Chapter 7
"Thank you, Brother God, for the Carnival gift!" Zhang Yuning said with surprise and joy.
She had thought she was completely done for, but who knew someone would gift a Carnival. However, this username, 'God Descends,' looked a bit familiar.
"Holy crap, 'God Descends,' could that be the same tycoon from Douyu yesterday? Brother God?" someone had already seen the ID and started discussing it.
"It's probably just someone using the same ID to ride the hype." After all, 3,000 yuan was still an amount many people could afford.
This single Carnival was just Lin Fei's warm-up. Next, he unleashed his insane hand speed.
The beautiful Carnival special effects began to play non-stop in the livestream room.
"Thank you, God Descends, for sending the host Ningning Ya 106 Carnivals."
"Thank you, God Descends, for sending the host Ningning DY 107 Carnivals."
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"Thank you, God Descends, for sending the host Ningning Ya 999 Carnivals."
At this moment, all the wealthy 'big brothers' in Velociraptor Teresa's livestream room were collectively stunned!
The dozen or so of them combined couldn't out-spend a single person.
Velociraptor Teresa's expression had also changed. She changed away her previous calm, composed, and tsundere attitude, her small mouth wide open, fingers covering it in a frozen pose of shock.
"There's a super whale on the other side."
"Fuck, it's God Descends! The big bro who went viral all over the internet last night!"
"Awesome, so awesome. After wrecking Douyu, he's wrecking Douyin now. This guy is seriously loaded!"
"We lost, we lost. It's not that we're weak, it's that the other side is too ruthless. It looks like we're going to be beaten by a small-time streamer today..."
There was no suspense. Not only did Zhang Yuning defeat Velociraptor Teresa in this PK, but she also became number one on Douyin's hourly rankings.
The viewers in her livestream room shot from a thousand to tens of thousands. Her follower count also increased by over ten thousand, but unexpectedly, Lin Fei's follower count grew by over thirty thousand.
But it wasn't over yet. Although Zhang Yuning's PK had ended, Lin Fei's gift barrage didn't stop. It just kept going and going, as if the Carnival special effects would never end, continuously flooding Zhang Yuning's livestream screen...
"Thank you, God Descends, for sending the host Ningning Ya 3331 Carnivals."
"Thank you, God Descends, for sending the host Ningning Ye 3332 Carnivals."
Including the very first one, Lin Fei had gifted 3333 Carnivals in one go, totaling nearly ten million RMB.
Zhang Yuning was numb, feeling as if she were in a dream. As a new streamer, where had she ever seen a spectacle like this?
"Xiao Zi, did you see that? This... is this real?"
"Ningning, you've hit the jackpot! Is this ten million?" Beside her, Zheng Muzi also stared blankly at the phone screen, her eyes filled with disbelief.
"Thank you, thank you, Brother God. Thank you, thank you..."
In the time that Lin Fei was gifting, the livestream room's popularity surged to 200,000 viewers.
You have to know, the popularity count on the Douyin platform is completely real. 200,000 here is equivalent to 200 million popularity on Douyu.
For a new streamer, this was almost an impossible feat.
"Awesome, just awesome. A new streamer, not even during prime time, yet her popularity breaks 200,000 and she earns 100 million in Yinlang (platform currency). Awesome, truly awesome."
"Everyone, I'm not here for the streamer, I'm here to watch the tycoon spend money, hahaha."
"Brother God, do you need a stone lion for your gate?"
"Young Master, this old servant has been looking for you for a long time."
"Big bro has good taste. The little lady is prettier than Velociraptor Teresa."
"Brother, can you check your private messages?"
Lin Fei glanced at his backend. Sure enough, the number of friend requests and private messages had both reached 99+. And among them was Velociraptor Teresa, the female internet celebrity with over 6 million followers.
Lin Fei didn't expect a top-tier streamer, a 'gamer goddess,' to proactively add him. The charm of money was truly immense.
Lin Fei added her without hesitation. "Brother God, you went a bit too hard, didn't you~ Hmph~ You didn't even leave any money for medical fees." Velociraptor Teresa quickly sent a message as soon as she saw Lin Fei had added her back.
"My apologies, beautiful~" Lin Fei replied.
"Then, can Brother God help me with my PKs in the future too? You beat me up so badly today..."
