Chapter 39 reveals details, emphasizing my viciousness.
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Chapter 39 reveals details, emphasizing my viciousness.
After replying to this message, and seeing that Liao Jiayue didn't reply again, Ye Hantao put down her phone and had dinner with her parents.
"Their space is huge! And the outside is lush and green with plants."
"The greenery is quite nice."
"How was lunch? Did you enjoy the food?"
"It's a habit. The cafeteria lady knows I love steamed pork with rice flour, so she specially made a big plate of it."
After exchanging glances, Zhou Ti and Ye Weizheng smiled knowingly.
Dinner ended around six o'clock.
Ye Hantao went back to her room and watched legal programs while drawing.
She drew a chibi version of Spring Vine, who looked very cool on the field today.
In less than half an hour, a cute and adorable ink-wash style spring vine painting was freshly completed.
Take a photo and upload it.
The main account he uses is called "A Peach That Draws".
The profile picture is a drawing I made of myself, depicting a large peach holding a palette.
The comments section of this account is unusually harmonious.
Rolls-Royce has released new images!!!
[Ahhhhh, Spring Vine?! I just watched Ye Hantao's brother fight Spring Vine today, it was so cool!]
[Teacher, teacher, I want to see a chibi version of the Golden Bow Guard! Ye Hantao recommended it to me!]
Ye Hantao was surprised that so many people in the comments had watched the morning's live stream.
She replied to a few fans' comments before logging off.
Before going to university, she had taken on a few commissioned Q-version artworks on this account, earning around a hundred yuan each.
Later, when I went to university, my time was completely filled with professional courses, and I gradually stopped taking on writing assignments.
That evening, Ye Hantao was lounging in a chair in the living room watching TV when she suddenly heard the door open and abruptly looked up.
My parents went for a drive along the river after dinner, and they've only been away from home for about half an hour, so it's unlikely they'll be back now.
That means the eldest brother has come home!
Ye Hantao shuffled over in her slippers and, sure enough, saw her older brother changing his shoes in the entryway.
"Brother! You're going home to stay the next couple of nights."
Since their family moved to this old neighborhood, the older brother no longer has a bedroom and has to sleep on the sofa when he comes home.
As a result, my older brother started working overtime more often, and I heard that internet cafes would reserve a dormitory room for employees who worked overtime.
Ye Hantao had never visited the internet cafe where her older brother worked; she had only seen his dormitory when they were playing video games.
I heard that several people live together, but the dormitory has a TV, a refrigerator, a private bathroom, and a balcony.
She and her mother transplanted several potted plants from home and asked her older brother to take them to the dormitory to place.
Zhou Mingsheng ruffled Tao Tao's hair. "You don't need to work overtime at night recently."
"Sorry," he said, handing over a bag of chocolates, "I made you get scolded online too."
Ye Hantao pulled Zhou Mingsheng by the arm and led him to sit in the living room, a smile playing on her lips. "It's good to be scolded, it keeps the buzz going."
High popularity allows one to maintain their public image and recover their health.
Facing her older brother, Ye Hantao had to find a different excuse. She happily said, "Maybe the production team will give us another personal subsidy."
Thanks to that investor, the best wingman!
Bathed in the bright light of the living room, my younger sister's smile was radiant and cheerful.
A hint of warmth flickered across Zhou Mingsheng's handsome brows.
He chuckled, "Looks like I'll have to work hard to earn money; I can't rely entirely on your subsidies."
"Why are we talking like family?" Ye Hantao unwrapped a chocolate and ate it with relish.
The two million yuan that the production team had previously paid has already arrived in her account. She plans to tell her family after the next episode is filmed.
This would completely prove that maintaining a persona of lying, vanity, and greed on the show can actually make money.
As for the investors giving too much money?
With the production team acting as an intermediary, they're most likely not scammers.
Perhaps this investor, like Cheng Zhao, owns gold mines, jade mines, or oil fields.
"Brother, don't you really want to team up with Angang and the others for a couple more games? I don't think they're that weak."
"Su Yi'ang asked you to act as a mediator?"
"That's only part of the reason. I mainly think you're very talented at playing games."
Ye Hantao frowned. "Your internet cafe owner hasn't mentioned giving you a raise in the past few years. You're young now and can work as an internet cafe manager, but once you get older, he might even force you to resign!"
