My Second Granduncle Told Me to Go Home and Inherit a Billion-Dollar Fortune [Please Vote with Monthly Tickets]

[Jade Bodhisattva] Chat--

[Xiao Yu Doesn't Eat Fish]: "(Pitiful) Cheng Cheng, are you really not going to watch the stream with us today?"

[Xiao Yu Doesn't Eat Fish]: "It's really good!"

[Cheng Cheng]: "Xiao Yu, I really have something to do today. Remember what I told you about my second granduncle? I never expected him to still be alive. He actually told me to inherit his billion-dollar fortune."

[I'm running out of time. I have to hurry and take care of the paperwork. That's all for now!]

After closing QQ, Xu Cheng hummed a tune and expertly turned on the computer.

Just as he was about to log in, he caught sight of a poster popping up on the LOL client--

[Why Did EDG Lose at S6?]

"Ah, without Cheng Cheng, it feels like something's missing."

In a room in the Magic City, Xiao Yu set down her phone with some regret.

"She's not coming? She seems so busy lately!"

Beside her, Rita sat barefoot, eating fruit as she eagerly clicked into Factory Director's stream.

"Data Monster was so cool yesterday. I missed it then, so I absolutely can't miss it again today!"

"Who knew Factory Director knew how to stream, too? I thought he wouldn't be streaming today, since so many people are watching Data Monster..."

"By the way, you said last time that you wanted to bring Cheng Cheng to the Magic City to work as a broadcast director. You've met her in person by now, right?"

Tuozijie wore a breezy white camisole, her long, pale legs bare as she raised her phone and snapped a bunch of selfies.

After checking that they looked good, she happily sent them to their group chat.

"Met her in person?"

Xiao Yu's expression turned strange. "Cheng Cheng told me her second granduncle is still alive, and that he wants her to inherit a billion-dollar fortune..."

[Why hasn't he shown up yet?]

[Where's Data Monster? Oh, he's not here. Never mind, I'm out too.]

[Just asking, isn't this Factory Director's stream?]

[Who wants to watch Factory Director? We want to watch Data Monster!]

[...]

Factory Director's stream.

The atmosphere was lively, and the comments flowed like water.

Factory Director glanced at the viewership, which was twice as high as yesterday's, then looked at the message from his boss.

He sighed.

Damn it.

He'd lost count of how many times he'd regretted starting a stream yesterday.

Yesterday's stream had made Data Monster's freakish skills known far and wide.

And because he'd started streaming, his boss, who was overseas, was eager to see this super-genius. He'd told Ming Kai to keep streaming and not worry about the others--

He had plenty of money. He wasn't afraid of anyone else competing.

"I don't know why he hasn't come yet. It's not time, but he should be here soon."

"Hey... he's here!"

Factory Director perked up.

Xu Cheng's ID lit up in his friends list.

"Bro, you're right on time today."

[Bro! We're rich now!]: "I just saw some news about EDG and clicked in to take a look."

?

Factory Director's interest immediately piqued.

[You know about EDG?]

[Of course. Who hasn't heard of such a famous team?]

Xu Cheng suddenly wondered whether the Big Sucker on the other end had a low IQ. Did he really need to ask something like that?

Factory Director had gradually learned to read Xu Cheng. As soon as he saw that message, he understood what the other guy was thinking.

His face darkened, and he typed:

[Then why did you say before that you didn't know Clearlove?]

[I really don't know Clearlove.]

Xu Cheng really didn't know Clearlove.

As far as he could remember, he'd vaguely heard his classmate complain after watching a match recently. Apparently, Clearlove was an incredibly bad jungler. Not worth mentioning.

But he had heard of EDG.

[...]

Factory Director was speechless.

After all this time studying Xu Cheng, and after their brief interaction yesterday, he'd come to realize that, judging from Xu Cheng's words and actions... the guy didn't seem to be lying.

Maybe he really didn't pay attention to any of this?

Factory Director wasn't the only one who'd noticed. Plenty of viewers who'd watched the entire stream had the same feeling.

If that was the case...

Factory Director suddenly had an idea and typed: [You said you just saw some news about EDG. What was it about?]

[The news about how the Korea Team beat them like a drum.]

???

Factory Director had never imagined the other guy would be so blunt.

But that only made him more curious: [So what do you think of EDG?]

[What do I think? Nothing much. I don't know them very well.]

[But I remember you said that Clearlove guy is on the team. I heard he's just plain bad. Not worth mentioning!]

Damn it!

Factory Director felt his blood rush to his head. He nearly passed out from anger.

The stream's viewers couldn't hold it together, either.

[Hahaha, "he's just plain bad"—that's rich!]

[I'm dying. That settles it. Data Monster really must not follow competitive gaming.]

[He'd have to be out of his mind to say that in front of Factory Director unless he really didn't know who he was talking to.]

[This is too funny. Why say something so brutally honest?]

[Data Monster's still just as entertaining. The stream just started and he's already putting on a show for us, huh?]

After yesterday's buzz, today's stream had drawn an absurdly large audience.

Getting "fairly" judged like that in front of so many people was hard to take, even if the person doing it was his future godfather.

[Oh? You should know that I'm actually a Clearlove fan. You're so good at this game, so tell me in detail what you think of him.]

[I really don't know much about him.]

Seeing how much the other Big Sucker wanted to hear his opinion of his idol, Xu Cheng thought it over. In the end, he could only repeat what his classmate had told him:

[I heard he does all right in domestic matches, but really struggles internationally. And that Lee Sin of his is damn awful. I heard he's even messed up his Q-R combo. Tell me, could any normal person pull off a play like that?]

Factory Director's eyelid twitched. [Anything else?]

[Not much else. Besides being bad, didn't he also get scammed in an online relationship? Does that count?]

Damn it!

Factory Director gritted his teeth, but had no choice but to submit to Xu Cheng's tyranny. [Sure, sure, it counts! You're absolutely right, bro!]

[Hahaha, it's all right. I mean, he's a pro, so he's definitely better than me. Those aren't my opinions, anyway. I just heard them from a friend.]

Only after seeing that message did Factory Director feel a little better.

Without realizing it, he'd started to care a lot about what Xu Cheng thought of him--

If his future godfather really saw him that way, he'd honestly want to die.

Wait a second...

Why was he being so submissive?

Factory Director pushed down the sorrow welling in his heart, then replied with a hint of frustration: [Bro, you know... or at least you've heard, that our country's LOL team has always struggled against Korea.]

[If you were the one playing, how would you do it?]

If I were playing?

Xu Cheng froze.

He'd never thought about that question before.

Because, from beginning to end, he'd felt that professional players and the Esports Circle were part of a different world, far beyond his reach.

Now that the Big Sucker had asked him that...

He thought it over and replied seriously: [How else would you do it? You'd rely on sheer skill and fight them head-on!]

[Use your mechanics. Fight openly, fairly, and squarely. Don't turn into a turtle and cower the moment you run into them!]

Fourth update today!

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