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The Glory Online live streaming app had a section specifically for Pro Alliance contestants. Every well-known contestant’s name was listed there, and each one linked to a personal live streaming page.
Here’s what the contestants were told: The administrator has helped you set up a live streaming platform; whether you stream or not is up to you.
Of course, it’s best if you stream.
Feng Xianjun even considered what he’d have to do (money-wise) to get the contestants to cooperate if they really weren’t willing to work with him.
Thankfully, all the contestants were youngins who could easily accept and adapt to live streaming. Before the chairman had to give them a talk, they took to live streaming like Ye Xiu took to wreaking havoc in the tenth server. That is to say, extremely well.
In the previously mentioned Pro Alliance section of the app, basically all the players listed there were active competitors in the Alliance.
Except for one.
Ye Xiu.
Though that eminent god had retired twice, his name still appeared in the Pro Alliance live streaming recommendations list.
Even though his page had never once been labeled “Currently Streaming.”
Ye Xiu’s contributions to Glory and the Pro Alliance could not be called ordinary in any fashion.
However, there still were antis flitting about, insisting that the Pro Alliance section should only list active contestants. How could retirees appear there? That’s not how trending topics work.
There were also people criticizing, “Does Ye Xiu really need to rely on live streaming and selling stuff online to make a living after retirement?”
Most normal people thought those comments were hilarious.
Ye Xiu’s name represented an era. Even though his live streaming page was inactive, it still had a billion followers.
Even his fans were too lazy to pay attention to the antis.
But one person couldn’t help but pay attention.
That person was Ye Xiu’s dad.
And this happened because just after Ye Xiu’s dad learned how to use Weibo, he saw that there were people on Weibo ridiculing Ye Xiu by calling him the app administrator’s precious son.
Ye Xiu’s dad was extremely pissed off.
He spent ten years gazing at the lonely moon and stars, looking forward to his dearest son coming home. And now this so-called administrator wanted to steal his son away?
So he called Ye Qiu. “Buy that app for me.”
Ye Qiu: “Huh?”
Ye Xiu’s dad: “Remember to write my name.”
Ye Qiu: “What?”
Ye Xiu’s dad: “‘What’ my ass. Buy it for me immediately.”
Ye Qiu: “...Dad, we have to do this slowly.”
Ye Xiu’s dad: “The money you’ve spent all these years earning isn’t even enough to buy an app?”
Ye Qiu: “Dad! You really don’t care about me at all, do you! You only think of me as an ATM!”
Ye Xiu’s dad: “...”
“Beep beep beep—”
Ye Xiu’s dad: “...”
Just as Father Ye was feeling guilty as all heck, Ye Qiu took this opportunity to call his brother and lay on the sweet talk. “Bro, Dad yelled at me again today.”
Ye Xiu was on the computer. As he listened to his little brother act wronged and offended, he couldn’t help but chuckle, “How did you anger him this time?”
Ye Qiu explained everything that happened, particularly emphasizing the part where his dad pressured him with capitalist ideology.
While Ye Xiu listened, he looked up the Glory live streaming service. Halfway through Ye Qiu’s rant, Ye Xiu even took his phone away from his ear to use Wechat to register an account.
And his little brother didn’t notice his negligence at all.
Ye Xiu spent some time investigating his live streaming page and randomly pressed some buttons. When he saw his face appear on the screen, he commented, “Not bad, I look pretty good on camera.”
Ye Qiu became suspicious. “What’re you doing?”
Ye Xiu stated, “Listening to you. I know, this time the old man really went too far.”
Ye Qiu turned up the drama. “During these ten years I haven’t been truly living at all.”
Ye Xiu consoled, “It’s my fault. I shouldn’t have let you take on everything on your own when you were young.”
Ye Qiu continued pretending to be a daytime soap actor. “Do you really understand? Do you know what kind of home you left me in?”
Ye Xiu cajoled, “I know, I know. Hugs and kisses.”
But what Ye Xiu hadn’t realized was that starting from when he turned on his webcam, the chat on the computer screen’s bottom-right corner had been constantly scrolling, and the number on the upper-left corner was currently increasing rapidly.
After all this, some fans would reminisce and say, “That day, like always, I opened up the website, just hoping to spend some time staring at Ye Xiu’s inactive live streaming page. Who’d have thought that I would see those bright little words saying ‘Currently Streaming.’ At first I thought it was a system error, but when I clicked on that link, it was the real live God Ye.”
Ye Xiu’s first live stream, and it hadn’t been announced.
Even he himself didn’t know that he had actually started live streaming.
And Ye Xiu was even more oblivious to how this news was rapidly spreading. After less than a minute, there were hundreds of thousands of people squatting in front of their computers or phones, watching him talk on the phone.
【just arrived, question: why isn’t ye xiu looking at the camera】
【i think it’s because he probably hasn’t realized he accidentally started live streaming】
【don’t care don’t care, as long as i can see him】
【i’ve lived to see this moment, now i can die without regrets】
Ye Xiu still hadn’t discovered what had happened. As he comforted his long-suffering little brother, he also discerned that this was Ye Qiu making a big deal out of nothing to make sure everyone was aware that he still existed. So while Ye Xiu listened, he kicked off the floor and started spinning around on his office chair.
【it’s spinning, it’s a spinning Ye Xiu】
【i’m going to make this into a gif and give it to my grandson, let him pass it down throughout the generations】
【but who is god ye calling on the phone? saying ‘my fault’ and ‘hugs and kisses’】
【what? i came late, i didn’t hear that】
【maybe it’s his lover? mighty god ye’s little sweetheart】
【don’t say anymore, play me a song about the whole world’s heartbreak】
The scene was incredibly strange. There were now five hundred thousand people watching Ye Xiu talk on the phone, and Ye Xiu himself was completely clueless.
Ye Qiu: “In any case, to him, I’m just your substitute, aren’t I?”
Ye Xiu: “...Huh?”
Ye Qiu: “Tell me, who do you love more? Dad or me?
Ye Xiu: “...I think you’re seriously ill.”
Ye Qiu: “Tell me if I’m the man you love the most. If you don’t, I’ll stop working today, and if I don’t work, no one will earn money to take care of the family, and if no one earns money, then no one will pay the utility bills, and you’ll have to sleep with me under a bridge—”
Ye Xiu could say a lot of things to refute him, but it seemed like too much work, so Ye Xiu chose to go with the flow and said, “Yes, fine, you’re the man I love the most. Are you done?”
【uh?—】
【um—】
【whu—】
【whaaa—】
System Notification: User Zhou Zekai has gifted you one Wild Boss (Value: 10000 RMB) and left the message: Who are you calling?
System Notification: User Huang Shaotian has gifted you one Wild Boss (Value: 10000 RMB) and left the message: i can see into your heart, and it’s only filled with him, you don’t love me~~~but even so~~~you still captured my heart~~~
System Notification: User Wang Jiexi has gifted you one Wild Boss (Value: 10000 RMB) and left the message: Are you home? I have to talk to you.
System Notification: User Sun Zheping has gifted you a nest of Wild Bosses (Value: 66000 RMB) and left the message: Hehe.
System Notification: User Xiao Shiqin has gifted you one unspawned Wild Boss (Bargain Value: 5000 RMB) and left the message: Senior, check your Wechat.
Still on the phone, Ye Xiu heard the continuous series of loud beeps that the notifications were making, and then he finally turned his head towards the computer. The screen displayed the expression on his face: rather oblivious and quite confused.