As Zhou Mingsheng listened to his younger sister rambling on about his future career development, he suddenly felt very proud.
This is his sister.
This is Zhou Mingsheng's younger sister.
After listening to Tao Tao finish speaking, Zhou Mingsheng finally spoke up, "I'm not interested in playing games right now."
"Aren't you a little disappointed?" he asked.
Ye Hantao thought about it seriously, "No! I'm actually quite happy."
Zhou Mingsheng looked over, puzzled.
Ye Hantao picked out a cloyingly sweet chocolate and stuffed it into Zhou Mingsheng's mouth, laughing, "I'm definitely happy that you didn't go against your own wishes and agree to their request because of my relationship with Angang."
Zhou Mingsheng ate the chocolate his sister fed him, paused for two seconds, and then smiled.
If he hadn't chosen esports, he wouldn't be facing these problems today.
It was his parents who saw his passion for esports at that time and supported him in pursuing his dream.
"If you really like it, just do it. Dragging your feet doesn't make you a man."
"Don't wait until later to say that you gave up for your sister."
"If you're going to fight, fight seriously, fight hard, and bring back a championship." His dad patted his shoulder, "When Tao Tao recovers, we'll take out all your trophies and let Tao Tao play with them."
Zhou Mingsheng sat on the sofa, leaning back, his eyes calmly staring at the ceiling.
That chandelier was designed by a niche designer from country D.
Aside from the chandeliers, furniture, and ornaments, his parents' everyday clothes, jewelry, and watches were also of the same high standard.
At first, he didn't understand and said that they couldn't even endure this little hardship for Tao Tao.
It wasn't until he grew up and matured that Zhou Mingsheng understood his family's good intentions.
Even if Tao Tao recovers one day, the secret the whole family has been keeping will be revealed.
They can also confidently show it to Tao Tao—
We are living our lives well and making the most of our days.
Nothing was delayed.
Unable to hear Zhou Mingsheng's inner thoughts, Ye Hantao chewed on her chocolate and suddenly noticed several potted roses and hanging pothos on the balcony.
She casually asked, "Brother, how are the roses you brought to the dorm? Do you have any photos on your phone?"
One sentence abruptly pulled Zhou Mingsheng back from his reverie.
He turned his head and studied Tao Tao's expression. "She's growing well. I didn't take a picture, but I'll take one for you next time."
Ye Hantao, unsuspecting, replied, "Okay."
The two chatted casually in the living room, and Zhou Mingsheng went to the kitchen to cut a plate of mangoes to eat.
They chatted until Zhou Ti and Ye Weizheng returned from their drive, and there were several chocolate wrappers on the coffee table.
The family sat in a row in the living room as usual, soaking their feet.
But instead of watching TV, they watched the daytime games.
First, let a layperson look at it, then let Zhou Mingsheng himself explain it, and finally let Tao Tao, a participant, praise it from the perspective of the person who was rescued.
In Ye Hantao's words.
Her brother is awesome!
Among a group of professional esports players, he stole four kills in one fell swoop!
Zhou Ti clapped: "Awesome!"
Ye Weizheng: "Absolutely amazing!"
Ye Hantao: "Ultimately awesome!"
Zhou Mingsheng: "..."
"Brother, you have to say it's awesome."
"..."
After his family watched his actions over and over again three times, Zhou Mingsheng's guilt towards Tao Tao before going home had long since turned into embarrassment.
Now, under the expectant gaze of his family, a faint blush rose on his handsome face.
After a long pause, he opened his mouth, "...Awesome."
Zhou Mingsheng doesn't have a bedroom at home, so he sleeps on the sofa for one night.
Ye Hantao: "When are we going to see the new house?"
The other three exchanged glances.
They had just bought a car and were unsure about its long-term effects on Tao Tao's health, so they decided to postpone buying a house for now.
Since Tao Tao brought it up herself, and her expression seemed alright...
Zhou Ti: "Next week, after you finish recording the show and come back, shall our whole family go house hunting together?"
Ye Hantao thought for a moment, "Okay!"
Two days before I go house hunting next week, I'll tell my family that I've received the 2 million yuan personal subsidy, so they can look at houses in better locations.
