Hired a Gaming Companion, How Did She Become My Girlfriend?
Chapter 25

Am I not going to let you become popular again?

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"Time to eat, Miss."

The nanny's reminder came from outside the room.

"I'll be there in a bit! I just need to finish this!" Li Qingwan replied loudly without looking up.

She was an uploader on a certain video site, mainly creating fan animations and editing clips from livestreams.

Right now, she was busy in front of her computer screen, wanting to edit a recent streamer recording.

Honestly, whether it was being an uploader or editing livestream clips, Li Qingwan did it purely as a hobby and never thought about making money.

She was a complete homebody on weekdays, spending her time watching anime and playing games, only occasionally watching livestreams.

The "IG Awesome" in Zhao Yu's livestream chat was her. She was an old player of League of Legends and a long-time fan of IG.

After IG won the championship, she finally held her head high as a "dog son."

She had originally just been watching A Shui and Rookie's livestreams, but that day, both A Shui and Rookie were resting, so she accidentally stumbled into Zhao Yu's livestream.

The result was that she was captivated by Zhao Yu's clever idea of inviting a Japanese girl to be a companion player.

As a seasoned otaku, every time she heard Yuuka's voice, she couldn't help but want to get closer. So, to help Zhao Yu keep Yuuka, she spent a lot of money on gifts.

Later, as Zhao Yu and Yuuka's relationship grew closer, Li Qingwan suddenly started shipping the two of them.

So, she took it upon herself to edit livestream clips of Zhao Yu and Yuuka.

Unexpectedly, this clip suddenly went viral on the video site, and she felt a great sense of accomplishment.

"That song was so good... what was it called again?" Li Qingwan recalled the details from Zhao Yu's livestream.

"He seemed to have searched for Fairy Tale Town? Could it be called that?"

This song didn't exist in this world, so Li Qingwan naturally assumed Zhao Yu had just searched for it by mistake.

While listening to Zhao Yu's voice from the recording, Li Qingwan began drawing her fan animation with her graphics tablet.

In the ACGN community, MAD fan animations refer to derivative works created by authors using clips from ACGN works combined with music, intended as a tribute to the original.

It requires the author to use their own original fan art and combine it with music for re-creation.

Li Qingwan was already somewhat well-known among fan animation uploaders. When she first started watching Zhao Yu's livestreams, she felt that the encounter between Zhao Yu and Yuuka was very much like something out of an anime.

Today, she had pretty much created the anime-style characters of Zhao Yu and Yuuka. Combined with the song Zhao Yu sang in his livestream, she was certain it would be a perfect work.

"Miss? Are you done?" The nanny's voice rang out again.

Because her father had specifically instructed her to eat well, the nanny always reminded her to eat on time.

Li Qingwan frowned. She was in the zone creatively right now and didn't really want to go downstairs to eat.

"Just leave the food outside my door, I'll bring it in to eat later," Li Qingwan said.

"Alright, make sure you eat, Miss," the nanny reminded her again.

"I know, Auntie Wang, don't worry," Li Qingwan replied.

Hearing the nanny leave, Li Qingwan got back to work. Only after finishing the last piece of fan art did she stretch and walk towards the door.

After bringing the food into her room, Li Qingwan ate while thinking about the details of making the fan animation.

Zhao Yu's livestream yesterday didn't involve playing games, only conversations with Yuuka.

If she cut out the boring parts and combined them with the audio from a previous livestream, she could use it to create a fan animation about their first meeting and growing familiarity.

"I'm so smart!" Seeing the anime-style images of Zhao Yu and Yuuka in her mind, Li Qingwan couldn't help but let out a silly giggle.

The chemistry between these two felt even better than some anime couples...

One was a talented Chinese streamer, the other a cute Japanese girl still in school. They met by chance without ever having met before.

"Damn it! It would be a crime if they didn't end up together!" Li Qingwan exclaimed.

Logically, a young lady like her shouldn't lack suitors, but in reality, Li Qingwan was still single her entire life.

It couldn't be helped, that's just how fangirls are. The real world was too scary.

If she hadn't seen Zhao Yu and Yuuka, she wouldn't have believed that love could exist in the real world.

In her opinion, these two would definitely end up together. After all, there was already subtle flirting during their livestreams, so she didn't mind giving them a little nudge.

Hmph... Once this fan animation is out, when that guy livestreams later, I'll send some rockets to encourage him to watch the clip.

Once the mood is right, it'll be hard for them not to be flirty... Thinking this, Li Qingwan's lips curved into a wide smile.

"The fan animation is almost done, maybe I should take a break and scroll through Sound Platform?"

After eating her fill, Li Qingwan lay on her bed, not wanting to move. Zhao Yu's livestream notification was around 9 PM, and there was still some time before it started.

Editing and audio were done; all that was left was to combine them, so she wasn't in a hurry. Lazily, Li Qingwan opened her phone and started scrolling through Sound Platform.

This short video app had become popular in the last two years, and she had keenly sensed the business opportunity.

She had even encouraged her father to invest, and the result was, naturally, a huge profit.

Now, she was even a minor shareholder of the app, so she spent a small amount of time each day browsing videos.

Of course, this was definitely not her being lazy. Could a rich lady inspecting her assets be called lazy?

Her fingers kept swiping on her phone, and Li Qingwan was starting to get visually tired of the short videos dancing to that catchy background music.

Just as she was about to exit, she suddenly stumbled upon a video of a guy standing by the sidewalk playing a guitar.

"Man sings to attract passersby for a street performer, choosing to sing himself?"

Could he really sing better than a professional? Li Qingwan glanced at the video, which had hundreds of thousands of likes.

Interesting, with such high engagement, let's take a look...

She reopened the paused video, and a melodious singing voice filled her ears.

The voice was clean and clear, and the lyrics were very touching, but... the more she listened, the more familiar it sounded? Li Qingwan's eyes suddenly widened.

She quickly got out of bed and played the edited version of Zhao Yu's singing she had just made.

Just as she thought! It was exactly the same!

"Well, well... so he was secretly singing on the street too?" Li Qingwan instantly recognized who the person singing was.

Although Zhao Yu had never shown his face on his live stream, Li Qingwan was very familiar with his voice.

After carefully reading the incident description in the video's comment section, Li Qingwan became even more certain that her shipping instincts were correct.

Whether it was Yuuka or Zhao Yu, they were both rare individuals who were not only outstanding but also had good character.

"Sneaking around to do good deeds behind his live stream audience's back? How could I not help make you famous?" Li Qingwan smiled slightly, clicked on the comment section to reply, and started typing.

"I found the person singing, he's on Certain Fish Live..."

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