Volume One, Chapter Seven: Losing Means Quitting the Game

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The fans in the livestream room were dumbfounded.

Favorite Jiu Jiu: “Didn’t she just start streaming? How is she already saying ‘see you tomorrow’? I just lit up the fan badge!”

Jia Fugui: “Yeah, don’t you still have a task? Have you completed it?”

Enjoying a Frustrated Life: “Are you kidding me? It’s been less than ten minutes since she started streaming, and Hua Jiunong isn’t even streaming. If she signs off this early, who are we supposed to watch? Where else can we find a substitute that looks so much like her?”

Yang Village Boss: “Buyao, sign off! I still want to see Hua Jiunong! I want to see Hua Jiunong do those borderline dances!”

Lin Beibei smiled and waved her hand: “I’ve already completed my task, thank you all for your support today. Get some rest early, bye-bye~”

Having already earned enough to meet today’s sales target, Lin Beibei cheerfully shut down the livestream.

Gu Chenyi, sitting in a private dining room, felt as if he’d been struck with a heavy blunt object.

When the phone screen went dark, his own eyes darkened as well.

No, why did she sign off again?

If she signed off, what was he supposed to watch?

Opposite him sat Shen Yu, wearing a baseball cap and dressed in black casual wear. Noticing Gu Chenyi’s odd mood, he put down his utensils and raised an eyebrow in confusion: “What’s wrong with you? You’re staring at your phone instead of eating, and what’s with that expression? Running into some trouble?”

Gu Chenyi didn’t look up, his tone irritable: “Eat your food, stop talking nonsense!”

The man laughed dismissively: “All this over that Hua Jiunong again?”

In the world of wealthy second-generation heirs, almost no one didn’t know that Young Master Gu Chenyi was fond of a borderline female streamer.

Once, Young Master Gu spent a fortune to rent huge screens across the country to celebrate her birthday, causing a sensation and making many young girls envious to tears.

On another occasion, when a sleazy man threatened the streamer’s safety, Young Master Gu sent people to beat him until he was in the ICU, nearly dead. Rumor has it, he spent a lot of money to settle the matter.

His devotion was well documented across the internet.

Unfortunately, after all this time, Young Master Gu hadn’t succeeded in winning the streamer’s heart.

But perhaps the streamer was surrounded by many outstanding men.

After all, a streamer with tens of millions of followers wouldn’t lack wealthy, powerful suitors.

Gu Chenyi said, “It’s not her. It’s a pastime.”

Shen Yu: “A pastime worth getting this angry over?”

Gu Chenyi suddenly relaxed his brow.

Right, it was just a pastime. Why get so worked up?

She was just a substitute. Let her stream if she wants, or not, whatever.

The man sitting beside Gu teased, “I’m curious what pastime could make Young Master Gu so invested that he won’t eat and just stares at his phone. Why don’t you post it in the group so we can all see!”

Gu Chenyi casually sent a screenshot to the group, then put down his phone and said casually, “Nothing much to see. It passes the time and is cheap—spend a few hundred or a few thousand, and she’s willing to entertain you. More fun than raising a pet.”

Gu Chenyi spent at least tens of thousands on every livestream of Hua Jiunong.

Compared to that, this one called ‘Beibei’ was not expensive at all.

The group contained wealthy second-generation heirs.

Seeing Gu’s screenshot of the livestream account, they barely glanced at it.

They weren’t interested in online streaming.

Especially since the avatar was a chubby capybara, no one paid it much attention.

Shen Yu picked up the phone, glanced, and said disinterestedly, “The avatar doesn’t look sexy at all. Definitely not some beauty. If you can’t catch Hua Jiunong, don’t just settle for a capybara substitute. At least find someone entertaining.”

Gu Chenyi ignored them.

He had no appetite.

Why did that substitute sign off so early?

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Lin Beibei, happily lying at home counting money, had a good sleep.

It was so easy to meet her goals every day—why wouldn’t she sleep well?

At seven in the evening, well-fed and full of energy, Lin Beibei opened the livestream again on time.

This time, even more people flooded in.

Almost seven hundred viewers!

Jia Fugui: “Now we have to camp outside the livestream just to catch her going live; if you’re a minute late, she might sign off.”

Enjoying a Frustrated Life: “Exactly, if you don’t come early, you see nothing. I’ve been waiting since six-thirty!”

Favorite Jiu Jiu: “Only six-thirty? I was ready by six!”

Favorite Jiu Jiu: “Beibei, what’s your standard for signing off?”

Lin Beibei propped her chin on her hands and replied bluntly: “Depends on my mood.”

She couldn’t tell them her actual goal. If she did, how could she face them?

Jia Fugui: “I think it’s because Brother T flooded her with gifts yesterday. She got happy and signed off.”

Favorite Jiu Jiu: “@TTYY, T brother, don’t send gifts today. If you have money you can’t spend, send it to my account instead, don’t spoil her.”

TTYY: “…”

TTYY: “She signed off just because of a little money?”

He said it all along—this woman was cheap.

“A little? That’s a lot to me.”

Lin Beibei reminded herself not to show such a naive side—she must act like Hua Jiunong.

She sat properly, putting in effort to play the role of a faithful substitute.