After Zhou Mingsheng and Tao Tao returned to their bedroom, he unlocked his phone and glanced at a large group chat that gathered most of the professional e-sports players in China.
Group chat 99+
Upon closer inspection, it became clear that the crow had shared a recording of their daytime match in the group chat.
Familiar IDs bubbled up one by one, allowing for frame-by-frame analysis of his operating style.
Zhou Mingsheng swiped a few times, and sure enough, several people mentioned Maze.
[Huh? Maze? He plays mid, bro, that's completely unrelated to support.]
[Spring Vine is more suitable for mid lane than support.]
[Old Xu was just lamenting, saying that Maze mentioned Spring Ivy's tactical teamwork before retiring. @HTCoach-Maze, how about we play a few fun games with Spring Ivy sometime?]
Lao Xu was his teammate back then.
He retired three years later than him and is now a tactical coach at a top 8 e-sports base in China.
This is also one of the reasons why he doesn't plan to team up with Su Yi'ang and the others again.
Once teams are formed to play a match, the recordings will definitely circulate internally.
His former teammates will eventually notice one or two details.
Some of his habits and playing styles are too instinctive to be concealed.
Zhou Mingsheng stopped looking at the group chat.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Even though they were separated by just one door, Ye Hantao couldn't fall asleep either.
She closed her eyes, and all she could think about was the scene of playing a game with her brother during the day, and the praise from Su Yi'ang.
"Big Brother's skills... are so outstanding even among professional players." Ye Hantao rolled over on the bed.
During the daytime competition, I was too excited to focus on anything else.
When I was rewatching it just now, I was so focused on praising how awesome the older brother was.
Now that she was lying down, Ye Hantao realized one thing very clearly: her brother had really taken down four professional e-sports players in one match.
Yes, including a youth academy trainee.
This is like knowing your neighbor runs very fast and genuinely acknowledging that they run fast, but that's in comparison to the average person you see around you.
One day, someone from the national track and field team came over and said that your neighbor not only ran fast, but also outran several of their team members, and they would like to invite your neighbor to join the national team.
This is quite mind-blowing.
Ye Hantao glanced at the time, "How come it's already 1:30?!"
I don't think I stayed up all night.
I put down my phone and wanted to go to sleep, but my mind kept replaying the day's game.
"..." Ye Hantao sat up again and pulled out two white noise clips that she had just downloaded from her phone.
It was the sound of rain and wind sent by Cheng Zhao.
"An hour should be enough."
Ye Hantao set her phone to automatically shut down at 2:30.
Choose to play white noise.
The sound of raindrops began, pattering on the leaves and the muddy ground.
In a rainy forest, would Cheng Zhao set up a tent and then cook a meal inside it?
She has never had a picnic with her family, let alone in the perilous Amazon rainforest.
Slowly.
The sound of rain grew louder and louder.
Accompanied by a deafening rumble of thunder.
It started raining in Yuncheng in the latter half of the night, but the rain subsided as dawn approached.
Ye Hantao felt she hadn't slept well, but she had an appointment with Sister Shiyue today, so she struggled to get up when her alarm rang at eight o'clock.
Pushing open the door, you're greeted by the rich aroma of soy milk.
Her father was pouring soy milk into a bowl, while her older brother was taking freshly steamed buns out of the steamer.
"Tao Tao is awake?"
"Awake!" Ye Hantao rubbed her eyes. "I was sleeping so soundly that I didn't even hear the sound of soy milk being boiled."
The rain was pouring down outside the window.
Zhou Ti found the living room too hot in the morning, so she opened a crack in the window.
Ye Weizheng laughed and said, "Although our blender is a no-name brand, it's quite quiet. It's raining outside, so you might not even be able to hear it if you're awake."
"Tao Tao, come here." Zhou Ti called Tao Tao over to the refrigerator. "I found some food storage containers for you. You can pack as many pickled cucumbers as you want to take to the show this weekend. We can eat the rest in the morning."
Ye Hantao raised her hand and tied her hair up with a hair tie. "I'm pretending now."
The pickled cucumbers in the jar looked very crisp, with some finely chopped red chili peppers added.
Her family can all handle spicy food, and Aunt Wen doesn't hesitate to add chili when she brings these dishes over.
