Axis: [What are the rules for singing today?]
Mizuko: [Whoa, Brother Axis went out to listen around and found out that our Zhizhi treasure still sings the best, so he came back?]
Strawberry Candy: [Zhizhi baby, muah!]
[User Strawberry Candy sent a Heart-Throwing Duck!]
Receiving a gift right at the start of the stream, Xia Zhi’s eyes lit up: “Thank you, Strawberry Candy baby, for the Heart-Throwing Duck~”
“Axis baby, there’s also a dance talent option today. Once the viewer count reaches a thousand, I’ll set a song-request time and follow yesterday’s rules for requests. For now, let’s just chat and get to know each other.”
The moment Xia Zhi finished speaking, a PK invitation popped up in the bottom-right corner.
It was Dou Dou again.
“Dou Dou wants to PK with me again.” Xia Zhi mentioned this, and while she was weighing whether to accept, the viewer count in the stream was already climbing.
Before long, it reached six hundred people.
[Came out of curiosity to see the streamer who pulled in 900k in a single day yesterday. Pretty, sure, but doesn’t seem like she’s got that much money-making appeal.]
Seeing that comment, Leona casually sent Xia Zhi a Dream Castle.
[Leona sent a Dream Castle!]
[Ha, sending gifts again? Don’t like us talking bad about the streamer?]
[Leona sent a Romantic Carriage!]
[Bro, seriously? Dropping 2888 just like that? You got a mine at home or something?]
Xia Zhi was stunned too.
She was still considering whether to connect with Dou Dou when the stream got flooded with gift effects again. And the Romantic Carriage effect was pretty nice-looking too.
“Thank you, Leona baby, for the Dream Castle and Romantic Carriage! The effects are so pretty, I love them!”
Xia Zhi’s eyes sparkled—that was the joy of seeing money roll in.
Seeing Xia Zhi so happy, Leona curled his lips into a smile.
He remembered the guide for winning over females he’d bookmarked yesterday, which said you absolutely had to let the female know how much property you owned.
So he typed, pretending to reply to someone: [Got mines, ten mining planets.]
Xia Zhi laughed at “ten mining planets.”
Leona seemed more composed than Axis on the surface, but it turned out he had a playful streak too—comparing mining operations to planets.
Seeing Xia Zhi laugh at Leona’s words, Axis frowned and typed as well: [My family has mines too. I have five mining planets, and I hold shares in the film industry.]
Nezuko: [Wait, are you two brothers or what? Why are you both doing abstract humor the same way?]
Others in the chat were also saying the two big spenders were pros at abstract humor and clearly came from the same family.
Xia Zhi was curious too: “Are Leona baby and Axis baby really brothers?”
Leona: [No, I’m his uncle.]
Axis: [Heh, isn’t it just that you were born 272 years earlier than me?]
Seeing that “272 years,” Xia Zhi’s smile grew even brighter: “You two talk in such a fun way. 272 years ago—Leona can’t be from the Qianlong era of the Qing Dynasty, can he?”
Qing Dynasty? Qianlong?
Leona was silent for a moment, instinctively pulling up a search box.
Sure enough, neither term existed in Beastman history.
Leona grew even more certain of the suspicion in his mind.
The strangeness in the Little Female’s language could still be explained by the planet being underdeveloped, but this live-streaming software called Shanyin had never appeared in StarNet’s search database, nor could its origin be traced.
—Perhaps she and he were not in the same world at all.
Now, the mention of “dynasties” further confirmed this theory.
Having already deduced the truth, Leona remained composed and unreadable.
He typed on the bullet comments: [Perhaps so. Zhizhi-sama can consider me one as well.]
“Haha.” This ambiguous reply made not only Xia Zhi laugh, but also the other viewers in the live stream.
Nezuko: [I have a reasonable suspicion that you two are deliberately performing crosstalk just to win Zhizhi baby’s favor.]
Xia Zhi smiled as she watched the bullet comments, then glanced at the bottom right corner.
Dou Dou’s PK request had disappeared.
She must not have accepted it, so the call had automatically disconnected on the other end.
It was fine not to accept it.
