Ivy Mae: Favorability +5
Ivy Mae's current favorability toward the host: 88 points.
When Aiden saw the numbers on the system interface, his brows furrowed.
Her favorability actually went up? By five points?
Eighty-eight.
He was stunned. After what had just happened, the argument, the public scolding , he had expected her favorability to nosedive.
Yet the result was the complete opposite.
"What the hell…?" he muttered to himself.
"Did I actually misunderstand women this whole time?"
Feeling drained, Aiden walked back to his dorm alone.
Inside, the room was quiet, Ryan was out, and Jason was gaming next door. Aiden threw himself onto the bed and lazily unlocked his phone.
Out of habit, he opened TikTok.
Short-video platforms had completely taken over student life. Whenever people were bored, they scrolled endlessly, laughing, liking, forgetting the time.
And TikTok was the undisputed king of them all.
He tapped open the local recommendations and started scrolling mindlessly.
Then...
a familiar face caught his eye.
The girl in the video was playing the piano. The video quality wasn't great, and it was clearly shot casually, but even through the low resolution, her beauty shone through.
She wasn't like the usual internet influencers with perfect filters and heavy makeup.
No, this girl looked real.
No filters. No heavy editing.
Just pure confidence.
Her long white Hanfu fluttered softly as her fingers danced over the keys, exuding grace and elegance.
Her presence was so ethereal that for a moment, Aiden forgot to blink.
"Wait… isn't that Zoe Quinn?" he said under his breath.
So she's doing livestreams now?
He scrolled through the comments.
> [Holy crap, Zoe Quinn's gone viral! She's only posted a few videos and already has a million followers!]
[No surprise there, she's literally the second-ranked campus beauty at HUST. Total goddess.]
[She's got both the looks and the talent. Piano, singing, elegance, no wonder everyone's simping.]
Aiden chuckled lightly.
Yeah… that sounded about right.
Without thinking, he clicked Follow, then began browsing her earlier uploads.
And just then...
A notification popped up.
"Zoe Quinn has started a livestream."
He hesitated for half a second, then tapped in.
The stream had just started, and there were only a few dozen viewers. Zoe was sitting in what looked like a large, tastefully decorated apartment, chatting casually with her friend, Mia.
Her laugh was soft, elegant, but unpretentious.
"Welcome OneOfAll to the stream!" she said suddenly, smiling warmly at the camera.
The chat immediately exploded.
> [Bro, nice username! That's the same as the billionaire from Shark Live!]
[Yeah! Remember that guy? He dropped ten million in half an hour just to boost a girl to the top ranks!]
[Haha, maybe this is the real him! Imagine if he donated here!]
[If that's the real OneOfAll, I'll eat my mic on stream!]
Aiden smirked slightly.
The name wasn't random. He was the real one.
But he didn't type anything.
He just watched quietly as Zoe played a soft piano melody and began to sing, her voice pure and natural, untouched by autotune.
Within half an hour, the number of viewers climbed from a few dozen to several hundred.
Virtual gifts started to pour in, a few coins here, a few dollars there.
In less than thirty minutes, she'd already earned over 5,000 soundwaves, roughly $500.
Aiden leaned back, eyes narrowing slightly.
"So she's really going into this full-time, huh?" he murmured.
For some reason, his interest was piqued.
Maybe it was her authenticity… or maybe it was the calm confidence she radiated, the kind that reminded him of someone he'd once known.
Either way, he couldn't take his eyes off the screen.
There are often battles between female anchors.
Soon, Zoe was challenged by another female anchor.
[Oh no, it's Mira Ashborn!]
[Zoe, I'm going to revolt! It's not that you aren't beautiful, but Mira is gorgeous too and she has too many fans!]
Zoe Quinn was still a new anchor. There was no way she could compete evenly with big-name internet celebrities like Mira Ashborn. The other anchor's fanbase exceeded 30 million, and more than 100,000 people were online in her livestream room.
She was basically one of the most popular female internet celebrities on the entire platform.
Sure enough, the moment the battle bar appeared, Zoe was immediately overshadowed.
Mira's rich fans immediately sent five "Carnival" gifts at the start. Each Carnival was worth 3,000 dollars. Five at once? That was 15,000 dollars right at the beginning.
"Oh damn, I finally topped up! The top-up limit should really change. The maximum is only 50,000 dollars, and I've done it 200 times just to spend 10 million dollars. I'm exhausted!"
Aiden James watched silently, speechless.
He had never imagined he would one day feel frustrated by the platform's small top-up limits.
Seeing Zoe being crushed by Mira, Aiden didn't hesitate. He began sending gifts frantically.
Zoe was now one of his System engagement targets.
If she could make a comeback, the more support he gave now, the more influence and favor he could gain.
And she was at HUST.
Being close to the water made it even easier to cultivate her growth.
The next second, a massive stream of Carnival effects filled her livestream room.
"Thank you, OneOfAll, for the Carnival gift!"
Zoe's voice trembled slightly, a mix of surprise and disbelief. She hadn't expected help to come in this battle.
Why did this user ID feel so familiar?
[Oh my god… could it be…?]
[OneOfAll? No way, it's the mysterious tycoon trending on Shark!]
[Wow! After his big moves on Shark, he's here! He has so much money he doesn't know where to spend it!]
[There's no way to compete… Mira's got nothing on him!]
From that moment, OneOfAll's gifts kept flooding the screen without stopping.
[Thank you, OneOfAll, for the streamer Little Mermaid Carnival #108]
[Thank you, OneOfAll, for the streamer Little Mermaid Carnival #109]
[...]
[Thank you, OneOfAll, for the streamer Little Mermaid #999]
All the wealthy participants in Mira's livestream were in shock.
Even a dozen of them combined couldn't outdo just one person.
"This is insane!"
"Who is that guy? He's terrifyingly aggressive!"
"OneOfAll… isn't he the same mysterious tycoon from Shark?"
"Amazing! After his farming on Shark, now he's supporting Zoe here. He's got more money than sense!"
With Aiden's frenzied support, Zoe not only defeated the renowned Mira in the battle, she climbed to the top of the hourly live streaming charts across all platforms.
Her follower count surged by tens of thousands in minutes.
Even more astonishingly, while Zoe gained 20,000 followers, OneOfAll's account inexplicably gained 100,000 followers.
And that wasn't the end…