28: First Pot of Gold - 3

Jiang Ye smiled and stretched, deciding to wrap up tonight's "performance"—every good script needs a hook at the end to leave some suspense for the sequel.

Brother Ye: [But Zhi Xia is right; Yao Yao's assessment standard was indeed set a bit low, which makes me look like I have no status. Next time there's an assessment, remember to set it higher for her.]

"Understood, Brother Ye, understood..."

Zhi Xia had never seen such an absurd request and couldn't help but laugh. "Don't worry. Early next month, we'll have our first Hall Battle after opening. We'll let Yao Yao be the vanguard then!"

Yao Yao was full of confidence now and immediately responded, "Vanguard it is! Anyway, my brother will definitely help me. Why would I be afraid of you?"

Minnie teased, "Oh? Talking big now? How about we have a PK tomorrow during the day? I'll teach you the meaning of being low-key."

She wanted to test Brother Ye's limits and use this method to solicit votes from her own big spenders.

It was often like this between streamers in voice chat rooms; streamers with big spenders were always at odds and would start a fight over anything.

Before Yao Yao could respond, Zhi Xia interrupted with a smile, "Alright, alright, the room is closing. Stop messing around, you two. Brother Ye has already left."

The two were stunned. They checked the visitor list, and indeed, no one was there.

"Mhm, Sister Zhi Xia, Sister Minnie, goodnight~"

"Rest well, Yao Yao~"

They said their goodbyes and left the livestream room one after another.

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Su Ning turned off her computer and slumped back into her chair, letting out a long sigh of relief.

She picked up her phone and opened the TikTok backend. Looking at the total of 34,758 sound waves from the two livestreams, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

After deducting the 1,000 yuan she transferred to Brother Ye, she had nearly 600 yuan in hand, and that wasn't even counting the extra guild rewards.

This was a huge profit!

It seemed her previous feeling was wrong; not only did he not dislike her, but he actually liked her quite a bit!

Although that burst of enthusiasm earlier was a bit goosebump-inducing... Eww~~

But you could tell he just liked her so much~!

Moreover, compared to those big spenders from before who were either full of lewd talk or incredibly clingy, this Brother Ye seemed exceptionally "refreshing."

He didn't talk about sex, didn't tell vulgar jokes, and didn't even take the initiative to chat or play games with her. He just left after giving gifts... Wasn't this the legendary "sentimental big spender"?!

Su Ning paced around the room with her hands behind her back, feeling happier the more she thought about it.

She walked to the window and looked out at the night view of Wanda Plaza.

Even though it was past midnight, there were still a few scattered pedestrians in the plaza, and a few windows in the distant office buildings were still lit.

"Finally..."

She muttered to herself, her lips curling up unconsciously.

As long as she maintained a good relationship with this big spender, next month's rent would be covered, the minimum credit card payment could be made, and there might even be some money left over to buy something for her mother... Thinking of this, Su Ning's mood became even brighter.

She walked back to her desk, picked up her phone, and after a moment's thought, decided to give Brother Ye another voice call.

He had just given gifts, so now was the time to consolidate their relationship. Otherwise, if he started overthinking and felt neglected, it would hurt their bond.

She had to make this hard-won "sentimental big spender" fully feel her gratitude and sincerity!

Su Ning cleared her throat, adjusted her state, and dialed Brother Ye's voice call.

"Hello? Brother Ye, I'm off the stream! I'm really, really grateful to you today, I..."

Before she could finish her sweet opening, she was rudely interrupted by an extremely impatient voice on the other end:

"Say what you have to say!"

Su Ning was stunned and subconsciously continued, "Oh, I... I wanted to say that today..."

"Do you have something to say or not? If not, I'm hanging up. I'm watching a movie! Don't bother me!"

Su Ning: "???"

The smile on her face froze instantly, and the rest of her words got stuck in her throat.

Before she could recover, she heard two "Hellos?" from the other side, followed by a direct hang-up.

"Beep... beep... beep..."

The busy tone rang in her ear.

Su Ning silently pulled the phone away from her ear, looked at the profile picture of a bowl of white rice on WeChat, then switched back to the TikTok backend to look at the 34,758 sound waves... "...?"

Once again, she fell into a deep, boundless state of confusion.

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The next morning, Jiang Ye woke up naturally.

The first thing he did upon opening his eyes was grab his phone and check the 7,660.35 yuan balance in his WeChat.

He happily opened Meituan and ordered a super luxurious breakfast: the signature mutton soup with extra meat, plus two donkey meat firebiscuits with double donkey meat!

Tsk~

Isn't it a bit too luxurious to eat this well?

Jiang Ye gave a sly smile and decisively clicked to pay.

After washing up， The takeout just arrived。

While enjoying his luxurious breakfast, he opened the WeChat chats of his two "important clients."

On Yao Yao's side, there was only one sentence: [Goodnight, Brother.], sent after 1 AM.

On Ye Cheng's side, she had sent a selfie from when she went to class in the morning—only the lower half of her body, black tights with snow boots, with the teaching building corridor as the background.

Below the photo was another sentence: [Satisfied now?]

Jiang Ye looked at those two words and immediately curled his lip.

Damn psycho, what does she mean by satisfied?

Who does she think I am? Does she really take me for a Pervert?

He snorted coldly, took a big bite of the donkey meat firebiscuit, and silently forwarded the image to his File Helper.