TRMLCM Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Battle! We Must Battle!

Dim lights swayed rhythmically, casting shadows in the private room, while heavy metal music with a strong beat reverberated.

Cheng Yi leaned back on the sofa, legs crossed, his posture relaxed and casual. He picked up the glass on the table, took a sip, and put it back down.

“Yi-ge, how did you feel last night?”

A man with a unique style, his ears adorned with multiple earrings, sat down next to him and asked. He didn’t dare get too close to Cheng Yi, keeping a slight distance.

After all…

Cheng Yi came from a powerful and wealthy family in City S and was a well-known second-generation rich kid. He had a handsome and refined appearance, coupled with a near-perfect academic record, making him a source of praise for entrepreneurs during social gatherings. In reality, he indulged in racing, all-night clubbing, drinking, and gaming, leaving out only smoking. His life seemed truly carefree.

But he had an extremely troubling problem.

For a period of time, he had been partying too hard, and his irregular lifestyle led to insomnia. Every night, while others slept soundly, he suffered from the inability to fall asleep normally. His temper became increasingly irritable. Then, on the suggestion of a close friend, he downloaded the Yin Fu APP.

This close friend was the man sitting next to him now, named He Zhou, also a second-generation rich kid from City A. In fact, most of the people at this gathering had older siblings who were taking care of the family business. They didn’t need to inherit the family fortune; as long as they didn’t break the law or disgrace the family, they received a large monthly allowance and only had to enjoy themselves.

“Do those sleep-aid livestreams on Yin Fu APP help you?” He Zhou picked up the wine bottle, filled Cheng Yi’s glass, and handed it to him, observing Cheng Yi’s expression as he asked.

Cheng Yi took the glass, drank a mouthful, and then shook his head. “Those livestreams are extremely boring. Just listening to them is annoying, let alone helping me sleep.”

“…Then what do we do?” He Zhou carefully observed. Did it really not work? He felt that Yi-ge’s expression had relaxed a bit. Did he have a good night’s sleep yesterday? He Zhou didn’t understand, but since Cheng Yi said it didn’t work, then it probably didn’t. He pondered,

“That shouldn’t be. Why do I feel sleepy as soon as I enter those livestreams? If the next livestream wasn’t Little Orange’s, which got me fired up, I would have fallen asleep long ago. It really didn’t work?”

Little Orange was a female streamer on Yin Fu APP that he had recently become obsessed with. She had both a great figure and a pair of long, white legs. She could sing, dance, and was very good at flirting. He had recently spent over eight hundred thousand on this streamer and had even gotten her WeChat ID. The two had been chatting enthusiastically lately.

When He Zhou recommended the Yin Fu APP to Cheng Yi last night, he also mentioned it casually. Cheng Yi knew that he liked beautiful women and had always been surrounded by them, but he couldn’t understand why he would spend so much money on a stranger in a phone that he couldn’t even get his hands on.

Well… he didn’t understand, but he respected his choices.

Cheng Yi frowned, smelled the pungent cigarette smoke on him, and pushed away his head, which was getting closer and closer, without any courtesy. “Get away from me, don’t get too close.”

He Zhou pouted, not angry. Everyone knew that Cheng Yi was a bit of a germaphobe. Now he was focused on solving Cheng Yi’s sleep problem.

“Hey, bro, why don’t we go see a doctor? If Western medicine doesn’t work, we can try traditional Chinese medicine. We can also try those hypnosis things from psychologists, right?”

“No need, I’ve found another method,” Cheng Yi said casually, putting down his crossed leg, shrugging his shoulders, and standing up. He leaned forward with a straight back, resting his elbows on his knees, holding the wine glass in his hand.

He Zhou instantly perked up. He hurriedly asked, “What? What method?” He carefully looked at Cheng Yi’s face again. Indeed, as he had thought, he had a good night’s sleep last night. No wonder he felt that Yi-ge’s temper was much better tonight. Otherwise, just now when he accidentally got so close, he would have been directly knocked to the ground by Cheng Yi.

“What did Yi-ge do to sleep well?” he asked Cheng Yi, who was drinking his wine. Cheng Yi finally deigned to look at him, his black eyes looking cold, his gaze sharp. “Why should I tell you?”

“Then I have to help Yi-ge analyze it. Let’s find the reason so that Yi-ge can always have a good night’s sleep in the future.”

He Zhou said happily. Cheng Yi heard this and reached out to pat his shoulder, his voice softening a bit, as he said cheerfully, “As expected of my good brother, you’re loyal enough!”

“Of course!” Getting a word of affirmation from Cheng Yi, He Zhou was so happy that he almost lost his mind. He said proudly, “Yi-ge is my own brother. It’s only right for your little brother to worry about you.”

“Tell me, bro, how did you fall asleep last night?”

How did he fall asleep?

Recalling that person’s clear and soft voice, a sense of itchiness rose in his heart. Cheng Yi leaned back, closed his eyes, and unconsciously crossed his legs again, hiding the abnormality in his body.

