Before I could even see her face clearly, a sweet, clear female voice already came through the live stream.
She was singing "A Little Bit Closer."
(Lyrics)
"I ask you to come a little bit closer to me."
"I'm not a bad person, why are you staying so far away~"
The girl on screen smiled like a flower, her bright almond-shaped eyes slightly upturned, clear and pure.
She wore a light white knitted V-neck short-sleeve, revealing her fair, smooth neck and collarbone.
She lifted the corners of her lips, the cherry-pink glaze shimmering with a moist sheen.
Like a translucent peach.
Jiang Liuyue noticed a new level-one account enter the live stream room.
She still greeted it warmly.
"Welcome HYC to the live stream."
"This is a singing live stream. You can request a song with just one 'Little Heart' or one 'Popularity Ticket'."
Right after she finished speaking, she noticed this new account had left the live stream room again.
She didn't pay it much mind.
After all, there were too many tourist-like passersby like this.
But after three seconds, that HYC entered the live stream room again.
This time, Jiang Liuyue didn't greet them again. It would be exhausting to greet everyone like that.
She was smiling and interacting with a wealthy older sister in the live stream.
"Sister wants to hear 'I Want to Possess You'? Sure."
"It's a new song, wait a moment, I'll go learn it right away."
As she spoke, the corners of her eyes and brows lifted slightly.
...
Huo Yaochuan was now completely awake.
Staring at that vivid face on the screen, identical to the photo Manwan Wanwan had sent him, he fell silent.
He was absolutely certain he hadn't mistaken it.
His gaze shifted to the streamer's name.
Yi Liuyue.
Sounded somewhat familiar.
Seemed like Zhou Che had also mentioned his favorite streamer's name had a 'Yue' character in it.
Could it be such a coincidence?
He picked up his phone and sent a message to Manwan Wanwan.
"Wanwan, what are you doing right now?"
A reply came quickly from the other side.
"Just finished washing up, lying on the bed scrolling through my phone. Getting ready to sleep soon."
"Yaochuan, you drank tonight, so go to bed early too, so you don't wake up with a headache tomorrow."
Looking at the words full of concern from the other side,
Huo Yaochuan's eyelashes fluttered extremely slowly.
Beneath the long lashes, his deep pool-like eyes darkened a shade.
"Okay, goodnight."
Returning to the live stream again,
the female streamer on screen was singing "I Want to Possess You."
(Lyrics)
"I want to possess you, possess your beauty."
"Possess everything about you, and it's beyond reproach..."
For the first time, he tapped open the gifting interface.
[User HYC sent Popularity Ticket ×1]
[User HYC sent Little Heart ×2]
Huo Yaochuan had never played around in live streams before, so he habitually tapped the first two gifts listed.
Jiang Liuyue, upon seeing this, didn't ignore him at all despite the inexpensive gifts.
"Thank you HYC for the one Popularity Ticket and two Little Hearts."
"You can type any song you'd like to hear in the chat."
Huo Yaochuan couldn't quite describe what he was feeling now.
[HYC: Anything is fine.]
"Okay then, I'll sing a song I've really liked recently, one that Night Young Master also requested before—'As You Wish'. Wishing everyone smooth sailing in all things."
A gentle, emotional female voice began singing pleasantly.
Hearing her mention "Night Young Master," Huo Yaochuan became even more convinced she was the so-called favorite streamer Zhou Che had been chasing recently.
So,
he hadn't been mistaken about the photo in his phone wallpaper earlier.
As for why it was exactly the same as the one Wanwan had sent him,
he only had two guesses in his heart.
The first possibility was that Wanwan had lied to him.
Her real job might actually be a live streamer, but she hadn't told him due to privacy concerns.
After all, Zhou Che had never seen Wanwan's photo and wouldn't recognize her.
But why would she rather meet a big spender in a live stream like Zhou Che, yet repeatedly refuse him?
The second possibility was that the photo Wanwan sent him was fake.
The girl in the photo was someone else.
Namely, the streamer Yi Liuyue in this live stream room.
Just as Huo Yaochuan was lost in thought,
his phone screen suddenly vibrated gently.
One azure dragon after another surged across the bottom of the live stream screen.
[User Weimian Ye sent Imperial Dragon Knight ×1]
[User Weimian Ye sent Imperial Dragon Knight ×2]
...
[User Weimian Ye sent Imperial Dragon Knight ×10]
[Weimian Ye: Luckily made it in time. Yueyue, five minutes until you end stream.]
The other little fans cheered excitedly.
[What's up with Night Young Master being so late today?]
[Yeah, yeah! Liuyue just sang 'As You Wish,' the song you like.]
[Our Night Young Master indeed, ten dragons as soon as he shows up. The Dragon Keeper lives up to his name.]
[Weimian Ye: Sang 'As You Wish'?]
[Weimian Ye: Really?]
[Weimian Ye: I didn't hear it (crying.jpg emoji)]
The sweet, clear female voice sounded again: "Night Young Master, don't cry. I'll sing it again for you, just in time to finish and end stream."
[Weimian Ye: Okay.]
Huo Yaochuan just stared at the screen, quietly watching the two of them chat.
It was a feeling of secretly peeping.
An indescribable sense of strangeness.
So this is how that guy Zhou Che usually acts in live streams.
Unconsciously,
he kept watching until the song finished, and Yi Liuyue said in the live stream that she was ending the broadcast.
[HYC: What time do you start streaming tomorrow?]
She answered with a smile: "Every night at eight o'clock, ending at ten. See you tomorrow, HYC."
After saying that, she bid goodbye one by one to the active fans in the live stream room.
Finally, she made a heart shape with her hands against her cheek and said to Zhou Che:
"Goodbye, Night Young Master. See you tomorrow."
With a poof, the live stream screen went black.
The Douyin system popped up a message.
The live stream has ended.
Huo Yaochuan got up, walked to the window, and drew back the curtains.
Gazing at the bright moon hanging in the night sky,
he pressed his lips together, lost in thought.
...
"Male lead Huo Yaochuan's favorability is 60%," the system announced in her ear.
"Only 60%?"
Jiang Liuyue pouted.
From the moment that account named HYC entered the live stream, she had guessed who it was.
Yaochuan.
YC.
How hard was that to guess?
The male lead was smarter than she imagined, discovering something amiss so quickly.
It wasn't in vain that she had jokingly told Zhou Che that whoever screamed on the rollercoaster had to use the other's photo as their wallpaper.
Whether he used it or not,
her idea was to have her photo appear in Zhou Che's phone.
It would be discovered sooner or later.
She just hadn't expected it to be so soon.
Knock knock—
A knocking sound came from outside the door.
Followed by Feng Xiaoman's worried voice.
"Liuyue, are you asleep?"
"About to sleep."
"Can you chat with me for a bit right now?" Feng Xiaoman sighed at the door.
"No, I'm very sleepy right now."
Jiang Liuyue answered decisively.
Feng Xiaoman outside the door was stunned, not expecting the other to refuse her so directly.
And at that moment,
a new red notification dot popped up again in her WeChat chat dialog.
It was from Yaochuan.
He's still awake this late? Can't sleep and is thinking of her?
The slight unease in her heart was instantly soothed.
Feng Xiaoman excitedly tapped open the message.
There was only one sentence.
Yaochuan: "Let's meet this weekend."
