Jiang Yang

Thursday, August 5, 2021.

Today's auspicious activities: Marriage, Consecration, Bed Installation, Haircut, Pay me 50 yuan via WeChat...

Even at five in the afternoon, the summer heat in Magic City made one reluctant to go outside.

"Are you really using the sniper rifle? It's from a teammate, you have to be confident~"

"Whoever comes to Banana Alley today will die!"

"Yo~ Desert Eagle!"

The confident voice of my cousin, Ma Xixi, reached my ears. He was playing a game called CS:GO and speaking in CS:GO terms.

Then, in the next second, Jiang Yang saw Ma Xixi fall silent.

Ma Xixi leaned back in his gaming chair, seemingly unable to comprehend how his sniper rifle had been taken down by a Desert Eagle.

As the VIP commentator, Jiang Yang couldn't help but mutter from the side.

"Yo~ Sniper rifle!"

"Why aren't you talking anymore? Don't you want to?"

"Your teammate finally saved up enough to buy a sniper, and you didn't even kill anyone. Are you even human!"

In the game CS:GO, a sniper rifle costs 4750 yuan to purchase, while a Desert Eagle only costs 700 yuan.

This meant that the opponent had headshot him, fully equipped, with a weapon worth 700 yuan.

If this were translated to the League, it would be like a mid laner with full gear being solo-killed by a mid laner with only two core items, naturally making one feel terrible.

Although Jiang Yang's voice was quiet, Ma Xixi heard every word.

He said, somewhat exasperated, "If you keep quacking over there, I'll dock your pay."

Hearing about his pay being docked, Jiang Yang immediately shut his mouth.

After all, Ma Xixi was not only his cousin but also his boss now.

Ma Xixi wasn't too angry. His personality was quite easygoing, and he and Jiang Yang were too close to get angry.

Soon, Jiang Yang had another question.

How did his cousin, with such poor gaming skills, become one of the most outstanding CS:GO commentators in the country?

However, thinking about work-related matters, he couldn't help but sigh.

He had just finished his college entrance exams two months ago and was now an incoming freshman.

He had originally planned to find a factory job for the summer, but due to his young age, most factories wouldn't hire him.

The factories that would hire him offered wages that were completely unreasonable.

But when Ma Xixi heard about this, he proactively took Jiang Yang on. Ma Xixi's previous assistant had gone on a summer trip, so he brought Jiang Yang in to work as a summer intern, helping him organize materials and read bullet comments.

While he said it was to be an assistant, it felt more like his cousin had invited him over to hang out.

Today was his first official day of work, and the only task his cousin assigned him was to liven up the atmosphere from the side.

The work was easy, giving him time to consider future matters.

His academic performance in high school was uneven, resulting in him only achieving a second-tier university score on his college entrance exams.

To make matters worse, since there were no university students in his family before, and hearing that Civil Engineering had good employment prospects, he chose Civil Engineering.

It wasn't until summer that he gradually understood what Civil Engineering actually entailed, and now he felt his future was bleak.

Jiang Yang was already considering the possibility of pursuing postgraduate studies to change his major.

In high school, he only had to worry about his studies. But after the college entrance exams, he had to think about living expenses, university life, and what kind of job he would eventually pursue.

An invisible pressure suddenly loomed before him.

Because he started primary school early, he was only 16 years old.

He never had any grand dreams before, nor did he have any particular talents now, which meant he had no idea which path to take in the future.

He could only take it one step at a time.

Just then, Ma Xixi noticed Jiang Yang looking bored and proactively instructed him, "If I die, you can read some bullet comments and thank people for their gifts. That's part of your job this summer."

Jiang Yang nodded, then looked at the screen dedicated to bullet comments on Ma Xixi's desk and began thanking them one by one:

"Thanks to Goblin Coffee Huya Number One..."

"Thanks to Little Poem Cat for the Huya Number One..."

"Thanks to Xu Beifang for the fan badge..."

"Thanks to Ma Xixi..." Jiang Yang stopped.

Ma Xixi, who hadn't respawned yet, asked curiously, "Why did you stop? Don't selectively read the bullet comments."

With Ma Xixi's approval, Jiang Yang immediately continued:

"Thanks to Ma Xixi for the fan badge from 'Shorty with Idiot Carrying Clips standing one meter sixty'."

"Thanks to Shorty with Idiot Carrying Clips for the fan badge."

Ma Xixi's face instantly contorted into a constipated expression, but the livestream chat erupted in laughter.

"Alright, go play by yourself for a bit."

"I think I made a really bad decision."

Despite his words, Ma Xixi was actually quite surprised.

He was one of Huya's top CS:GO streamers and one of CNCS's most skilled commentators.

When commentating on matches, there were definitely a lot of viewers.

However, the matches usually took place late at night, which was generally quite boring.

His younger cousin, though a bit disrespectful, was actually making the livestream viewers incredibly happy with this approach.

When you're a streamer, you need to have some kind of gimmick.

Soon, Ma Xixi himself couldn't help but laugh.

His younger cousin had initially stopped reading the comments out of consideration for his feelings, but then Ma Xixi himself had egged him on. No one else could have done that.

Jiang Yang was happy to watch from the side.

Regardless of how his college life would turn out, at least he was going to have a fun summer.

Ma Xixi quickly respawned and started the next round, with Jiang Yang watching with great interest from the side.

Jiang Yang also knew how to play this game.

Speaking of which, the first time he played this game was when Ma Xixi took him to play at an internet cafe.

When CS:GO exploded in popularity in China during his second year of high school, he joined with his classmates, wielding submachine guns like the P90 and roaming the C+ ranks every day.

Even now, watching Ma Xixi play, he found it quite amusing.

Although Ma Xixi's gameplay wasn't human-like, he always found some lame excuse after making a mistake.

Such as "My mouse hit the keyboard," "The network was unstable," "My crosshair isn't working well today," "I didn't practice my aim before the match, so my feel is off," and so on.

But when he really made some absurd plays, Ma Xixi himself couldn't hold back and would laugh heartily along with the livestream viewers.

Watching his cousin's gameplay, Jiang Yang started laughing too.

From Ma Xixi, he felt the most fundamental joy of this game.

He also decided that after work every day, he would try to get back into playing CS.

Suddenly, a few lines of small text appeared before his eyes.

[At thirty years old, your professional career is dismal. You were defeated by a prodigy of the same era, shattering your Dao heart. You now make a living from the livestreaming circle. While visiting your cousin's house, you watch his gameplay and feel the pure joy of CS, resolving to return to the CS:GO path for one last dance!]

[Re-opening CS:GO, Reward: Old Deng Gift Pack.]