Part 2
It was almost thirty thousand.
Qi Enâs breathing became rapid; it felt as if thirty thousand people were watching him from below a stage right now.
Fortunately, a screen-dominating message diverted his attentionâ
[99] [En-Enâs Jam Level 60] D has entered the livestream.
Qi En visibly relaxed.
His micro-expression was naturally caught by the audience.
Amidst the uniform comments of concern and speculation, certain CP (couple) fans began to spam the screen:
[Brother D is here.]
[Brother D is here to support En-En.]
As soon as Dai Mu arrived, he sent Qi En two Rockets. The magnificent special effects cleared the screen for ten seconds.
Qi Enâs eyes lit up. “Little D, youâre here too.”
At this moment, an entrance effect different from others appeared. It was “Mysterious Person 123456″â
[100] [En-Enâs Jam Level 60] Mysterious Person 123456 has entered the livestream.
And as soon as he arrived, five Rockets followed.
That wasn’t all.
Before Qi En could finish saying “Welcome Mysterious Person 123456 to the livestream,” the mysterious person sent two Carnivals in a row.
During the cascade of special effects, Dai Muâs one Carnival and one Rocket were completely overshadowed.
Ah, itâs blinding.
Qi En leaned back and squinted. He waved his hands twice. “Thatâs enough, thatâs enough, you donât need to send so many.”
Mysterious Person 123456: [This is to make up for the days you didn’t stream.]
“Alright, thank you, Brother Mysterious Person.”
Receiving so much money at once, Qi En didn’t even have time to react with happiness.
He really wanted to go to the backend to see how much money he had received, but he was still live, so that wouldn’t be good.
He clicked on the viewer list and saw that the people who usually sent him gifts were mostly present, so he planned to start talking about the main topic.
Qi En took a sip of water and cleared his throat.
“Um, I have something to say.”
“I have some things going on recently, so I’ll be a bit busy. I might not have the energy to stream every day. But I won’t give up this account or you guys. In the future, I will still post some videos or photosânot that kind, but daily photos of my current situation. Is that okay?”
Qi En asked somewhat cautiously.
After all, he became popular by skirting the edge. If he posted less of that content, he didn’t know if the fans would buy it.
Worried about being scolded, he didn’t dare look at the bullet comments and continued:
“As for streaming, it will be very rare too. But I will try my best to do it once a week, or once every two weeks. The time isn’t fixed; I’ll just stream when I’m free, okay?”
“Also, regarding the content of future streams, it won’t be the same as before…”
“Um, that’s… that’s all I wanted to say. Is there anything you want to ask me?”
After finishing his speech nervously, his palms were sweating, and the corner of the notebook page was damp from his pinching.
He looked at the bullet screen, attempting to find some answerable questions.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he looked up, he saw massive waves of gift special effects.
“Eh?”
What was happening? So many people were sending him gifts that he couldn’t even see the comments.
Just as Qi En was about to tell them to stop sending, the kitten stood up, interrupting Qi En.
Qi En stared carefully at the screen while watching the cat out of the corner of his eye, worried it would enter the frame.
As it turned out, the cat merely separated the chat box from the stream frame for him, so the gift effects wouldn’t block the comments.
Qi En suddenly understood why the kitten did that.
Thinking of the twenty-five million he owed, Qi En cast a grateful look at the kitten.
The cat wasn’t interested in human comments at all; it returned to its previous spot and continued lying down.
Qi En was a bit flustered. He thanked the gifters while reading the comments.
Since he answered whichever one he saw, he read out quite a few odd comments, only realizing what they meant after saying them out loud.
“Is it because the big brother won’t let you continue streaming?”
“Who is the big brother?”
“Got a main job? Mn, that’s right.”
“Is En-En returning to real life? Real life… you mean reality, right? Yes, I found a job.”
“Is the new job stable? Very stable.”
“Does En-En have someone he likes? No.”
“Want to know where En-En works? No can do, that’s my privacy. Don’t ask this kind of question, it’s not very good.”
“Is En-En transitioning his image? Mn… yes.”
Qi En nodded, his lips pressed together lightly in a very serious manner.
At this moment, the Mysterious Person sent a floating comment: [Is this your own decision?]
This question was a bit strange, but Qi En answered truthfully, “Yes.”
Mysterious Person 123456: [Check your private messages.]
“Oh, okay.”
Qi En put the stream aside and clicked on the Mysterious Person’s private message.
The other party sent just one sentence: Add my contact, not an alt account.
En-En Jam: Okay.
Mysterious Person 123456: [Image]
Qi En took out his phone, scanned the QR code on the Mysterious Person’s card, and sent the friend request.
The Mysterious Person’s WeLink profile picture was a landscape photo featuring a blue ocean, a sandy beach, a coconut tree on the left, and a corner of a beach chair. His nickname was also very simple, just a foreign name: “Charles.”
It didn’t display gender, and the WeLink ID under the name was also the initial jumble of code. This person’s WeLink looked more like an alt account.
Also, he seemed quite old.
The other party accepted very quickly, and the “typing…” indicator appeared.
While waiting for the Mysterious Person to send a message, Qi En looked at other private messages.
There was someone named “En-En owo” who had sent a private message “just now.”
So familiar, seemed like he heard it somewhere.
Qi En clicked it openâ
En-En baby, I am Kai Xingwen. Telling you some good news, I became your Top 80 donor!
So it was Kai Xingwen.
At the very bottom of their chat page was a line of small text: “You can only send one message per day before the other party replies.”
Qi En scrolled through the previous message history with Kai Xingwen. It was all messages unilaterally sent by Kai Xingwen; Qi En had never replied to him.
So, Qi En casually sent his own WeLink card over.
Kai Xingwen replied to him, but Qi En had already backed out and didn’t see it.
At this moment, Kai Xingwen’s WeLink friend request popped up, and the Mysterious Person also replied to him.
Qi En first approved Kai Xingwen’s friend request, then clicked on the Mysterious Person’s message.
Just one sentence: “You stream first.”
At this time, Little D sent him a message again.
Little D: [What did he send you?]
Qi En thought for a moment before realizing Little D was asking what private message the Mysterious Person had sent.
Qi En told him truthfully, then finally had time to continue streaming and looking at the comments.
He was so busy.
There were too many comments scrolling too fast. Qi En leaned forward slightly and started picking ones to answer.
After ending the stream, Qi En couldn’t wait to open the Creator Center to check the data from the last broadcast.
In the stream just now, he gained five thousand followers, the stream likes hit one hundred million, the peak concurrent viewers were sixty thousand, and the total tipped amount was fifty thousand. This fifty thousand was after deducting the platform’s cut.
The top donor was still the Mysterious Person, and the second was Dai Mu.
“Looking at it this way, it seems continuing to be a streamer is pretty good too.”
The cat spoke lazily, its indifferent words instantly dispelling Qi En’s thought:
[Itâs because you are transitioning that such huge traffic was pushed to you all of a sudden. If you say youâll continue being a streamer now, youâll be labeled as hype-baiting for money.]
[Besides, can you continue streaming wearing those kinds of clothes? You still have to keep taking videos and photos, you know.]
Qi En rejected that idea with lightning speed.
As for the Mysterious Person, he said just now to let him stream first, but now that Qi En had ended the stream, he didn’t come to find Qi En either.
Qi En didn’t actively seek him out; he was busy too.
Qi En had already planned his future path.
He would first withdraw all the money in his Miro account, pay off a portion of the debt, then set aside a few months’ worth of rent and utilities. He would also keep a portion in reserve to buy weapons and such, to deal with emergencies.
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