Player [Bro! Our Family Is Rich!] Entered the Room [Request Monthly Ticket]

"He agreed."

After exiting the chat, Yu Shuang turned and told Rita and Tuozijie beside her.

"Of course he agreed. He already owed us a favor... but how are we going to explain this to Xiao Yu?"

Rita blinked her big eyes. "Will she agree?"

"I asked her about it yesterday. She didn't reply, which was basically her tacit agreement."

Yu Shuang said helplessly, "There has to be a proper ending. Last time, she deleted him from her friends list so decisively. She probably has a lot of questions she wants to ask too."

"That's good, that's good. With Cheng Cheng, even if we can't win, we can still hold out for a few more rounds. This event is getting so much attention—if we stay longer, we can draw in more traffic and hype!"

Tuozijie was already doing the math, inwardly overjoyed—

For hosts and commentators like them who had yet to make a name for themselves, this Commentary Cup event was immensely significant. It could bring them exposure beyond anything they could usually imagine.

Inviting Xu Cheng over was also so he could help the girls stay in longer and gain some exposure.

"What a pity. Judging by the scale and momentum this time, the officials are really putting effort into this tournament. They'll probably hold it every year from now on. If someone wins the first one, they'll soar straight into the LPL interview and commentary desk."

"Stop pitying yourself. Don't you know your own limits? Being able to ride the coattails a little is already great!"

"...!"

With the topic opened up, the girls chattered away, dreaming of a bright future.

The next day.

Seven in the evening.

Inside the jointly operated Fighting Shark and official livestream.

The viewership was through the roof, and the VIP seats were packed.

Even before the Commentary Cup officially began, bullet comments had already flooded the screen like water, forming wave after wave of comment oceans.

When A Shui entered the stream and saw this, the viewership was nearly ten times higher than his own streams, making him suck in a sharp breath—

"Holy shit, the officials really put effort into this one. A scale like this is rare!"

"Isn't that the truth? And this doesn't even include the viewership from the participating streamers' own broadcasts."

In the YY voice chat, Miller, who was connected with him, nodded.

"By the way, have Factory Director and Xi Ye arrived?"

"They're here. They're in the channel."

"Why aren't they saying anything? Hello? Factory Director? Su Hanwei?"

A Shui called out a few times.

"Quit shouting. Are you calling back souls or something?"

Xi Ye replied irritably.

"Why aren't you talking?"

After asking with a grin, A Shui saw the other two withdrawing into themselves again. After thinking it over, he immediately understood.

"Come on, don't get too worked up over it. Data Monster has obviously quit the game. We've all done our best. No one's managed to find him after all this time, so you two should stop dwelling on it."

"Think more about the tournament. Or fire off a few rounds and distract yourselves..."

Though he said that, even A Shui himself would occasionally space out these days, let alone those two who had once "opened their hearts" to Xu Cheng.

Factory Director in particular was still in that dazed, soul-lost state. Deep down, he already knew there was no hope and that they would never find him, but his actions remained stubborn and persistent.

"Bro, I'm livestreaming. Watch what you say, or we'll get banned."

Xi Ye reminded him speechlessly.

"Ahahaha... um, I didn't say anything just now, okay... anyway, I took a look around the official stream... alright, it's about to start. I'm heading back to start my stream too..."

A Shui laughed it off, sent some gifts as usual, then returned to his own stream and went live.

"Isn't he online yet?"

In the [Happy Family] YY channel, Yu Shuang checked the time and asked with a frown.

"He's not going to bail on us, is he?"

Rita swallowed nervously. The sheer scale of today's event had also frightened these girls, who had never competed before.

"Probably not..."

"Probably not what? He's always been a liar. It's not like you don't know that."

Xiao Yu, who had remained silent until now, gave a cold laugh, her tone clearly carrying a trace of grievance.

"Oh, come on. Didn't we agree yesterday? Putting the facts aside, Cheng Cheng never really deceived us except for wanting to make a little money. And honestly, when we were all together back then, everyone was sincere. Didn't we all get along happily with Cheng Cheng?"

Yu Shuang hurriedly tried to comfort her. "I'm not asking you to do anything with him, but if you clear things up, maybe everyone can still be friends in the future."

Xiao Yu didn't turn on her mic, only posting an emoji in all-chat:

[o(╥﹏╥)o]

[You bastard, Xu Cheng, you have no heart!!]

"Ahem... well, don't call him by his actual name. It's kind of awkward."

Yu Shuang had long since told the girls Xu Cheng's basic information, even his real-life identity. Otherwise, the ladies wouldn't have "forgiven" him so quickly.

He was still just a child!

"He really has no heart. Who knows whether that guy saw all of me? Oh my god, just thinking about it is enough to keep me awake at night!"

Tuozijie nodded in agreement.

"But he's still just a child."

Rita's maternal instincts flared up. "I think we should be more forgiving..."

"So what if he's a child? If they aren't girls, they're all perverts. No, I have to find a chance to look back at him..."

"...You're even more perverted than he is!"

Just as the ladies were arguing heatedly, a ding rang out.

The notification sound for someone entering the new channel played.

Yu Shuang looked over and saw an alt account with a white vest and green leaf icon.

"Cheng Cheng?"

