Volume One, Chapter 21: Skirting the Edge

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The PK connection went through quickly. The streamer on the other side found her health bar locked in a chokehold and, terrified, hung up.

The two of them were still sending gifts when Yu Yansui connected with another female streamer in the Diamond tier, whose handle was Stuffed Baby.

Seeing her own health bar locked, Stuffed Baby clutched her throat with both hands. “Brothers and sisters, she’s provoking me! She’s choking me—Baby hurts, it hurts! Get her!”

[The other side is Stuffed Baby. That woman plays viciously.]

[But Stuffed Baby is hilarious to watch.]

The sponsor-gift effects finally ended, and the two men stopped sending gifts.

“Brother Evening Breeze, Brother Nine Li, don’t fight. Get along, okay?”

[(Moderator) Evening Breeze: Hmph.]

[(Moderator) Nine Li: .]

[(Moderator) King: You two, honestly...]

Stuffed Baby’s score had already caught up with Yu Yansui’s. “Girl, how about trying to choke me now?”

“Sorry, Baby. The brothers in our family had a little disagreement. That was an accident. We’re not doing PK anymore. Bye-bye!”

“No way. My brothers and sisters have already loaded up their votes. We’re fighting you today.”

Stuffed Baby spoke viciously. “You lock my throat the moment the PK starts, then refuse to fight at the end? Your big brother is short to the root!”

She even made a suggestive pinching gesture.

[I’m dying. Short to the root.]

[How are the brothers at home doing?]

[(Moderator) King: ?]

[(Moderator) Evening Breeze: Damn it! We’re fighting her today.]

[(Moderator) Nine Li: Accepted.]

[Stuffed Baby really goes for the jugular.]

[Her words are awful, but she’s incredibly entertaining.]

[I went to the other side to look. All her brothers and sisters are there.]

[No way. Our big brothers aren’t here? What are they doing?]

Yu Yansui said, “We’ll take it. Overall leaderboard?”

Stuffed Baby peeled the dead skin from her lips, then applied some lipstick. “What kind of streamer are you?”

“I suppose I’m an all-rounder. I can do a little of everything.”

“Well, what a coincidence. I’m an all-rounder too. Five-minute overall leaderboard. The loser has to wipe the edge?”

Yu Yansui asked, “Wipe the edge? How?”

“Just follow orders after you lose. What punishment would you give me?”

“Uh... make you wipe the edge too?”

Stuffed Baby was perfectly game. “Accepted. Are we playing during the process?”

“How do we play during the process?”

“The person with fewer votes follows the instructions of the person with more votes. Can you accept that?”

Yu Yansui said, “Sure. I’ll invite you.”

The PK bar opened quickly.

[Light as Clouds, Gentle as Wind sent the streamer Rose Rendezvous x1] (30,000)

[Crosswalk sent the streamer Moon Rising over the Sea x2] (4,166)

[Natsume sent the streamer Setting Sail for Love x1] (10,001)

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Yu Yansui was still receiving scattered votes. Ever since the stream began, it had always been the big brothers sending gifts, which left the viewers with no sense of participation and no bond formed through shared spending.

Now that the scattered votes were coming in, the fans could take part, strengthening their sense of unity.

As a result, Yu Yansui’s score fell far behind Stuffed Baby’s:

9,6666 for Stuffed Baby to 64,851 for Yu Yansui.

Stuffed Baby was delighted. She raised her middle finger toward the camera and imitated Shen Teng’s famous “Come over here!” gesture.

“Come over here! If you’ve got the guts, have your brothers push the score over, girl. Looks like they can’t manage it. Fight from down there on your knees!”

Yu Yansui obediently crouched down and disappeared from the livestream, leaving only the three big-bro mascots sitting there in lonely silence.

[(Moderator) Evening Breeze: Where did she go?]

[(Moderator) Nine Li: Our little sweetheart is obviously such an honest person. Hahaha.]

[(Moderator) King: ?]

[Where did our enormous princess go?]

[What is she doing?]

[All they know is bullying honest people.]

[Toward the Clouds: (laughing-and-crying image) She’s pretty obedient.]

Yu Yansui had crouched beneath the table, unable to see the public chat. King could only message her through WeChat.

[Brother He Nian: Little sweetheart?]

Yu Yansui stretched one hand out from beneath the table and waved it, reassuring the fans in her livestream. “Sui-Sui is right here.”

[(Moderator) Nine Li: Looks very kissable?]

[(Moderator) Evening Breeze: Shameless. Get lost, now.]

[King sent the streamer Imperial Dragon x10] (30,000 Cat Coins)

The PK bar quickly swung over to their side. Yu Yansui could not see the livestream screen and remained crouched down.