"Sure, no problem. Add me on WeChat?" Lin Fei thought of Velociraptor Teresa's coquettish voice and wondered what it would sound like in bed.
"Okay, bro. My WeChat is..." Velociraptor Teresa added him on WeChat quickly, but Lin Fei suspected this was her PR account. It was too easy to give out; it must be the account she usually used to maintain relationships with her 'big brothers.'
After adding her, Lin Fei directly sent a voice message. "This isn't your PR account, is it? I don't want to chat with some hairy-legged dude pretending to be you."
"What are you talking about, bro~ I even ended my stream just to chat with you~ And you think it's a PR account? I'm hurt." Velociraptor Teresa sent back a voice message of her own.
"Haha, that's good then. I was just afraid of being scammed." Lin Fei switched to typing.
"Brother, you're so funny. Do you not usually watch livestreams? I've never seen you before." Velociraptor Teresa continued to send voice messages, using her signature coquettish voice to chat with Lin Fei.
"By the way, how old are you, bro? You sound so young."
"I'm 21. You?" Lin Fei replied.
"No wonder~ My age is a secret~ Hey~ It's very rude to ask a girl her age right off the bat."
Meanwhile, when Lin Fei was having a heated chat with Velociraptor Teresa.
On Zhang Yuning's end, as soon as she ended her stream, she followed the 'God Descends' account. She felt that, out of politeness and gratitude, she should follow the big shot who had gifted her ten million.
The moment she followed the account, she froze... This Douyin tycoon, the mysterious big brother who had showered ten million in gifts, the WeChat account linked to his profile was actually already friends with her!
That meant this super whale actually knew her!?
"How is it, Ningning? Did you get the WeChat of that mysterious tycoon? Let me tell you, a big shot who can casually drop ten million like that must have unimaginable wealth. If you can get his support, becoming an overnight sensation wouldn't be a big problem at all!"
"I added him..." Zhang Yuning murmured, a bit dazed.
"Huh? So fast? He just gave you his WeChat directly?" Zheng Muzi said in surprise.
"No..." Zhang Yuning stared blankly at Zheng Muzi. "I just discovered that 'God Descends' was already my WeChat friend..."
"What!?" Zheng Muzi's eyes widened in shock as she exclaimed loudly, "Who?! Who gave you so many gifts?" Zheng Muzi's mind began to filter through the rich second-generation heirs who were pursuing Zhang Yuning and had her WeChat.
"It's Lin Fei, the guy who asked for my WeChat this morning..."
"Who?! Lin Fei?!" Zheng Muzi shot up from her seat, her chair toppling over from the abrupt movement. "Are you sure you're not mistaken?! He's God Descends!? Let me see!"
Zheng Muzi snatched Zhang Yuning's phone in shock. Unlike Zhang Yuning, who had no interest in campus gossip, Zheng Muzi knew all about the various happenings at school.
"I'm going crazy, absolutely crazy. That the 'King of Simps' is actually the tycoon God Descends... I'm completely losing my mind." Zheng Muzi sighed after repeatedly confirming it.
"What 'King of Simps'?" Zhang Yuning's beautiful, charming face was filled with curiosity.
"Ningning, I thought you just added him out of curiosity this morning, so I didn't have time to fill you in. This Lin Fei is quite a character. He used to pursue a girl named Zhou Xinyi. I heard he chased her for a full three years without success. He often brought breakfast to her dorm, confessed his feelings once a month on average, lit candles, arranged heart shapes, sang love songs, and gave all sorts of small gifts, but Zhou Xinyi never agreed! So behind his back, everyone calls him the 'King of Simps.'"
What Zheng Muzi didn't know was that Lin Fei had actually gotten together with Zhou Xinyi a few months ago. However, Zhou Xinyi had demanded he keep a low profile. No posting on social media, no showing off their relationship, and they even deliberately kept their distance on campus. So, not many people knew they were a couple.
"Really? With so much money and decent looks, why would Lin Fei chase a girl for so long without winning her over?" Zhang Yuning wondered. She had some impression of Zhou Xinyi, having seen her a few times in class. She was good-looking, but not stunningly so. Looking at the entire school, there were plenty of girls prettier than her.
