Chapter 11: The Invitation from the Naive Young Girl

“Headmaster, how are you? Bet you didn’t expect me to come back and visit you, did you?” Jiang Yun smiled as he spoke to the elderly man before him.

Hearing Jiang Yun’s words, the old headmaster sighed deeply. “I never thought you’d be the first one to return.”

Jiang Yun raised an eyebrow. “What, did you think I wouldn’t come back?”

“Not exactly,” the headmaster shook his head, “but you’ve always been stubborn since you were a kid. With your temperament, I figured you’d need to achieve something before you’d feel comfortable visiting me. I thought it’d be years before you showed up. Didn’t expect you’d come back so soon.”

He glanced at the Audi A8L parked outside the door. “That car isn’t cheap, is it?”

Jiang Yun chuckled, offering no explanation. “It’s fine. Just a way to get around.”

The old headmaster turned to him. “I’m old now, and I don’t really understand you young people’s world. I just hope you don’t take any shortcuts for the sake of making money. We should live clean, honest lives.”

“Don’t worry. I know where the line is.”

“Good.” The headmaster nodded. “Will you stay for dinner tonight?”

“No,” Jiang Yun shook his head, “I have work to do and can’t stay too long. I’ll visit you again when I have time.”

The old headmaster didn’t press further, simply nodding in reply.

Seeing this, Jiang Yun didn’t linger; he got in his car and drove away.

Although he had already completed his daily sign-in earlier that morning, it didn’t mean his work for the day was finished. The system had mentioned before that the rewards from signing in each day were linked to the content and impact of his livestreams. So, if possible, the more viewers in his livestream room, the better.

His early morning stream had produced some great moments; he wanted to edit the highlights and post them on other platforms to draw in more traffic. In his mind, the effect might not be extraordinary, but at least it would make some difference.

However, when Jiang Yun got home and began editing the interesting clips from his stream to upload to TikTok, he discovered his account wouldn’t open! The computer he’d bought with three months’ salary froze every time he tried to access TikTok!

He repeatedly closed and reopened the app, only to finally get inside after several attempts.

As soon as it loaded, he was greeted by a flood of notifications—99+ direct messages, comments, new followers—all popping up like crazy.

It took Jiang Yun quite some time to figure out what was happening.

Staring at the trending topic “Silly Girl Breakdown” at the top of the hot list, Jiang Yun’s mouth fell open.

“Is this… what it feels like to go viral?” His expression was a bit dazed, quite different from how he felt when he first received the system.

He’d fantasized about such a scene countless times, posting video after video and dreaming that one would explode in popularity, sending his livestream numbers soaring and turning him into a top-tier streamer.

He never expected it to actually happen today!

Though he was still a ways from being a top streamer, and this surge in popularity might not convert into much traffic for his livestream, at least he’d tasted a bit of what it meant to be famous.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yun hurriedly uploaded the freshly edited video to his TikTok account.

Then he went to the bathroom to wash his face, calming himself down a bit before checking the comments on his post.

“The master finally posted a video!”

“Of all the bloggers updating Brother Yun’s videos, you’re the slowest!”

“Go live! What are you doing in broad daylight if you’re not streaming?”

“Where’s Brother Yun streaming? I searched all over Naiwan and couldn’t find you!”

“......”

Seeing the harmonious atmosphere in the comments section, Jiang Yun smiled and glanced at his follower count.

In just one afternoon, his TikTok followers had shot up to over a hundred thousand.

Clearly, trending on TikTok had brought him a lot of traffic.

He wondered how much of that would convert into viewers for his livestream.

After all, the number of live online viewers was what mattered most to him.

The more people tuned in, the richer the rewards he’d get from the sign-in system.

For a moment, Jiang Yun couldn’t help but look forward to tomorrow’s livestream.

Ding-dong!

Just then, his phone chimed.

Curious, he checked and saw someone had added him as a WeChat contact.

“Hello, Brother Yun, this is Silly Girl.”

Seeing the friend request message, Jiang Yun blinked in surprise.

Why was she adding him?

Thinking it over, Jiang Yun accepted Silly Girl’s request.

No sooner had he done so than she messaged him.

“Is this Brother Yun?”

“Yes, what’s up?”

“Your contact info was really hard to get! I sent you messages on both TikTok and Shark Live, but you didn’t even look at them. In the end, I had to go through the guild you joined before.”

“I don’t really have the habit… So, what’s the matter?”

“Are you streaming tonight, or early in the morning?”

“Probably, unless I fall asleep.”

“Did you see the TikTok trending list? Someone posted a clip from our joint livestream, and it’s on the hot list now.”

“Just saw it.”

“Want to interact again tonight? We can both gain some followers.”

“Sure.”

“See you tonight.”

“See you tonight.”

After a few simple exchanges, they’d sorted things out.

Both were streamers, so it didn’t take much to understand each other.

Now that their joint livestream was so popular, it was only natural to seize the opportunity and boost their follower counts.

Jiang Yun certainly wouldn’t refuse.

He wanted as many viewers in his livestream as possible!

He didn’t even care if they sent gifts.

After all, he was mainly relying on the sign-in system to make a living now.

…

“Yes!” On the other side, Silly Girl smiled, flashing a victory sign.

She muttered to herself, “It’s really hard to gain followers these days. I can barely remember the last time I was on the TikTok hot list. I have to seize this traffic, and if I’m lucky, maybe I can surpass Tuanzi for once.”

Back then, Silly Girl and Tuanzi were both top female streamers on Shark Live.

Both focused on battle royale games, so it was inevitable they’d compete for the title of “Queen.”

But Silly Girl had lost to Tuanzi several times, forcing her to relinquish the title.

Now Shark Live’s overall popularity was waning, and battle royale games were fading, so everyone was searching for a breakthrough.

If Silly Girl could find a new streaming style and make a name for herself, maybe she could finally reclaim the “Queen” title from Tuanzi.

That was why she was so eager to contact Jiang Yun.

After all, anyone could see that she’d made it onto the trending list thanks to Jiang Yun’s antics.

If tonight’s joint stream with him could produce some more memorable moments…

Thinking of this, Silly Girl couldn’t help but let out a silly laugh.

She loved livestreaming: a song of “Dancer’s Tears,” leaving Silly Girl stunned—please follow: () Livestream: a song of “Dancer’s Tears,” leaving Silly Girl speechless.