How That Made Her Different from Everyone Else

After exchanging pleasantries with Shuizi Ge for a while, Zhao Yu ended the stream.

Today was his first day streaming since coming here, but his popularity had somewhat exceeded his expectations.

Checking the backend, he found that the scattered rockets and gifts added up to nearly ten thousand.

And this was only the first day. No wonder everyone wanted to be a streamer. You could make this much just by talking—who would still want to be a corporate drone?

"At least I won't have to worry about next month's rent now." Zhao Yu stretched lazily.

"But today was only because of the Japanese girl. Who knows how things will go tomorrow? Better not celebrate too early."

That was the kind of person Zhao Yu was. He never thought only about the good things; he always considered the worst possible outcome.

So instead of relaxing, he felt even more pressure.

After all, maintaining this kind of popularity wasn't easy. Even if all he did was talk and fool around, he still needed to make the viewers like it.

"What should I stream tomorrow? More League of Legends? Or another game?" Zhao Yu found himself in a dilemma.

As for League of Legends, Yuuka could learn it, but it probably wasn't good to keep making her adjust to the games he played, right?

He had quite a favorable impression of this Japanese girl. She was polite and considerate, and making such a sweet younger girl keep playing games she wasn't familiar with felt like forcing her hand.

But he wasn't too willing to find another Japanese girl either. There were Japanese girls on companion-player sites who knew League of Legends, but who could guarantee the next one would be like Yuuka?

The viewers had only just been drawn in by Yuuka. Suddenly replacing her with an unfamiliar Japanese girl could easily backfire.

"Forget it. I'll think about it tomorrow. Time to grab a late-night snack!" Since today's earnings had exceeded expectations, Zhao Yu felt like celebrating.

After playing for so long, he was a little hungry too. It was only past eleven, just when the nightlife was getting started.

Chengdu, known as the Land of Abundance, had been prosperous since ancient times, and its nights were just as lively.

The place Zhao Yu rented happened to be near Wuhou District, where there was no shortage of good food.

"Maybe I'll get some pork trotter soup?" Just thinking about the tender, gelatinous trotters made Zhao Yu drool a little.

After quickly changing clothes, Zhao Yu headed out to hunt for food.

On the way, he didn't forget to add Yuuka's LINE account. When he had copied down her account earlier, he had even turned off screen sharing for a while.

That made the viewers in the stream roast him relentlessly for keeping the good stuff to himself, but Zhao Yu had finally met such a cute girl. How could he leave her to the perverts in his stream?

"This is too deep for you guys. You can't handle it, so let me take care of it." As he spoke, Zhao Yu searched for Yuuka's account.

"Yuuka? Why does she use this name for every account?"

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

But unlike her companion-player account, this LINE account finally had a profile picture—and it was a photo of her.

Zhao Yu tapped on the profile picture, and a cute girl with medium-length hair came into view.

She looked a little like Megumi Kato from Saekano, except... compared to Megumi Kato, Zhao Yu felt that her smile looked a little silly.

Overall, she was far cuter than Zhao Yu had imagined Yuuka would be, and she perfectly fit the image of a clear-eyed yet somewhat foolish college student.

After sending Yuuka a friend request, Zhao Yu was about to put his phone away. But the moment he slipped it into his pocket, it vibrated.

When he lit up the screen again, Yuuka had actually accepted his friend request instantly.

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

"Did you forget, Tyou-san? I said earlier that I still had to keep studying." Yuuka replied.

At the same time, she sent a photo. Zhao Yu opened it and saw several college textbooks spread out beneath an adorable little duck lamp.

"Yuuka really works hard. I thought college in Japan wasn't supposed to be this difficult?" Zhao Yu asked curiously.

"My academic score was only barely enough to get into university, so I can only work hard to keep up with everyone else." Yuuka sent a crying bunny emoji.

"Barely enough to get into university?"

"Mm. 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 Japan's first institution of higher education for women, Tokyo Women's Normal School, established in 1875.

It was later renamed Women's Higher Normal School, then Tokyo Women's Higher Normal School, before becoming the newly established Ochanomizu University in 1949.

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

Its achievements were impressive too. It had produced many renowned female legislators in Japan, as well as numerous manga artists and novelists who had won the Akutagawa Prize. It was one of the finest national universities.

"That's amazing. I never expected Yuuka to be such a top student!" Zhao Yu couldn't help praising her.

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

"By the way, I'm a little curious. Why do you call every account Yuuka?"

"Because my name is Ueno Yuuka."

Well then. She really used her real name online. Just how innocent was this girl?

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

"Well, my real name is Zhao Yu. Zhao is pronounced tyou in Japanese." Zhao Yu explained.

Actually, chou would have been more appropriate, but Zhao Yu had chosen the Kunrei-shiki romanization, tyou.

After all, chou could refer to both Zhao and Zhou, so Zhao Yu wanted something more distinctive.

"Typing Yuuka every time is a little troublesome. Can I just call you Yuuka directly?" Zhao Yu asked.

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

"Alright, Yuuka. You can call me Zhao-san directly too," Zhao Yu replied.

"Um, calling you Zhao-san feels a little too formal. How about I call you Lord Yu?"

"That works too. Whatever Yuuka likes."

"Hehe, then it'll be different from everyone else!" Yuuka sent a smiling bunny emoji.

Zhao Yu could practically picture Yuuka's adorable smile, and the corners of his mouth lifted unconsciously.

Being called Lord Yu... this seemed like the first time.

"Whoa! It's almost midnight. I need to hurry up and study. Talk to you next time, Lord Yu!"

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

"Go study. Talk to you next time." After sending that message, Zhao Yu put his phone back into his pocket.

Chatting with such an energetic girl soothed even the lingering resentment of a corporate drone that Zhao Yu's soul had carried with it after crossing over.

After arriving at a pork trotter soup shop near his apartment complex, Zhao Yu ordered a serving and sat down.

Looking up at the clear night sky, he suddenly felt that perhaps heaven had truly given him another chance on purpose.

And this time, Zhao Yu absolutely wouldn't live like a walking corpse again. He would live more freely than anyone else.

Meanwhile, in Invictus Gaming's training room.

A Shui smiled slightly as he looked at Meiko's character lying dead on the screen, then decisively started a voice call.

"Tian Ye, you were a little weak today..."

"Get lost, get lost! You don't know how to respect your seniors at all!" Meiko's voice came from the phone.

A Shui racked his brains over the Japanese he had learned from Zhao Yu, but the first sentence was a little too long, and he completely forgot how to say it.

So, just as Meiko was starting to think A Shui had bad signal, A Shui's slightly immature voice came through.

"Is black tea alone enough?"

That Japanese sentence made Meiko, an old-school anime fan, widen his eyes. Beast Senior immediately appeared in his mind.

"Fuck! You reek! Don't come near me! Stay far away from me the next time we meet!"

Smack! Meiko decisively hung up, leaving only a baffled A Shui behind.

"What do you mean, reeks? Wasn't that supposed to mock him for being weak?" A Shui puzzledly ran the sentence through a voice translation app.

"Is black tea alone enough? That's such a weird sentence. What is Tian Ye getting grossed out over?"

Curious, A Shui searched the sentence on his computer.

"Hmm~ hmm~ hmm~ ahhhhhhhhhhhh!"

A string of bizarre cries burst from A Shui's computer. It was like demonic sound drilling into his ears, and only one thought remained in his mind.

Fuck! I got played!