Aunt Wen said that these chilies were planted in the yard of her family members who live in Guicheng. They are fragrant and slightly spicy, with a sweet aftertaste.
Before packaging the peaches, Ye Hantao took a picture and posted it on her daily drawing account.
A peach drawing (v): Let's eat!!! [image.jpg]
The picture shows freshly taken pickled cucumbers, with a smiley face added using special effects.
Zhou Ti noticed her daughter taking pictures and smiled.
Tao Tao is like this; she likes to take a picture or record a video before doing anything.
Sometimes when Tao Tao goes out alone, they can see what she did and where she went just by looking at the photos and videos she took.
After dividing the food into portions, Ye Hantao put the food containers in the refrigerator, and then took out a plate from the remaining portions and put it on the table.
She got some sauce on her hands, went to the coffee table to get a tissue to wipe them, and suddenly her nose itched. "—Achoo!"
Zhou Ti turned around and closed the balcony window. "Is it raining?"
Unexpectedly, Ye Hantao's sneeze was like opening a valve.
Achoo!
Achoo!
As Ye Weizheng reached out to feel Tao Tao's forehead, he teased, "Who's been talking about Tao Tao?"
His smile froze on his face as soon as he finished speaking. "Tao Tao, you have a fever."
The family immediately tensed up.
A moment later, Ye Hantao placed the electronic thermometer in front of her entire family, who were on high alert.
"You're only 37, just a low-grade fever. Don't worry too much."
Ye Hantao thought for a moment, "It might be because I've been sleeping too late these past two days, which has lowered my immunity."
Even so, Zhou Mingsheng still thought about the mistakes he made while playing Spring Vine yesterday.
Fortunately, Tao Tao's fever was short-lived and subsided after she finished eating.
"The rain keeps falling, and you just had a fever. Are you still going out during the day?"
"I don't need to go out today." Ye Hantao looked at the message she had just received and said regretfully, "Sister Shiyue said the flight is delayed and we won't be able to reach Yuncheng today."
Zhou Ti then realized that Tao Tao had made a date with Jin Shiyue and became wary. "What are you two going out for?"
Ye Hantao: "Sister Shiyue said she knows a friend who owns an antique shop, and asked her friend to help appraise the value of our blessed bracelet, which is worth a few hundred yuan."
Zhou Ti: "..."
Ye Weizheng: "..."
Zhou Mingsheng: "..."
The three of them looked out the window at the heavy rain, thinking to themselves, "This is truly a timely rain."
It was Thursday. To prevent Tao Tao from overthinking, Zhou Ti, Ye Weizheng, and Zhou Mingsheng left for work one after the other.
"Tao Tao, take your temperature again before noon, remember?"
Ye Hantao saw her parents off as they left, saying, "Remember, be careful on the road!"
At noon, Ye Hantao cooked a bowl of noodles at home, adding some handmade meatballs and leafy greens from the refrigerator.
Take your temperature again after you finish eating.
Right after I finished measuring, my dad tagged me in the group chat.
[Taking a bite of a peach: (image.jpg)]
[Taking a bite of a peach: You are in good health, please don't worry.]
In the afternoon, Ye Hantao looked at two cases and then started playing mahjong online with her friends.
During the conversation, my friends pressed me for details about the "face-slapping" incident at the Aubin store.
Halfway through her sentence, Ye Hantao reacted quickly, "I won! A perfect flush, hahaha!"
I could hear my friends gasping through my headphones.
"Tao Tao, you're having some good luck today."
"You've won four hands in less than an hour? And every hand you've played either a concealed kong or an exposed kong."
“Yeah, Tao Tao used to always get a bad hand.”
Ye Hantao was reminded by her friends, "My luck seems to have really improved recently. Yesterday, when I went to the supermarket to buy notebooks after returning from the HT base, the checkout line for me suddenly became much faster."
In the past, she would often choose the row where the checkout was slower, and her regular friends would do the opposite.
Before she could finish speaking, Yuan Sui exclaimed, "Tao Tao, your classmate is trending on social media for being criticized!"
Among the three friends she played cards with were her high school classmate, her college roommate, and her childhood friend and elementary school classmate who lived in the same neighborhood.