He took out his phone and glanced at the time. It was almost ten o’clock. What time did that streamer start broadcasting? He vaguely remembered it was from eight to eleven?

Putting his phone back in his pocket, he picked up his glass and touched it to the one in He Zhou’s hand, then drank it all in one gulp. He wiped the remaining wine from the corner of his mouth with his fingertip and glanced at it, saying, “Having your words from just now is enough. I’m going back first. Tell them that I’m paying for tonight.”

After saying that, he glanced at the wildly dancing people in the room, got up, and walked out of the private room. Seeing his hurried appearance, He Zhou didn’t stop him and quickly said, “Okay, Yi-ge, you go ahead.”

Because he had been drinking, Cheng Yi called a designated driver. He stood in the underground garage, and while waiting, he took out his phone and clicked into the Yin Fu APP. As soon as he entered, the system prompted the information that the only streamer he followed was live streaming.

The streamer Mu An you follow is now live~

Mu An?

He changed his name?

Cheng Yi clicked in.

“Welcome Cy boss to my livestream, boss, good evening.”

Cheng Yi looked at that face smiling coldly, his gaze once again unintentionally falling on that mole.

Cy: Good evening

Shen Chang’an looked at the slowly drifting text and couldn’t help but smile faintly again.

Last night during their chat, the person’s tone was unkind, and he thought the other party was there to pick a fight. At first, he sang cautiously, wondering when this person would turn on him. But after he sang for half an hour according to the person’s request, he quietly inquired and found that the person on the other side had long disappeared.

He breathed a sigh of relief, hung up the phone, left a message, turned off the lights, and fell asleep tiredly.

However, from the time he woke up this morning until he started broadcasting tonight, this person had not replied to his messages. He even thought that this boss was dissatisfied with yesterday’s singing service.

After broadcasting for more than two hours, there were still only five or six hundred people in the livestream, most of whom were new fans absorbed last night. They didn’t give many gifts, and he hadn’t won any of the PK matches he played today.

After performing several talents in the livestream and talking alone for a long time, Shen Chang’an felt a bit tired. Before, when there were only a few people in the livestream, he would just hold his guitar and sing, and as soon as 11 o’clock arrived, he would immediately end the broadcast. But now that he had experienced a small wave of popularity last night, he suddenly didn’t want to continue being so lazy.

He looked at the system notification of cy entering the livestream. His tired heart seemed to be soothed, and the smile that was gradually disappearing returned to his face. The cold white light shone on his fair face, making him look cold and bright.

If he only had to stay up half an hour later every night to retain a powerful whale, so that he wouldn’t have to keep losing in the subsequent PK matches, then this deal was a very worthwhile thing, wasn’t it?

That half an hour would just be his daily singing practice time.

The active people in the livestream naturally saw his change. Most of them had watched his livestream yesterday and knew the strength of cy, so they instantly started teasing him.

“Yo yo yo, why is the streamer so happy? (squinting smile)”

“Baby is so pretty!”

“Welcome cy boss”

“Welcome cy boss”

“Hiss, the scent of an affair again”

“Why does the streamer smile so happily as soon as cy boss arrives?”

Happy?

Cheng Yi looked at the person in the phone and frowned.

Why did he feel that this person’s smile was so fake?

Like a little fox trying to steal something.

“Um… we haven’t won a single PK match today,” Shen Chang’an said, his face slightly drooping as if he was wronged. Then he looked at the livestream camera with those clear, cold eyes, lightly rippling, his gaze like a sincere request, and also like pretending to be well-behaved and coquettish. “Since cy boss is here, can you help me donate some tickets later?”

“!!!!!! Baby, why didn’t you say so earlier! It’s just a few tickets”

“Wife!!!”

“Wife, I’m recharging right away, wait for me”

“You should have said you wanted to win!!!”

“Sisters, I’m shipping them, I’m shipping them”

“Beautiful wife, look at me!!!”

The barrage went crazy, and Shen Chang’an blinked, a little confused. What was wrong with them?

He tilted his head, looking at the barrage with a questioning gaze, his dazed appearance even more charming.

Instantly, the livestream went even more crazy.

“Ahhh, head tilt kill!”

“Wife, don’t bewitch me, I don’t have any tools to commit the crime, boo hoo hoo”

“The guy upstairs, don’t throw your pants around, it fell on my face, I picked it up for you, I’ll let it slide this time, pay attention next time”

“Heart”

“This is a livestream, not an uninhabited area, pay attention to your influence!”

“Taking my wife away”

“cy boss hurry up and agree to him!!!!!!”

“It’s okay if cy boss doesn’t agree, I’ll go, let me do it”

Cheng Yi looked at this barrage, his black eyes blinking in confusion, then his brows furrowed, his face, which was already flushed from drinking, became even redder. Did he say he didn’t agree?

Cy: Battle!

Battle! We must battle!

Today, he would teach the people in the livestream how to behave properly!