Without being targeted first, Xia Zhi didn’t want to proactively start conflicts with others.
Strawberry Candy: [I don’t have much money, but can I add a rule for the first gift I sent today? Can I have the right to request one song? I want to hear baby sing an ancient-style song.]
Xia Zhi looked at Strawberry Candy’s suggestion and nodded.
“Thank you for the suggestion, Strawberry Candy baby. That works too—consider it a small perk for the babies who camp out in my live stream every time.”
“Just for singing though, I only sing two high-pitched songs a day. As for dancing, I’ll also rest when I get tired, okay?”
“If you can’t bear to part with me, then just pray that your streamer quickly becomes a robot that only needs charging to work~”
Xia Zhi stated the rules slowly and methodically, then blinked lightly with a playful tone.
Her adorable appearance harvested a wave of small gifts.
Xia Zhi thanked each one one by one, then suddenly saw Leona send another message: [Does Zhizhi-sama like robots?]
“Ah.” Since Leona had asked so seriously, Xia Zhi also answered seriously, “I do. I heard there are robot vacuums and dishwashers and things like that now. I really want to buy some to help me clean at home.”
[The streamer is bad at housework?]
[Haha, I don’t like doing housework either. My mom always makes me learn, saying that boys nowadays who can’t do housework won’t have girls wanting them.]
[For robot vacuums, I recommend the Dami brand—great value and works well. My family’s dishwasher is from Midea.]
The bullet comments drifted into casual conversation about daily life on this topic.
Leona and Axis, however, fell silent.
Females in their world never needed to do housework. Not to mention that household robots truly existed—even if one didn’t want to eat robot-cooked meals, the males of the family would handle the cooking.
A female doing housework—that image was simply unimaginable.
Thinking of Xia Zhi’s small hands having to labor, a flicker of heartache passed through Leona’s golden eyes. He clicked on the gift list and sent her another ten Carnivals.
[User Leona has sent 10 Carnivals!]
Leona: [How much do robot vacuums and dishwashers cost? Is this enough?]
The special effect of ten Carnivals appeared on the screen, and Xia Zhi’s heart skipped another beat.
He truly was a tycoon with a mine at home—Carnivals just came and went like that.
“Enough, enough. Thank you for the Carnivals, Leona baby. Your tips are enough for me to buy tons of robot vacuums and dishwashers.”
Leona: [Then buy them.]
[That big brother doesn’t mince words—so he’s making the streamer spend fifteen grand on a robot vacuum and a dishwasher?]
Seeing the sour comments scrolling by, Nezuko also sent a message: [Good robot vacuums and dishwashers cost even more than that. I’ll chip in some for our Zhizhi too.]
[User Nezuko sent 2 Carnival gifts!]
“Thank you for the Carnivals, Nezuko baby. I’ll set that money aside—once I buy my own place, I’ll get them right away.” Xia Zhi said seriously, picking up the notebook beside her and writing down her plan to purchase a robot vacuum and dishwasher, then showing it to the camera.
The little notebook had other entries too—things like signing up for various skill classes, practicing acting, and trying to go for another audition in a month.
It was just a quick glance for the audience, so Xia Zhi didn’t think much of it and tucked the notebook away soon after.
Leona: [Lady Zhizhi doesn’t have her own place yet?]
After asking that question, Leona looked at the balance in his account.
He wasn’t sure how much money it would take to buy a house in the little female’s world on the screen.
If he sent too many gifts at once, would it scare Zhizhi instead?
Xia Zhi had no idea that Leona was debating whether to just send her enough for a house in one go.
Another PK request popped up at the top of her screen.
This time, the ID requesting the connection was “Shanyin’s Good Voice.” Clicking into the account, it turned out to be one with 5 million followers.
The account’s content consisted of connecting with singing streamers on Shanyin, followed by live critiques from a vocal professor.
A vocal music teacher—that was exactly the kind of connection Xia Zhi lacked.
Xia Zhi thought it over, then announced to the 5,000 viewers currently in her livestream: “Shanyin’s Good Voice is requesting to connect. I’m going to accept it.”
With that said, she had already hit accept on the PK.
Nezuko: [Wait, don’t connect—]