[Uh... ahem, could you stop calling me that? Just call me Xu Cheng.]

Xu Cheng awkwardly typed a message in all-chat.

"You don't have a mic? Turn it on and talk. You can't play matches without using your mic."

Yu Shuang perked up and hurriedly asked.

[Oh, wait a second.]

Since he had already been exposed anyway, Xu Cheng didn't care whether he used his mic or not. After fiddling with it for a moment, he picked up the microphone. "Hello, hello? Can you hear me? Can you hear me?"

The ladies heard only a somewhat clear male voice. Yu Shuang's heart inexplicably skipped a beat, and she quickly replied, "We can hear you, we can hear you."

"Alright, no problem then."

It was Xu Cheng's first time speaking to the girls over voice chat, but he wasn't nervous.

He merely glanced at Xiao Yu, who had muted herself and was playing dead ever since he appeared, then tentatively asked, "Sister Xiao Yu? Sister Yu? Can you hear me?"

"Are you there?"

"Get lost!"

A somewhat irritated female voice came through.

"Uh..."

Xu Cheng gave an awkward laugh. "Well, I actually came to apologize. I'm sorry."

"If apologies worked, what would we need the police for?"

"..."

"Look at you, he's still just a child!"

Rita was heavily drawn to both voices and appearances. She had seen Xu Cheng cross-dressing before, so there was no question about her being looks-obsessed. Now that Xu Cheng had turned on his mic, he had successfully captured her from every angle.

She forcibly defended Xu Cheng, then asked with a grin, "I heard you've been busy with some competition lately? Your grades must be pretty good, huh? So, are you done with it?"

"Not bad, not bad. I just got second place."

Xu Cheng said modestly.

"Hahaha, it really is the Cheng Cheng we know. That style is exactly right..."

The women burst into laughter, and the atmosphere eased slightly.

Just then, Yu Shuang received a notification that the official event was about to begin. Their famous "Beautiful Girls Team" from this event would soon make an appearance and play a match against the "Pro Academy Candidates," a team with nothing but absurdly high skill.

"They sent word. Everyone, enter the room."

Yu Shuang glanced at the pitifully low viewer count in her stream—

The others were about the same. They had all started streaming long ago, but their viewership was slightly lower than usual.

A poor family made even poorer.

Everyone had long since been ready and entered the custom room created by the officials.

On the other side, the five super geniuses—even major figures in the Esports Circle—had already arrived, including their team captain.

Their IDs were:

Top lane [Mi Lao Ba], jungle [JackeyLove], mid lane [Minglian丶], AD [Wangzai is delicious], support [Zhanqi丶Jiezou]

On their side, the lineup was: Jungler [Yu War God], Mid Laner [Shuang War God], AD [Rita is not a War God], Support [Tuozijie 1V5].

"What kind of ridiculous IDs are these?!"

The moment Ah Shui saw the row of IDs on the other side, he couldn't hold it in anymore.

The War God Group, huh?

They were all delicate little girls. He wouldn't even dare hit them too hard!

"Haha, it's an official event. That's normal."

The support was in a good mindset, though he curiously looked at the still-empty top lane slot. "Who's their top laner? Why aren't they here yet? The match is about to start."

"Who cares? Our Factory Director doesn't care!"

Ah Shui said with a grin.

Factory Director, who had remained aloof and disinclined to speak, let out a soft laugh.

Other than Ah Shui and Xi Ye, everyone else became a little reserved.

Ke Li Er La Wu!

Just because Factory Director acted so humble in front of Xu Cheng didn't mean he was the same way around everyone else.

He had been one of the LPL's biggest names before S6.

His standing and status in the scene were beyond comparison with these people.

[Ah, mentioning top laners suddenly makes me think of Grandmaster. If Grandmaster were our team's top laner right now, that'd be great.]

[Stop bringing that up. Factory Director's been depressed over it lately. Everyone, stop mentioning that person.]

[Wuwuwu, I really liked the Factory Director + Data Monster ship. The number one ship in the Rift... is it really over just like that?]

[By the way, who exactly is on the other side? Are they coming or not? Fuck, we have so many big names here waiting for just one person?]

The stream chat's rhythm began to take off.

This was Yu Shuang's first time going through something like this, and the pressure was enormous.

She hurriedly urged him in the YY channel, "Are you ready? Are you ready? We're all waiting for you, bro!"

"Pay attention, okay? Look at who's on the other side. You've got all these huge names waiting for you."

"Uh... sorry, sorry. I haven't logged into this account in a while. I'll be there right away..."

Xu Cheng was getting a little anxious too. After apologizing, he finally found the official room number.

"Invite me. I'm in."

"Okay!"

Without even looking, Yu Shuang directly added Xu Cheng as a friend and pulled him in.

Ding-dong.

The next moment, a notification rang out in the room watched by the entire internet—

Player [Bro! Our Family's Rich!] has entered the room.

Mm...

Mm...

Mm...???

Factory Director: "?"

Ah Shui: "?"

Xi Ye: "??"

Yu Shuang and Xiao Yu: "??????"

I got too into writing and hit three thousand words. The editor-in-chief will probably suppress me again today, wuwuwu. Thanks for all the support, brothers!