Ye Hantao liked to gather in small groups, and that's how she got to know several classmates.
Yuan Sui was her childhood friend and elementary school classmate, and she went to university in Beijing.
Ye Hantao: "My classmate? Which classmate?"
Yuan Sui: "Liao Jiayue!"
There was no scene in the original novel where the female lead was criticized and trended on social media, Ye Hantao thought, puzzled as she clicked on the trending topics.
#Giveaway for Liao Jiayue's haters#
When will Liao Jiayue retire from the entertainment industry?
I'm also joining the giveaway trend. There are no requirements; just retweet to participate.
100 lucky users will be randomly selected to share a grand prize of 100,000 yuan.
Then, looking at the long post the other party made, it was revealed that Liao Jiayue was beautiful but ruthless, and that she beat and scolded her assistant.
Once, while filming "Frost Flower", he instructed his assistant to buy soup noodles from a shop in the city center. When eating, he said it was too hot and spilled all the soup on his assistant.
The assistant was furious but dared not speak out.
Ye Hantao was reading when she unexpectedly heard an electronic voice.
[Disease progression: 83%]
[Disease progression: 82.1%]
Ye Hantao: "???"
That wasn't all; the electronic sound stopped for a moment, then started playing again!
[Disease progression: 81.6%]
[Disease progression: 81%]
Ye Hantao: "?"
Ye Hantao: "!!!!"
Ye Hantao held her anxious little heart and waited nervously for a while.
Good news! She hasn't heard any error messages about the progression of her illness. Ahhhhhh!
Healing from the heavens!
I had a fever this morning, and by the afternoon my condition had progressed to 81%!
Ye Hantao glanced at the electronic calendar on the coffee table; August 7th, Thursday.
Number 7!
Lucky number!
"Aa ...
Ye Hantao quickly covered her mouth, wondering if she had shouted out in excitement.
"Are these people crazy?! How dare they say this person is a Tao Tao fan?!" Yuan Sui said indignantly through the earpiece. "I'd also say he's a Liao Jiayue fan and they're playing those fan-abusing tricks!!!"
The two friends on the video call coughed, reminding Yuan Sui to watch her words.
Ye Hantao understood.
The "ahhhhhh" sound just now was Yuan Sui's scream.
What? My fans? Ye Hantao continued reading until she reached the end.
It turns out that the other person speculated in the post that Liao Jiayue invited her to the variety show not because of the so-called deep friendship between classmates, but to have her stand out in the show.
[Get ready to receive the lawyer's letter! @Liao Jiayue Studio, send the lawyer's letter now! Sue them hard!]
[Yueyue and her assistant Xiaoju have known each other for six or seven years. If she treats her assistant badly, how could they have worked together for so long?]
[Before posting anything to smear Yueyue, hide your fandom affiliation first. Your posts from just two days ago were praising Ye Hantao!]
[Ye Hantao's vain and lying nature exposed on a variety show, and she tries to shift the blame to Yueyue for impure intentions? Don't be ridiculous!]
Did Yueyue force Ye Hantao to lie? Did she force Ye Hantao to be vain? Yueyue offered Ye Hantao several ways out, but Ye Hantao was hopelessly ungrateful!
Liao Jiayue's fans were already furious that their idol was being exploited by Ye Hantao.
Two days ago, the big fan Cotton Candy was bribed by Ye Hantao and helped Ye Hantao create a persona.
He suppressed his anger again and again.
Now, Ye Hantao's fans are even blatantly provoking her!
Their anger was instantly ignited, unleashing unparalleled fighting power, and their disgust for Ye Hantao also intensified considerably.
[So Ye Hantao was quiet today, huh? Turns out she's up to her old tricks of backstabbing us?]
[@Liao Jiayue, you put your classmates first, but they've dragged you down with them!]
Liao Jiayue had just posted an advertisement for a brand ambassador this morning, and the number of likes had just exceeded 200,000. However, as soon as this negative trending topic topped the list, the number of likes immediately soared to over 500,000.
Fans demonstrated their support for their idols through their actions.
However, to the fans' great surprise, Ye Hantao, a complete outsider who had been relentlessly criticized before the show aired and received no support...
They actually gained fans?!