Just when she thought TTYY was about to scold her for not being like Hua Jiunong, TTYY sent two words: “Promising.”

Jia Fugui: “Brother T, don’t give her so many gifts today! Don’t let her sign off! At least let her stream until midnight!”

Lin Beibei pursed her lips but said nothing, instead accepting the first PK challenge of the day.

The connection was made. On the other end was a two-dimensional anime girl with a blue wig, delicate makeup, and wearing a gothic black and white dark lolita dress, just like in a comic.

She had only 54,000 fans, and her livestream had just over two hundred viewers—far fewer than Lin Beibei’s.

Zheng Jiayuan brushed aside the blue wig’s bangs and stared at the other streamer. She froze for a moment, then quickly checked the opponent’s profile and said coldly, “Who are you? What imposter are you? Who let you pretend to be Sister Hua Jiunong!”

Lin Beibei realized she’d encountered one of Hua Jiunong’s devoted anime fan girls, fiercely loyal and unwilling to tolerate a lookalike.

Lin Beibei only wanted to earn money and didn’t want to waste time in conflict.

She politely explained, “I just happen to look like her, and netizens wanted me to imitate her a bit, I…”

Zheng Jiayuan threw off her wig, slammed it onto the table, and pointed angrily: “What coincidence? Your little tricks might fool the men in the livestream, but don’t even think about fooling me!”

Lin Beibei smiled slightly: “So, shall we play?”

Zheng Jiayuan, looking self-righteous and relentless, took off her headpiece, ruffled her hair, and hurriedly said, “Play! If you lose, you have to turn off the beauty filter and remove your makeup! Let everyone see your true face!”

What resemblance to Hua Jiunong?

Zheng Jiayuan didn’t believe anyone could be lucky enough to have the same stunning beauty as Jiu Jiu!

Without the beauty filter, who knows what monsters she might look like? No way she was faking Hua Jiunong!

Zheng Jiayuan wanted to embarrass her opponent, but suddenly a comment appeared in the livestream:

Yang Village Boss: “Sis, she’s streaming without any beauty filter. I advise you to be kind. She really just looks like her.”

Zheng Jiayuan was stunned: “What?!”

Streaming without beauty filters?!

Who still dared to do that?

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“I don’t believe it!” Zheng Jiayuan’s eyes gleamed with a mischievous smile as she declared, “If we play like this, the loser not only turns off their beauty filter and removes makeup but also quits the internet! No more streaming forever! How about it? Do you dare?”

In her heart, she had always treated Jiu Jiu like a sister-in-law, like family!

For someone to dare impersonate her beloved Jiu Jiu sister—it was outrageous!

Today, she was going to completely ruin this imposter!

Make sure this imposter could never go online again to exploit Jiu Jiu’s face!

Though Zheng Jiayuan’s livestream only had about two hundred viewers, they were all young ladies from her circle.

Not to mention, making Lin Beibei lose the PK with gifted money was easy!

Those girls knew Zheng Jiayuan liked Jiu Jiu and naturally sided with her as good friends.

So they all went into Lin Beibei’s livestream to attack her.

Sweetvv: “Impostor! Don’t you have your own face?”

Xixi Zihan: “Don’t even try to compare. Jiu Jiu’s stunning beauty is beyond your reach this lifetime!”

I, Supreme Cute Sauce!: “Before the PK starts, I advise you to be sensible and sign off. If you lose, it won’t look good!”

Tang Tang’s Girl Heart: “Big brothers in the livestream, don’t be fooled by her. She’s a girl, and these little tricks won’t fool anyone. After she removes her makeup and beauty filter, you’ll be shocked!”

Lin Beibei looked at the kids’ comments without anger.

She was just considering whether to accept the PK.

If she accepted and lost, her livelihood would be gone.

Especially given the fans in the livestream.

The key one was the top donor TTYY.

He was completely unreliable!

So she had to be cautious.

In response to Zheng Jiayuan’s sisters’ provocation, Lin Beibei’s big brothers in her livestream weren’t to be underestimated.

Enjoying a Frustrated Life: “I finally waited for her to go live, and you little brats got her off the air. Watch out, I’ll find your parents!”

Jia Fugui: “I finally found a good, cheap substitute, and you want her to quit streaming? No way! Absolutely not!”

Favorite Jiu Jiu: “Big brothers aren’t stupid, kids, go home and play.”

TTYY: “Accept.”

Lin Beibei froze when she saw TTYY’s message.

Big brother, accept what?

TTYY hated her so much—did he want her to quit streaming?

When the top donor spoke, Lin Beibei’s big brothers went to Zheng Jiayuan’s livestream to send messages.

Everything was happening too fast, beyond Lin Beibei’s control.

Zheng Jiayuan smirked: “Fine, let’s start now. I’ll mute your mic first. You better hurry and do your last farewell livestream!”

After muting Lin Beibei’s mic, Zheng Jiayuan urged her sisters to send gifts quickly.

The two’s top popularity scores appeared, and right from the start, Lin Beibei was trailing far behind!

Watching the situation, Lin Beibei suddenly grew anxious.

Could TTYY really want her to quit?

But in the next moment—

Gift effects flooded her livestream continuously!