Outside the shop.
Tears of hurt welled up in Liu Shan's eyes. "Damn it, am I really that ugly? Why does he dislike me so much? I'm his Top Supporter! Other streamers would practically get on their knees to suck up to their Top Supporters, but here I am, coming to his door and practically kneeling to suck up to him, and he still wants nothing to do with me! I'm so mad!"
"Liu Shan, don't be angry. Master Xiao really does have a problem he can't talk about!"
"From the sound of it, you know what it is???"
Zhao Yan whispered, "Master Xiao... um... his thing doesn't work!"
"??????"
"He can't get it up!"
"What??????"
"So now you get it, right?"
"Uh... is that true...? Poor Master Xiao... but can't he treat other people??"
"A doctor can't cure himself! Get it? He acts that way on purpose to make people think 'there's nothing wrong with him.' His situation must be different from everyone else's! So don't be angry."
"I'm not, I'm not. I feel too sorry for him to be angry. Oh! Heaven envies the gifted! What are we going to do...?"
"There's nothing we can do. We'll just have to wait, either until Master Xiao finds a solution or until he comes to terms with it himself. I don't mind, anyway."
Zhao Yan spoke with complete indifference.
She had actually revealed this "earth-shattering secret" on purpose.
She figured Liu Shan would surely "drop out of the competition" now.
But she had never expected...
Liu Shan actually looked as though everything had clicked, and her face was full of delight.
That strange reaction left Zhao Yan feeling inexplicably irritated.
She had no idea whether Liu Shan had figured things out and given up, or figured things out and come