[Are you fans using the same old tricks again? Cotton Candy accused Ye Hantao of being a thief, saying Ye Hantao bribed her; now that someone's digging into Liao Jiayue's past, are you trying to pin the blame on Ye Hantao's fandom?]
[Your sister wasn't exactly clean before either. Why don't you mention that those who dug up dirt on her were all Ye Hantao's fans? Oh, Ye Hantao hadn't even appeared on screen yet back then.]
[Liao Jiayue is someone who loves creating on-screen couples and constantly comparing her looks; I really suspect she invited Ye Hantao onto the variety show just to have another point of comparison.]
[Now that the comparison hasn't achieved its purpose, they're getting frustrated and angry.]
[Ye Hantao's fan base is now approaching 1.5 million, hahaha.]
Fans: ?!
Are these people blind? They're actually speaking up for Ye Hantao?!
I was in a great mood after receiving a bunch of abusive private messages from the account @廖珈悦何时退圈 (When will Liao Jiayue leave the entertainment circle?).
He was originally part of Liao Jiayue's team, and the post was given to him personally by her agent.
At this moment, his agent stood next to him, analyzing the fans' reactions from the backend data.
Sudden.
A message popped up in my private message.
The staff member glanced at it casually, but when they saw who sent the private message, they were shocked and their eyes widened.
"Ye Hantao!"
"Yes, I want you to pretend to be a fan of Ye Hantao."
The staff member patted the agent, saying urgently, "No! Look! Ye Hantao sent a private message!"
"Ye Hantao believes you're a fan? Quick, see what she posted!"
The agent was overjoyed at this unexpected gain, exclaiming, "Quickly take a screenshot and save it! You can release it later if you turn against us!"
The staff member couldn't wait to open the private message.
[Ye Hantao: Could you post a few more threads emphasizing throughout that I'm scheming, a liar, and malicious, and that I'm always ready to betray Liao Jiayue?]
[Ye Hantao: You're an expert in this area. You'd better make Liao Jiayue's fans hate me terribly!]
Staff: "..."
broker:"……"
Ye Hantao has been waiting for a reply from the other side since she sent the private message.
Unfortunately, she and her friends won seven hands of mahjong, but still didn't get what they wanted.
Helpless, Ye Hantao logged into her personal account, found a comment that a fan had speculated about, and liked it!
So, a group of fans who rushed to Ye Hantao's homepage to start cursing watched helplessly as a new post appeared on Ye Hantao's homepage, and she liked the comment.
First, take a look at the content.
[So Ye Hantao was quiet today, huh? Turns out she's up to her old tricks of backstabbing us?]
"???"
Meanwhile, the head of the public relations team called the boss.
"...That's roughly the background. Should we continue to guide public opinion? Boss, may I inquire about the reason why Ye Hantao liked the post? Was it a slip of the hand? Or was she angry?"
He is having his team guide public opinion, marketing @廖珈悦's post about when she will leave the entertainment circle as a self-directed and self-acted performance by the person herself.
Looking back, Ye Hantao suddenly liked a comment that accused her of backstabbing.
Cheng Zhao listened to his subordinate's question on his phone, then looked at the answer he had just received on his tablet.
[Ye Hantao: Emphasizing my viciousness (super fierce.jpg)]
Cheng Zhao was amused.
Even when Ye Hantao was wrongly accused in the store, she remained calm and composed, never showing any extreme ferocity.
He typed a few words in the chat box, deleted some, typed some more, and deleted some more.
A few minutes later, Ye Hantao saw that the "typing is happening" message on Cheng Zhao's end had disappeared.
She received a voice message from Cheng Zhao on her chat page.
Click to play.
"Awooo—~"
"???"
Is that Cheng Zhao's voice?
Ye Hantao thought it looked like it, but wasn't quite sure.
Two seconds later, Cheng Zhao's teasing, barely suppressed laughter, came from the same voice message.
"How fierce is 'super fierce'? Is it as fierce as my threat just now?"
"..." Ye Hantao honestly played the voice message again.
"Awooo—~"
Like a tiger's roar after a nap, what exactly made his roar so fierce?
Ye Hantao racked her brains for a long time, but she still couldn't picture Cheng Zhao yelling into his phone.
Feeling a little disappointed, she clicked play for the third time.
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Author's note: Here it comes!