Liu Liu watched the screen, smiling as she thanked everyone for a whole string of gifts.
Meanwhile, the chat in Dai Xiaomei's stream exploded as well.
'Old hag, point the camera at the little painter!'
'Stop filming yourself! I want to see the beauty!'
'Tell Dai Xiaomei I'm never coming back.'
'Hahahaha, Dai Xiaomei really turned the camera around.'
'The young lady is seriously so pretty, prprprpr...'
Because of Shen Yunshi's sudden appearance, the chats in both Liu Liu's and Dai Xiaomei's streams flew by at breakneck speed!
For a while, the entire Shark Platform was flooded with Super Fire notifications from their streams!
While things were incredibly lively here, Ah Yin and Cousin quickly got the news as well!
'Report—Liu Liu's little painter has appeared! She's a stunning beauty!'
'Scout again and report again!'
'Tell Cousin I'm never coming back after this.'
'I'm dying in Liu Liu's stream today!'
'Boss, sorry, it's not that I'm a perv. The painter is just way too pretty.'
'Holy crap, Liu Liu's stream has become number one on all of Shark Platform in popularity!'
'Talk about the game! Talk about the game!'
Watching the crazily scrolling chat, Ah Yin and Cousin exchanged a glance.
Ah Yin looked rather surprised.
"Wait, wait, hold on. What does that even mean? I don't get it."
"I think they're saying the painter who's been drawing avatars for Liu Liu showed up today."
Cousin did his best to decipher the messages flooding the chat.
"Oh? What a coincidence."
Ah Yin laughed and waved at his viewers.
"It's fine, everyone, calm down. Our two groups are walking toward each other, so we'll run into them soon enough."
At that, Cousin suddenly said mischievously.
"Well then, Boss, I'll be leaving first. I've got something to take care of."
"Get out of here."
"Hahahaha..."
"You came to the game expo too?"
"More or less. I came to help out, hehe."
Seeing the big box in Shen Yunshi's arms, Liu Liu naturally stepped forward to help carry it.
"Come on, let's carry it together."
"Thank you, Sister Liu Liu."
Shen Yunshi gave her a sweet smile and thanked her.
"Are these all... mouse pads?"
As they walked, Liu Liu felt the weight in her hands and glanced down.
Inside were many large mouse pads, the kind that could cover an entire desk.
"Mm, they're all illustrations I drew for a game."
"Really?"
Liu Liu's eyes lit up.
"Can I take a look?"
"Uh..."
At the mention of that, Shen Yunshi hesitated a little.
But after a brief pause, she still took one out.
Dai Xiaomei might have had no filter, but she was actually a very nice person. She stepped forward and helped unfold the mouse pad.
It showed two characters: a cartoonish little boy and a cute little girl.
However, Shen Yunshi had creatively given the boy and girl special flame and frost designs.
Set against a pale purple starry-sky background, the whole illustration was both adorable and dreamlike, like two little sprites from a fairy tale world.
"Wow—"
Dai Xiaomei's girlish heart was struck at once!
"It's so pretty!"
"Thank you, Sister Dai Xiaomei."
Shen Yunshi smiled.
"This is the illustration for the game's first level. Um, originally..."
"Originally, this wasn't supposed to be shown in advance. But since Sister Liu Liu and Sister Dai Xiaomei wanted to see it, I'll show you. Just don't tell the designer later. I'm afraid he'll be unhappy."
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Hearing Shen Yunshi's words, Liu Liu and Dai Xiaomei both looked curious.
"Why can't it be shown early? Isn't it just the game's background art?"
Dai Xiaomei asked.
"Yes, but it's also a level-clear reward."
So Shen Yunshi explained the entire concept of Dance of Ice and Fire to the two of them from beginning to end.
"...There are fifteen original artworks in total, and they're all rewards for clearing levels."
After hearing Shen Yunshi's introduction, many viewers in the stream became interested!
'Using original art as a level-clear reward, and it can even be used as wallpaper? What a novel idea.'
'No more talking. I'm definitely buying it when it comes out. I'm buying this game just for the painter.'
'Charge! Charge! Damn it, I'm buying the hell out of it!'
'So these mouse pads are on-site rewards? Holy crap, I'm crying.'
'Can Liu Liu and Dai Xiaomei win a few more sets and give them away to us?'
'Holy crap, this game has fifteen pieces of the painter's original art! That's awesome!'
'Don't ask. Just buy it.'
'Who's this designer? How did he manage to hire Da Zhou's Number One Painter?'
'Hurry up, old hag! I can't wait any longer!'
'Run! Start running! Shi Liuliu, charge at the speed you used to sign up for your driving test!'
'...'
Before long, Liu Liu and Dai Xiaomei arrived at the Dance of Ice and Fire booth.
By coincidence, Ah Yin and Cousin had also finished experiencing the first half of the expo.
Since Wu Wei's booth happened to be at the midpoint opposite the entrance, this place that had initially seemed utterly terrible had now become the meeting point for the two groups of streamers!
The large numbers of players and visitors following the streamers around also gathered there as a result!
For a moment, the outside of the Dance of Ice and Fire booth was packed so tightly that not even water could pass through!
Compared to the sparse crowd from before, it was like heaven and earth!
"Boss, Cousin."
Liu Liu and Dai Xiaomei greeted the two walking over from the other side.
"Ah, perfect timing. We all got here at once."
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