Lin Fei, on the other hand... Zhang Yuning knew a few rich second-generation heirs. It was common for them to drive multi-million-yuan luxury cars and wear million-yuan watches, but she had never met or even heard of someone who could casually take out ten million to gift in a livestream. How deep must one's family pockets be for that?
Zhang Yuning felt that among the people she knew, besides Lin Fei, no one had the power wave away tens of millions with such nonchalance.
Zheng Muzi picked up the chair, sat back down, and after a moment of serious analysis, had a sudden realization. "I get it now. The reason Lin Fei couldn't win over Zhou Xinyi was because he was pretending to be poor. To hide his identity, this guy even took part-time jobs delivering packages. No one at school knew he was so rich, so Zhou Xinyi finally chose the handsome and wealthy Zhang Jiaming and dumped the 'poor boy' Lin Fei. Who would have thought she actually missed out on a top-tier rich heir! I've heard that some heirs of great families have unique quirks. They like to seek true love and don't want a woman to be with them just for their money, so they play a tycoon disguised as a loser. This Lin Fei guy must be one of those!"
Although Zheng Muzi dressed in a unisex style, she was actually a die-hard fan of dramas in private and had watched plenty of 'overbearing CEO falls in love with me' plots.
"Really~" Zhang Yuning said with a sympathetic frown. "Then he must be very heartbroken. That's why he decided to stop pretending, sigh..." Zhang Yuning seemed to be putting herself in Lin Fei's shoes, her pretty face full of sorrow.
She suddenly felt this boy was so outstanding. Born into a prestigious family, a young master of a wealthy household, he must have been pampered since childhood. Yet, to win over the girl he liked, he, with his noble status, repeatedly went to her dorm to confess, to deliver food, to do so many undignified things, and he persisted for a full three years...
This was just too romantic. The naive Zhang Yuning seriously imagined many scenarios, even adding background music to the scenes in her head.
Perhaps in the eyes of others, Zhang Yuning was an unattainable campus belle, a talented girl excellent in every way, a goddess on a pedestal in the eyes of her fans. But at her core, she was just an ordinary university girl with the same little thoughts and princess dreams as anyone else. She also hoped to meet a 'prince' more outstanding than herself.
Right now, Lin Fei seemed pretty outstanding in her eyes.
[Name: Zhang Yuning, Favorability: 5, Value: 10]
"Xiao Zi, what do you think I should do to thank him? After all, he gifted me so much, and my followers even increased by tens of thousands. I feel like these gifts are too much for me to accept." Now that Zhang Yuning knew the person who gifted her was someone she knew, she felt a bit unworthy.
"In my opinion, that guy has probably made up his mind to pursue you, otherwise he wouldn't have been so generous. But Ningning, you must resist the temptation. Don't just let him win you over so easily." Zheng Muzi reminded her.
"En, I know. But since I know he's the one who gifted me, I can't just pretend to be dumb and do nothing. I'll send him a WeChat message."
Then, under Zheng Muzi's supervision and prompting, she sent Lin Fei her first WeChat message.
"Lin Fei, thank you so much for the gifts. I really don't know how to thank you. How about I treat you to dinner tomorrow at 6:30 PM to thank you for your support?"
Zhang Yuning actually invited me to dinner? Lin Fei looked at the message on his phone. How did she know he was God Descends? No wonder his favorability had suddenly increased by 5 points.
The campus belle, the object of countless admirers, just adding her on WeChat would make many people toss and turn all night. Today, she was actually inviting him to dinner herself?
Money, oh money. Are you God or the Devil? Lin Fei once again knelt before the power of money.
"Great, I'd be honored." Lin Fei replied instantly.
"Then it's settled. 6:30 PM at the west school gate. Be there."
"Let me tell you in advance, I have a big appetite."
"Hehe... Let me tell you in advance, my family runs a restaurant. Bring it on."
Lin Fei didn't expect that the usually unapproachable, lady-like Zhang Yuning could be so cute and lively in private. She also seemed very talkative. As they chatted, Lin Fei felt he could barely keep up with her pace. Sometimes he would send one message, and she would reply with two or three, always instantly. He thought back to the days of staring at his phone, waiting for Zhou Xinyi's replies. It felt like a lifetime ago.
In the blink of an eye, it was the next afternoon. During this time, Zhou Xinyi had messaged Lin Fei, asking stubbornly if he really wanted to cut ties with her. Lin Fei didn't even bother to reply.
