which was Japan's first institution of higher education for women.

It was successively renamed Women's Higher Normal School, Tokyo Women's Higher Normal School, and in 1949, it was reorganized into the new Ochanomizu University.

This school was very famous. Its educational philosophy was to cultivate female leaders through higher education.

The results were also quite remarkable. It had not only produced many well-known female politicians in Japan but also many manga artists and novelists who had won the Akutagawa Prize. It could be considered a very excellent national university.

"That's amazing. I didn't expect Yuuka to be such a high achiever!" Zhao Yu couldn't help but praise her.

"It's not as exaggerated as you say, Tyou-san. I was just lucky," Yuuka sent a shy emoji.

"By the way, I'm a bit curious, why is every account you have named Yuuka?"

"Because my name is Ueno Yuuka."

Well, so she was using her real name online. How naive could this girl be? Using her real name even online.

"What about you, Tyou-san? I'm curious why you chose that nickname," Yuuka asked.

"Well, my real name is Zhao Yu. The pronunciation of Zhao in Japanese is 'tyou'," Zhao Yu explained.

It would have been more appropriate to use "chou" as a pronunciation, but Zhao Yu still chose the kunrei-shiki romanization "tyou."

After all, "chou" could also refer to Zhou, so Zhao Yu wanted something more unique.

"It's a bit troublesome to always call you Yuuka, can I just call you Yuuka?" Zhao Yu asked.

"Mm! You can just call me Yuuka!" Yuuka sent an okay emoji.

"Okay, Yuuka, you can also call me Zhao-sang directly," Zhao Yu replied.

"Hmm, calling you Zhao-sang feels a bit too formal. How about I call you Yu-kun?"

"That's fine too, whatever Yuuka likes."

"Hehe, this way it'll be different from everyone else!" Yuuka sent a little rabbit smiling emoji.

Zhao Yu could already imagine Yuuka's cute smiling face, and he couldn't help but curl his lips upwards.

Being called Yu-kun, it seems like this is the first time?

"Uwaa! It's almost twelve o'clock, I need to hurry and study, talk to you later! Yu-kun!"

While Zhao Yu was spacing out, Yuuka sent another message.

"Hurry up and study, talk to you later." After sending this message, Zhao Yu put his phone back into his pocket.

Chatting with such a lively girl made even Zhao Yu's soul, which had crossed over with a hint of salaryman resentment, feel much more relaxed.

Arriving at the pig's trotter restaurant near his apartment complex, Zhao Yu ordered a plate of pig's trotters and sat down.

Looking up at the clear night sky, he suddenly felt that perhaps heaven had intentionally given him a second chance.

And this time, Zhao Yu absolutely wouldn't live like a walking dead person anymore; he would live more freely than anyone else.

Meanwhile, in IG's training room.

A Shui's face showed a hint of a smile as he looked at Meiko, who had fallen in the game screen. He unhesitatingly initiated a voice call.

"Tian Ye, you're a bit weak today..."

"Get lost, get lost, you have no respect for your seniors!" Meiko's voice came from the phone.

A Shui racked his brain, trying to recall the Japanese he had learned from Zhao Yu, but the first sentence was unfortunately too long, and he completely forgot how to say it.

So, just as Meiko thought A Shui was having signal issues, A Shui's somewhat immature voice came through.

"Kōcha dake de daijōbu desu ka?"

This Japanese sentence made Meiko, a veteran otaku, widen his eyes. A certain beastly senior popped into his mind.

"Damn it! You're so disgusting! Don't come near me! Stay away from me next time we meet!"

Snap! Meiko decisively hung up the phone, leaving A Shui completely bewildered.

"What's disgusting? Doesn't it mean he's not good enough?" A Shui curiously translated the sentence using a voice translation app.

"Is only black tea okay? That's a weird sentence. What's Tian Ye being gross about?"

Filled with curiosity, A Shui searched for the sentence on his computer.

Hmph~ Hmph~ Hmph~ Ahhhhhhhh!

A strange sound erupted from A Shui's computer. It was like a demonic chant piercing his ears, and only one thought remained in his mind.

Damn it! I've been tricked!