[(Moderator) Evening Breeze: Old man, didn’t you say we should wait and see how many votes the other side could get before sending? How are you even more shameless than Nine Li?]

[(Moderator) Nine Li: Little puppy, open wide.]

WeChat:

[Brother He Nian: We’re ahead. Get up, little sweetheart.]

[Sui-Sui: (kitten making a heart gesture) Okay.]

Yu Yansui crawled out from beneath the table and put on a fierce expression. Imitating Stuffed Baby’s arrogant manner, she repeated the words exactly.

“If you’ve got the guts, have your brothers and sisters push the score over, girl. Looks like they can’t manage it. Fight from down there on your knees!”

[I’m dying. She’s such a grade-schooler.]

[Not going to lie, she’s adorably fierce.]

[The princess really does copy everything she sees.]

Yu Yansui pursed her lips, acting haughty. “So what? I’m copying her!”

[(Moderator) Evening Breeze: Keep copying.]

[(Moderator) Nine Li: Adorable.]

[(Moderator) King: If you want to learn, then learn.]

Stuffed Baby, meanwhile, crouched with genuine dedication. She stayed far enough back that she did not disappear from the camera and rapidly solicited votes in her duck-like voice.

“Do I have any brothers or sisters who can give your baby a hand? This is my first win! This is Baby’s first win—we can’t lose!”

“All our brothers and sisters are here today. With everyone here, how could we still lose our first win? Brothers and sisters, you might as well quit the streaming world and delete your accounts!”

[Toward the South sent the streamer Carnival x2]

[Crosswalk sent the streamer Heart of the Universe x6] (18,888)

[Light as Clouds, Gentle as Wind sent the streamer Sweet Delivery x10] (8,888)

Stuffed Baby picked up a party-popper from the floor and set it off, then gave a salute.

“Thank you, Brother South! Thank you, my Imperial Father! Thank you, Brother C!”

“The gap isn’t big, it isn’t big! Brothers and sisters, give it everything you’ve got!”

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Stuffed Baby shouted with all her might. Her brothers and sisters sent a large number of gifts, and her score quickly caught up with Yu Yansui’s.

“What do you say, little sister? I’m not unreasonable. I’ll give you thirty seconds to call for one Carnival. If you can’t, do ten squats.”

“Babies, Carnival!” Yu Yansui made a crooked-seven gesture toward the camera.

[Nine Li sent the streamer Diamond Carnival x1]

[King sent the streamer Diamond Carnival x1]

[Evening Breeze sent the streamer Diamond Carnival x1]

“Girl, you’ve got quite a lot of points!”

Stuffed Baby accepted her fate and began performing her squats in the livestream. Her squats were hysterical, as though she had modified them somehow. Rather than squats, they looked more like drunken boxing.

The fans in the livestream were laughing themselves silly.

[I’m laughing so hard I’m writhing like a maggot.]

[That’s disgusting. I’m eating a late-night snack.]

[Does anyone understand? I was watching the livestream in my room and started laughing like a pig in the middle of the night. My mother came in and gave me the slap I love most.]

[(Dog-head image) You’re all terrible.]

[To be fair, Stuffed Baby’s words are harsh, but she can certainly take a joke.]

[What the hell kind of squats are those?]

[Hope the princess finds more streamers like this for PK. This is too entertaining.]

[That’s how you do squats? What is she doing?]

[So this is another way to play? Next time my military-training instructor makes me do squats, I’m doing them like this.]

[The instructor will kick you in the butt before you even get started.]

[Does anyone understand? My instructor during military training... tsk, tsk.]

[Nightmare fuel. After military training, I was darker than Black Whirlwind Li Kui.]

[Why does military training even exist? (wiping-tears image)]

During the final ten seconds, the big brothers launched another barrage of gifts and led Yu Yansui to victory.

When Stuffed Baby saw that she had lost, she immediately flopped onto the floor and threw a tantrum, rolling around.

“Oh my God! My first win is gone! Damn it! Brothers and sisters, you deserve to die a thousand deaths!”

“I have to wipe the edge now. How am I supposed to live?” Stuffed Baby pinched her philtrum, played an extremely sensual piece of music, stuck out her tongue and licked her lips, then kicked her chair backward and pulled a towel from her cleavage.

“Your girl is going to wipe the edge now. Keep an eye on your big brother. If his soul gets seduced away, I’m not responsible.”

With that, she crouched beside the chair, took the towel, and began vigorously wiping the edge of the chair. She worked so hard it looked as though she meant to rub straight through it.

[(Moderator) Evening Breeze: ?]

[??]

[That really is wiping the edge.]

[This streamer is beyond belief.]

[666]

[Mulberry Pomelo: I’ve lived long enough to see everything.]

[She’s insanely good at making a show of things.]