At 6:25 PM, at the west gate, the long-haired Zhang Yuning had already been waiting for over ten minutes. She wore a campus-style, short-sleeved white princess dress, layered with a small, bright yellow vest. Little white lace socks, brown round-toed leather shoes, and her rosy-cheeked, angelic face. She was as beautiful as the first ray of morning sun. A single glance felt as if it could cleanse your soul.
Many students were coming and going at this time, almost everyone turned their head and took a look.
"Isn't that Zhang Yuning? She's so ethereal."
"It's really her. Wait, I'll watch for a bit. Just seeing her makes my day."
"Take a picture, take a picture. I want to use it as my phone wallpaper."
"She seems to be waiting for someone. I wonder if it's a guy or a girl..."
"Duh, it has to be a girl! Who could be worthy of our goddess!"
Just as a crowd of onlookers was beginning to gather around Zhang Yuning from a distance, a red Ferrari 488 suddenly stopped at the school gate.
"Wow, a Ferrari supercar! A luxury car worth over four million!"
"There seems to be a handsome guy in the car. He looks so cool driving the Ferrari with one hand!" A young man, about 182cm tall and in his mid-twenties, got out of the car and walked up to Zhang Yuning.
"Yuning, where are you off to? Let me give you a ride?"
"No thanks, Senior Wang Hao. I have plans with someone today!" Zhang Yuning shook her head in refusal.
"Who are you meeting? Let's all go together. I happen to know a great private kitchen restaurant!"
"No need, it's not convenient." Zhang Yuning's tone was indifferent, unmoved by the luxury car.
After all, compared to Lin Fei's ten million in gifts, a four million yuan luxury car was nothing special.
Wang Hao's face darkened. He didn't expect Zhang Yuning to be so hard to pursue. Ever since seeing Zhang Yuning at a party, Wang Hao had made up his mind to win over this pure and beautiful goddess. He had even made a bet with his buddies that he would get her within a month.
Half a month had passed, and he had made no progress. Today, he had intentionally driven his unbeatable, flashy sports car to ask Zhang Yuning out, only to be rejected again.
Just then, Lin Fei slowly rode up to the two of them on a shared bicycle.
"I'm sorry, Yuning. Am I a bit late? I didn't expect you to be here first, my apologies." Lin Fei checked the time. It was exactly 6:30. In the past, whenever he went on a date with Zhou Xinyi, she would always be more than half an hour late, so he had learned his lesson and always arrived late himself. This was his first time having dinner with Zhang Yuning, so he hadn't overthought it and arrived right on time.
He truly hadn't expected Zhang Yuning to arrive early to wait for him.
"It's okay, you're not late." Zhang Yuning said with a sweet smile. Then, under the stunned gazes of everyone, she sat on the back seat of Lin Fei's bicycle.
"I'm leaving now, Senior Wang Hao." Zhang Yuning greeted him, and Lin Fei leisurely rode away with her.
"Oh my god~ This is our Senior Yuning. She'd rather ride a bicycle than get in a Ferrari. I believe in love again..." A chubby kid said with tears in his eyes.
"I'm in love, I'm in love. Truly worthy of being our campus belle, Zhang Yuning. Her pride just crushed so many gold-diggers."
"From today on, I'm a fan of Senior Yuning..."
"Wait, wasn't that guy on the bicycle the 'King of Simps,' Lin Fei...?"
"Huh?..."
Watching Lin Fei and Zhang Yuning's figures recede into the distance, Wang Hao's face turned green with anger.
If he had lost to a more powerful rich second-generation heir or an official's son, he could have accepted it. But now, he had lost to a guy on a bicycle. And he had just been ignored by that guy.
"Damn it, he has a death wish!!" Wang Hao cursed, his face dark as he drove away.
He wasn't going to give up easily. That guy's name was Lin Fei, right? He needed to teach him his place. A woman like Zhang Yuning was not someone he could touch.
"Yuning, where are we eating today?" Lin Fei rode his bike, thinking about how he had just completely beaten a Ferrari supercar guy. He was incredibly happy, feeling like even the air he breathed was exceptionally fresh.
"Isn't there a 'First-Class Lobster' nearby? Let's eat that today." Zhang Yuning's sweet voice came from behind him.
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