"Bro, I think I settled the beans wrong."

Jiang Yang had filled in for Ma Xixi's stream for a while yesterday. Though he had been pretty entertaining then too, in terms of skill, he was clearly just a newbie who had barely gotten started.

As a young person, it was understandable that he was good with a sniper rifle. After all, the kid was only sixteen.

In FPS games like this, a young person's reaction speed was their greatest innate talent.

But Jiang Yang's performance yesterday had gone no further than that. Aside from being a little quicker to react, there had been nothing especially remarkable about him.

Now, after watching Jiang Yang finish this match, the viewers in the stream were all stunned.

Because after just one day apart, Jiang Yang had not only finished his placements, but had also climbed into the B rank bracket.

With the B rank bracket, it was possible to get there through luck.

But the problem was, after this match, it was obvious that Jiang Yang's performance had not simply been a matter of good luck.

Sure, he could barely path properly, couldn't hold head level, and had terrible positioning.

But his performance during ANTI-ECO rounds had been extremely methodical.

That showed he had talent for this game.

For an ordinary player, getting eight kills in ANTI-ECO situations during a single match was already considered a lot.

Yet Jiang Yang had gotten a full sixteen on this Nuke match.

You had to know, he only got thirty-five kills in total this game. When the enemy was on ECO, he had practically gotten half his kills while playing counter-terrorist.

[Did he really get more than ten?]

[Ma Xixi wasn't bragging after all. Does their family actually have some CS genes?]

[How is he so good at playing counter-terrorist?! Can Jiang give us a tutorial? I seriously want to learn!]

But it was not just praise. Some viewers were starting to lose their minds.

[No, how did he get nearly half the kills as counter-terrorist?!]

[I'm seriously unconvinced! This is my rank bracket, for fuck's sake. How is a guy who just started playing this game carrying so hard?!]

[It's unimaginable. Every time he plays counter-terrorist, he gets kills. And he isn't just bullying weak opponents—he can get kills in Full Buy Rounds too... Is that even fair?]

[No, Ma Xixi must be playing for him from the side!]

[They're just kills he got as counter-terrorist. I'm not jealous. Really, I'm not.]

Seeing the comments breaking down, Ma Xixi laughed.

He was equally surprised by Jiang Yang's performance, but chances to tease the chat did not come often. "Aren't you all supposed to understand CS? Why did every single one of you guess wrong?"

[ Ding! ]

[Obtained 96 Comeback Points...]

Only then did Jiang Yang realize that the system had actually notified him about gaining this stuff after matches. He had simply been too focused while playing with his classmates earlier to notice.

That was just how he was. Once his attention was focused, it was hard for anything around him to affect him.

To him, streaming was secondary. What mattered more was having time to rank up.

Seeing that one match had ended, Jiang Yang headed into Huya's backend to settle the bets.

As he searched for the settlement option, he said, "You guys think I was just farming counter-terrorist kills and stealing frags, but all the money I got as counter-terrorist went toward buying guns for my teammates. That's called making an outstanding contribution to the team, understand?"

"And even if I die, they can only pick up an MP9. I'm not losing out!"

Jiang Yang teased the viewers in the stream, then clicked the settlement button.

Ma Xixi was still savoring his Cousin's streaming style when he suddenly saw Jiang Yang freeze again.

He asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Then he saw Jiang Yang turn around nervously. "Bro, I think I settled the beans wrong."

Ma Xixi instantly felt like he could not breathe.

Not a single reliable one among them!

After a frantic scramble, Ma Xixi finally let out a breath of relief.

"Luckily, the guys in the stream didn't really believe you today. They didn't believe you could get more than ten counter-terrorist kills during ECO. Otherwise, you wouldn't need to report to college anymore. Stay here and work for me to pay off your debt."

Jiang Yang's little stunt had scared the sleepiness right out of Ma Xixi.

The main reason was that the CSBOY stream had a history with this sort of thing.

Back when they were running match predictions, his partner MO had settled the accounts incorrectly, causing them to pay out six hundred million beans, worth sixty thousand yuan.

That was why MO had another nickname: Six Billion Consort.

Fortunately, Jiang Yang's prediction condition today had been rather absurd, so most viewers had lost their predictions.

As a result, they only needed to make a few changes in the backend, and it cost them less than a hundred yuan.

The viewers in the stream were laughing themselves silly.

[First there was Six Billion Consort, and now there's this little cousin. Every single one of them settles the beans wrong. I'm dying.]

[Ma Xixi was right. It really is a family tradition.]

[I feel like I'll see this clip tomorrow.]

[Cousin even gave away all the money he got from counter-terrorist kills.]

[Feels like after Cousin finishes his summer job, he'll still have to pay Xixi back several thousand.]

"Alright, keep streaming, but don't do any more predictions." Ma Xixi clutched his chest. "Not one of you gives me any peace of mind."

Hearing that, Jiang Yang felt as though he had been pardoned. He hurriedly turned his attention back to the stream.

He quickly started matchmaking again.

He played two more matches afterward, winning one and losing one.

The stream's overall entertainment value was quite good. Later, when Ma Xixi's partner MO got home, the stream's Main Perspective was handed over to MO.

Under Ma Xixi, there was actually a semi-professional team called Helmet.

The members of Helmet were all retired former professional players.

Usually, when they had nothing to do at night, they would play some practice matches. If there were qualifiers for certain tournaments, they would also consider entering them.

Recently, it was the offseason for top-tier professionals, and there were no matches to commentate on. So they wanted to play more practice matches and let the viewers watch some high-quality games.

Jiang Yang also returned to the little stool beside them and resumed his job as an assistant.

But although he was an assistant, he could not really help with streamed practice matches. After the practice match ended, he only needed to help thank the viewers who sent gifts.

Most of the time, he sat nearby scrolling through his phone, learning about the current professional scene, such as several famous teams and players.

Then he browsed Little Break Station for tips on ranking up.

His skill level was still too poor. Although the stream had been entertaining just now, what he had shown off most was his ability during ANTI-ECO rounds.

His personal fundamentals were still lacking.

But after playing nearly ten ranked matches today, practicing aim for an hour, and going out to exercise, his body was somewhat tired.

He understood that too much of anything could backfire.

This was something that required persistence. Trying to do it all at once would never work.

So he watched match recordings on his phone and learned things like overall game sense.

Come to think of it, his day had been incredibly fulfilling.

Working hard for something he loved, constantly thinking and constantly reflecting—he had not felt like this in a very long time.

It was just that he felt he still had too few tools at his disposal in the game.

As for the main quest, he would not be able to reach Perfect First for a while.

So he could only hope that the System Mall would refresh with something good tomorrow.

Meanwhile.

One of Helmet's members from the CSBOY stream, having nothing better to do, finished watching the entire day's CSBOY broadcast.

This was the second time Ma Xixi's Cousin had appeared on camera, and his looks were astonishingly good.

But he was also an exceptionally talented streamer. Today's stream had probably been more entertaining than all of MO's streams from the first half of the year combined.

After giving it some thought, he took the initiative to ask Ma Xixi for authorization to make clips.

Then he put considerable effort into editing the day's CSBOY stream. During the editing process, Jiang Yang, this streaming genius, made him laugh again.

If he uploaded it, quite a few people would probably be drawn in by Ma Xixi's Cousin too, he thought.

After considering it, the user on Little Break Station named MTC Jun published the video.