A New Big Spender?

Some of them might have felt guilty; they stopped talking or quietly slipped away.

The rest kept repeating the same arguments, while viewers in the stream told them to produce evidence first.

Seeing that they couldn't win the argument, and that Yu Nian wasn't even getting angry, the haters slunk away too.

Yu Nian's stream immediately became much quieter.

Some passersby were about to leave now that the drama was over, only to be dazzled by gifts filling the screen.

[Forget the Mortal World gifted streamer Rice Cake Isn't Cake: Deep-Sea Battleship x10]

[Forget the Mortal World gifted streamer Rice Cake Isn't Cake: Deep-Sea Battleship x20]

[Forget the Mortal World gifted streamer Rice Cake Isn't Cake: Deep-Sea Battleship x20]

[Big Spender Y is here?!]

[Huh? No, is this a new big spender?]

[Seriously, I'm so jealous. How much money is that?]

[To the person above: 150,000. You're welcome.]

Yu Nian's hand trembled. Who was this now?

He checked the person's profile. It was a female account, with its location set to Swallow City.

That meant she was local.

But he'd already grown wary of people who silently showered him with money like this. They weren't longtime fans, nor did they ask anything of him. It was utterly baffling.

"Thank you, Forget the Mortal World, for the Deep-Sea Battleships. Fifty of them..."

He swallowed. Fortunately, this donor wasn't trying to hide her identity.

[Forget the Mortal World: You're welcome. I said I'd come support you. Done arguing? Come play a couple of rounds with me.]

Then a party invitation popped up on his screen.

Only then did he realize it was Tao Yan.

The viewers had seen them team up a few times, so naturally, they knew she was Mousey, the Mid-Lane Mage from last time. The chat erupted.

[This time it's an actual rich lady!]

[I only came for the drama, not to have my self-esteem destroyed!]

[I remember someone sneering that gifting two battleships didn't make you a financial backer. I really want them to open their damn eyes and look. Does this look like two?]

[Maybe I'm just not like them, all earning a million a year. If someone gifted me two battleships, I'd die of happiness.]

[Why does everyone seem to know her? Is she the streamer's girlfriend?]

A new viewer asked.

[Hahahaha, it's a long story. You can look up that incident where Qinggang maliciously edited the streamer's footage. Anyway, she was a victim too, and her ID got exposed. She had it pretty rough.]

Sure enough, Yu Nian said next, "Well, thank you for the gifts anyway, but don't spend so much next time."

Although Tao Yan was someone he knew, it was precisely because he knew her in real life that receiving so much money from her made him feel rather embarrassed.

[Forget the Mortal World: No big deal. The money came from someone else's compensation payment anyway.]

Yu Nian: "Pfft..."

Although Tao Yan had never told him what she'd done to Qinggang, they both knew perfectly well. Now he'd learned that Qinggang had also paid her compensation for emotional distress, and she was using that money to send him gifts.

Yu Nian really couldn't hold back his laughter.

Still, he guessed Qinggang hadn't paid that much. Most of the money had probably come from Tao Yan herself.

[Hey, what are you two talking in riddles about? I want to laugh too. Tell me!]

[Ooh, I think I've figured it out. Don't tell me that money is from...]

[Hahaha, I think that guy would be absolutely furious if he found out.]

[This girl is so wicked. I love her.]

[Oh no, am I the only one in the stream who doesn't get it? /crying]

[To the person above: if exposing someone's private information causes serious consequences, they can claim compensation...]

Having just told off a bunch of haters, Yu Nian calmed down and teamed up with Tao Yan to play.

As luck would have it, they spotted a familiar opponent on the matchmaking screen-Qinggang.

What a coincidence, Yu Nian thought. Then he saw Tao Yan pick a mage, even choosing the same hero she'd used the first time they'd been matched with Qinggang.

Yu Nian's lips curved, and he picked the same jungler he'd used back then too.

The chat erupted.

[Hahaha, a reenactment, except the annoying guy is on the other team.]

[I've seen this episode. Mr. 0-5 gets absolutely crushed.]

Perhaps determined to prove himself, Qinggang dug in his heels and picked the same marksman as last time.

[LOL, I can't wait for this match. Who's Mr. 0-5 going to blame this time?]

[The fans really are just like their streamer. If that fake-voiced freak hadn't deliberately screwed him over last time, the great Qinggang would've never played that badly.]

[Ugh, what a stink. Why are there still filthy rats here? Mods, clean this up.]

[Don't mute them yet. I really want to watch them eat their words.]

At the start, none of the three rushed to provoke a fight. They focused on farming, and things looked fairly peaceful, with their teammates trading blows evenly too.

Then Yu Nian shifted his camera and saw Qinggang facing off against their tank in the top lane. Qinggang nearly killed the tank.

Fortunately, the tank retreated under the tower in time. Qinggang was out of mana, and his skills might have been on cooldown too, so he didn't pursue.

[The great Qinggang is amazing. He nearly got a kill. Now that brain-dead teammates aren't dragging him down, he can finally show his true skill.]

[I can't even get angry anymore. It feels like watching a monkey.]

[+1]

Yu Nian had already noticed Qinggang was nearly out of mana when he forced the tank back.

He waited in his own Jungle Area for a moment, leaving the Blue Buff untouched.

Sure enough, after forcing the tank to recall, Qinggang slipped into their Jungle Area.

[I'm already laughing.]

[He still loves going into other people's Jungle Areas to get himself killed.]

Just as expected, Qinggang arrived, saw nobody around and found all the monsters in this Jungle Area untouched, so he started attacking the Blue Buff.

Yu Nian stood nearby, waiting until he'd nearly finished it off.

He knocked Qinggang into the air with his spear, then thrust several more times before his opponent could react.

Qinggang immediately used Flash to retreat and launched ranged attacks with his marksman.

Yu Nian used his own movement skill to chase him down and cut him off.

They fought one-on-one, and Qinggang eventually died between the two Jungle Areas.

The enemy jungler happened to arrive just then. Seeing that Yu Nian had lost health, they decided to go for him.

Yu Nian ran toward mid lane and pinged his mage: Help me!

The mage threw out a crowd-control skill, stopping the enemy jungler.

Yu Nian seized the chance to hurry back to base.

[Hahahaha, streamer: I've got connections in mid lane!]

[The streamer chickened out instantly. So cute.]

[That was satisfying. I don't want to see anything else, just him solo-killing Qinggang.]

[You're bragging about this? Qinggang only lost because he had no mana, was low on health and got ambushed. In a one-on-one at full health, that fake-voiced freak would get crushed.]

[No mana and low health, yet he invaded the enemy jungle instead of recalling. He didn't even consider whether he was capable of it. Can't blame anyone else for ambushing him.]

[The game is about taking calculated risks. He nearly burst the tank down. Who wouldn't want to push their luck again?]

[Then if his gamble failed, he deserved to die. Why are you still trying to save his dignity? Can't take a loss?]

Perhaps Qinggang wanted to redeem himself after the embarrassment of getting killed. The tank in the bottom lane couldn't beat him and died to him twice. Yu Nian went over to help, and when the two fought one-on-one, Qinggang still lost.

[He's just relying on having more gold than Qinggang. Give me that much gold and I could win too. /eye roll]

[Don't make me laugh. It's Qinggang this, Qinggang that. Does Daddy Qing know you're so eager to mourn him like a dutiful child?]