Chapter 70: Oh No, I've Become the Villain!
Until today—or rather, until Xianyu reached out with her chopsticks and poked them into Jiang Yun’s plate of stir-fried rice noodles—Jiang Yun had always believed that Xianyu’s cluelessness on camera was just an act, a bit of video magic. He liked watching her precisely because her persona felt natural and unforced.
But what he never expected was that her cluelessness… wasn’t an act at all!
Honestly, what sane person would think the stir-fried rice noodles sitting on a spicy hot pot stall were just one of the ingredients? Especially when they were already cooked!
Yet at this moment, Xianyu seemed to notice nothing amiss. She held up her phone, diligently filming as she picked out her “ingredients.” Only after she’d selected everything did she notice Jiang Yun watching her intently.
She swung the camera briefly over his face, muttering softly, “This guy is so weird, staring at me all the time.”
Though her voice was barely audible, Jiang Yun’s sharp ears caught her “mumbling” easily enough. He twitched the corner of his mouth but said nothing, simply picking up his plate of stir-fried noodles and moving to the side.
Just then, the owner preparing Xianyu’s food looked at her in surprise and asked, “Hey, little lady, where did you get those stir-fried noodles? We don’t have that as an option.”
At the owner’s words, Xianyu immediately pointed to where she’d grabbed the noodles. “Right here…”
She trailed off, suddenly realizing something was wrong—her plate of noodles had vanished! Her eyes darted to the small table at the side, where Jiang Yun was eating his noodles.
Xianyu: ………
No matter how clueless she might be, even she realized what had happened!
A thick wave of embarrassment flooded her heart. She ducked her head, scraping her thumb frantically at the floor as if she might dig herself a three-bedroom apartment by sheer force of awkwardness.
After a long hesitation, Xianyu finally walked over to Jiang Yun and said softly, “I’m sorry, I took your noodles by mistake.”
Jiang Yun waved it off. “Don’t worry about it. With that wise look in your eyes, it’s only natural you’d do something like this.”
Xianyu: ……
Wait, isn’t that just insulting me?
“Anyway… I’m really sorry. Let me pay for your meal, okay?” she said again, offering to cover his bill.
“You sure?” Jiang Yun looked at her, a strange glimmer in his eyes.
“Mm-hmm!” Xianyu nodded twice.
“Alright,” Jiang Yun replied, then shouted to the spicy hot pot owner, “Boss, add the price of two packs of Huazi cigarettes to my bill. One for each of us.”
“Huh?” they both exclaimed at once, Xianyu and the owner turning to Jiang Yun with faces full of question marks.
“What? Is there a problem?” Jiang Yun teased, his eyes twinkling as he looked at Xianyu. He was just trying to mess with her, and thought for sure she’d refuse, giving him an easy out to say he was only joking.
But to his shock, Xianyu actually reached into her wallet, pulled out a hundred-yuan bill, and placed it in front of him. “Here, is this enough?”
Jiang Yun: ??????
Oh no! Now I look like a jerk!
The confusion in Jiang Yun’s eyes was almost overflowing. Before he could react, Xianyu turned to the owner and said, “Boss, I’ll pay for his too.”
“Alright!” The owner didn’t know what was going on, but since she insisted, he gladly accepted.
“Sorry to disturb your meal,” Xianyu apologized again, this time with utter sincerity.
Jiang Yun was left utterly dumbfounded.
Huh???
Wait, what… I… huh???
He’d always prided himself on being a master of the absurd after more than twenty years of life, but today, he’d met a true expert!
Sis, is it really necessary to be this genuine?
Honestly, if you told me you were only eight years old, I’d believe you!
For a moment, Jiang Yun was at a loss for words.
Meanwhile, Xianyu had already paid for both meals and left with her takeout.
Jiang Yun stared at the spicy hot pot the owner set before him, feeling his appetite vanish.
It took a long silence before he recovered enough to start eating again.
After finishing, he didn’t linger but drove straight home.
Once there, Jiang Yun collapsed onto the sofa and unlocked his phone—just in time to see Xianyu had started streaming live.
He clicked in for a look.
This time, Xianyu didn’t show her face; the camera was pointed at the table, where her takeout spicy hot pot sat. As she ate, she said, “You guys don’t even know—today’s meal was expensive. Wait till I finish editing the video tomorrow, then you’ll see.”
Listening to her, Jiang Yun couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth. Then he tapped the gift icon.
[Cloudy gifts Xianyu 10 Douyin Carnivals!]
[…]
[Cloudy gifts Xianyu 50 Douyin Carnivals!]
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[Cloudy gifts Xianyu 100 Douyin Carnivals!]
As the screen lit up with gift effects, Xianyu’s soft voice chimed, “Thank you, Cloudy, for the hundred Carnivals. Thank you, Cloudy~”
By now, Jiang Yun was no longer the obscure little streamer he once was. Even a normal broadcast would see two or three hundred thousand viewers in his room.
And Xianyu’s room had plenty of viewers who recognized him as well.
As soon as they saw Jiang Yun showering her with gifts, his fans exploded with excitement.
“Hey, aren’t you supposed to be streaming? What are you doing here, throwing gifts instead?”
“Wow, so you’re skipping your own stream to sneak into a girl’s room?”
“Did the Voice of Guangdong’s Wisdom get to you too?”
“Three million diamonds in one go—Cloudy, you’re amazing!”
“Whoa, that’s three hundred thousand yuan! Is Cloudy really that rich?”
“Why is Cloudy giving so much?”
[…]
Seeing so many comments about Jiang Yun, Xianyu couldn’t help but ask, “Who is this Cloudy? Is he a streamer too?”
She meant to check his profile, but by the time she tried, Jiang Yun had already left, so she couldn’t see it even if she wanted to.
After some explanations from her viewers, Xianyu realized who Jiang Yun was—a top streamer with over a hundred thousand fans.
“Wow~ a hundred-thousand-plus streamer!” she said a little enviously. “I wonder when I’ll reach that many.”
Hearing this, her viewers started joking.
“Just show your face on stream and you’ll get there!”
“Exactly, give us a face reveal!”
“I’ve been watching since you had just a few thousand fans—now you’re over two million and still no face cam. Come on!”
“Let us see your face!”
[…]
Faced with these requests, Xianyu replied softly, “I’ll pass on the face reveal~ Maybe another time.”
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Beloved for her streams: a song called ‘Dancer’s Tears,’ sung by our sweet, clueless little sister. Please add to your favorites: () Live: ‘Dancer’s Tears,’ sung by our sweet, clueless little sister.