Ye Zhishu’s gaze lingered on the “50,000 traffic bonus”—she absolutely loved getting things for free!
At the moment, the top streamer’s revenue stood at 120,000.
That meant, if she wanted to become the rookie king, she would need to generate at least another 60,000 in revenue in under an hour.
Challenging, but not impossible.
“Little Mountain God, shall we give it a try?”
Li Hui glanced at his account balance. He was ready to go all out to secure the top spot.
He had already spent 160,000 yuan—another 60,000 more wouldn’t matter. Consider it a favor for Ye Zhishu.
【Li-ge is going all out for the crown to impress the beauty?!】
【Wait, since when did our fans get so cultured? You even used a long idiom!】
【This is going to be interesting.】
While the chat was buzzing, the police arrived. Li Hui noticed viewers beginning to drop off from his stream. After thinking it through, he told Ye Zhishu, “Let’s just end the livestream.”
His streams were always set to replay, so even if he went offline, the backend could still access the footage.
The ghostly incident would be hard to explain otherwise—showing the video directly to the police was more convincing.
After handling that, Li Hui logged back into Ye Zhishu’s livestream using his alternate account, only to find she had already started streaming again.
…
After ending the previous connection,
Ye Zhishu didn’t rush to pair up with anyone. Instead, she studied the DouDou PK system.
Ultimately, it all boiled down to two words: making money.
Different streamers had different methods. Some relied on skill—singing, dancing, crafting—while others relied on looks, simply sitting in front of the camera, acting cute or coquettish to encourage donations.
Just as Ye Zhishu finished understanding this and was about to try it herself, a PK invitation popped up.
She paused. She hadn’t expected someone to “send a pillow” so quickly—decisively, she accepted.
The screen split in two, and a flash of bright red hair immediately caught the viewers’ eyes.
【Excuse me, is the streamer on the other side cosplaying red-haired Nezha?】
【Fans, stay alert】
【Whoa! What a coincidence! Isn’t that the current number-one rookie?!】
【I have to admit, Little Mountain God’s luck is unreal.】
The first PK had been against Li Hui; the second was the current rookie king. That definitely counted as good fortune.
Li Hui had ended his livestream, and with nowhere else to go, all his fans crowded into Ye Zhishu’s room to watch the show.
Never mind anything else— just the appearance of the little Mountain God alone outshone most female streamers. Add in her mystical abilities, and this was far more entertaining than those borderline “sexy” streams.
As a result,
Ye Zhishu’s livestream viewer count reached a staggering 200,000—remarkable for a newcomer who had been live for less than an hour!
“New streamer?”
Amid the heated chat in Ye Zhishu’s room, the red-haired boy glanced at her viewer count, raising an eyebrow in surprise.
His gravity-defying red hair—floating upwards—must have taken an obscene amount of hairspray to achieve.
Ye Zhishu, propping her chin, nodded: “Yes, currently ranked eighth.”
On the first day a rookie streamer goes live, a light green frame appears above their avatar. Ye Zhishu had compared with Li Hui’s account to understand this.
She scanned his username: [Ji Mingrui]
It looked like a real name.
From the background, he seemed to be in a KTV, colorful lights streaming across his face.
He looked just over twenty, handsome and refined, wearing a red ear stud in his left ear, a black leather jacket, and that outrageous hairstyle—still managing to look striking.
“How do you want to PK?”
Ye Zhishu asked.
Rookie streamers had limited options: five or fifteen minutes, and they couldn’t force a PK—though if the opponent forced it, they had no choice but to accept.
Earlier, Li Hui had used a forced PK.
Ji Mingrui shrugged. “Whatever. I’ll give you a chance—fifteen minutes.”
His tone was casual, almost nonchalant.
【Brothers, I can tell now—this has to be some rich kid. Look at his stream—barely a thousand viewers. But he has three backers, each gifting over a hundred thousand!】
【Damn, looks like our Little Mountain God is going to lose. Rookie king is out of reach.】
【Should we just give up? With our small contributions, there’s no way to beat the rich guy.】
Although Ye Zhishu’s followers had skyrocketed, most were still observing. In an ordinary PK, sheer numbers could make up a difference, but her opponent clearly came from wealth, playing for fun, aiming for the top rank and the glory of being called “big brother.”
Forget tens of thousands—he could throw hundreds of thousands like it was nothing.
“Fine.”
Ye Zhishu glanced at the chat and accepted in one breath.
Ji Mingrui looked at her. The little streamer was pretty—but not his type. Besides, he already had a girlfriend.
He switched the camera, focusing on a table full of alcohol on stage.
Slowly, he said:
“Top rank, send the most expensive one.”
【Is the alcohol expensive? Acting so cocky? The top rank already has sixty thousand. Only a fool would fight for it!】
Most bottles had English labels, looking like cheap imports from some online marketplace—but there were actually 50–60 bottles of fake liquor.
【Whoa! Stop it, brother upstairs! One glance exposes your poverty. The cheapest bottle I recognize? That vodka in the corner, two thousand yuan a bottle.】
【Two thousand… not impressive.】
Meanwhile, many of Li Hui’s fans who had flooded into Ye Zhishu’s room were “big spenders” who instantly recognized the value of the bottles.
Seeing some ignorant viewers making noise, they couldn’t hold back:
【Li-ge’s bros: To the poor ones in front, shut up! Embarrassing! That red bottle? Legacy By Angostura, 160,000 a glass. And that tall bottle? Chateau D’Yquem 1811, market value 810,000, extremely rare. Even if you have money, you might not get it.】
【?? Sixteen thousand? Eight hundred and ten thousand? For a single bottle? Rich people’s world—I don’t understand.】
【No wonder the rookie king talks so arrogantly. They’ve got real power! Damn, the top rank can even send the most expensive gift? I’m tempted too!】
【Forget it, this isn’t a battle ordinary people can join.】
The viewers were stunned. In Ji Mingrui’s room, a few people immediately began spending madly after his announcement.
The PK progress bar widened at an alarming speed.
Even if Li Hui emptied his entire fortune, he probably couldn’t catch up.