Chapter Sixteen: Have You Heard of Sil

Inside the live stream room, Bai Qingming’s voice echoed.

On the other side, Dull Little Sister was completely bewildered.

What kind of questions were these? Even if she were a real lawyer—which she most certainly was not—she wouldn’t be able to answer them!

“Hahaha.”

“Does a pregnant woman hitting someone count as a group fight? That cracked me up.”

“Being your friend must be tough, always having to guard against you getting him drunk and making him eat shit.”

“I’m a police officer—just now I massaged my own leg and got arrested for assaulting an officer. What should I do? Waiting online, urgent!”

“Goodness, you’d need at least a decade of brain thrombosis to come up with questions like these.”

The moment Bai Qingming unleashed his questions, viewers in the chat grew wild with excitement.

Even the audience in Dull Little Sister’s own stream were stunned by Bai Qingming’s bizarre train of thought.

Previously, streamers who hired companions to play games with them would spend the entire session flirting, tossing around risqué jokes for the sake of entertainment.

No one had ever imagined that hiring a game companion could be played this way.

Dull Little Sister had often pretended to be a game companion to fool her clients; to be honest, there had been mishaps, but they were rare.

Even so, she had never encountered a situation like this before, where the client utterly controlled the rhythm, leading her by the nose like a fool.

The game had barely begun, but her composure was already half shattered.

The other party’s way of thinking was like that of an alien—completely unpredictable.

To be frank, Dull Little Sister was deeply uncomfortable.

“Heal me, heal me, quick!”

“What are you standing there for, daydreaming? Heal me!”

Bai Qingming suddenly shouted.

He was just maneuvering Ashe to the front line, nearly at the tower, when five burly men leapt out of the bushes, the leader yelling “Demacia!” and instantly killing him.

If only the healer had come over and given him a heal, he wouldn’t have died. But when he looked back, his teammate was simply zoning out.

Terrible performance!

“Sorry, I got distracted,” Dull Little Sister apologized, trying to steer the conversation elsewhere. “Boss, do you have a girlfriend?”

Having pulled this trick many times, she knew the routine: bring up a sensitive topic, flirt with the client, and that’s the kind of drama audiences loved most.

While they chatted, Bai Qingming got ganked and killed again. Without thinking, he replied, “Girlfriend? What do I need that for? Women only slow down my sword-drawing.”

“Uh… don’t tell me you’ve never been in a relationship?” Dull Little Sister pressed.

At this topic, Bai Qingming immediately grew animated. “How could that be? Me? Never dated? It’s just that there are too many girls pursuing me—most of them ended up as ex-girlfriends.”

Dull Little Sister: “…”

Yeah, right.

“You don’t believe me?” Seeing her silent, Bai Qingming continued, “Take my ex-ex-ex girlfriend, for example—the one named Bingbing. She loved me so much she was ready to die for me, begged and pleaded to have my babies.”

“Then why did she become your ex?”

“I’m not sure. I just remember that on the day we broke up she was in a foul mood, said she was really angry—wouldn’t be appeased even if I bought her LV, Gucci, Hermès, Prada, Dior, all those things!”

“And what did you say?” Dull Little Sister pressed on.

“What else could I say?” Bai Qingming sighed, “I comforted her and said, fine, fine, I won’t buy them. Don’t worry, I absolutely won’t buy them for you—not even if it kills me!”

“Damn!” Dull Little Sister blurted out.

She was genuinely shocked by his answer.

“Then, when I tried to message her, I found she’d blocked me. Now tell me, is that my fault?” Bai Qingming protested.

Dull Little Sister was speechless.

Whose fault could it be but yours?

You totally had it coming!

At this moment, viewers in Bai Qingming’s stream collectively drew a sharp breath, filling the chat with expressions of admiration.

“Single by sheer talent—respect!”

“Well done, streamer. You can’t spoil women like that. Just think, if you’d caved and bought her that stuff, you’d be shelling out hundreds of thousands for a dowry in the future. That’s a smart move!”

“Hearing that such a handsome streamer doesn’t have a girlfriend either, I feel a lot better.”

“What are you all standing around for? Formation! The streamer is awesome!”

“The streamer is awesome! (voice cracks)”

…

Meanwhile, in the opposing stream—

Dull Little Sister was questioning the very meaning of life.

She couldn’t understand how her perfectly normal stream had turned into this farce, totally out of her control.

But at least her viewership was climbing instead of dropping. Her fans, used to watching her flirt with male game companions, found today’s turn of events riveting.

With everyone entertained, the tips flowed in generously—the day’s earnings were double her usual take.

Just then, a message popped up, instantly capturing the attention of the chat.

“Dull Little Sister, I saw you in another live stream—the boss who hired you is a streamer too!”

Soon, more viewers chimed in.

“It’s true, the guy on the other side is the one who sang the Song of the Single Dog!”

“What? You mean the guy who’s been dominating the Weibo hot search for the past few days?”

“Yeah, that’s him! His stream is being promoted across every platform—this is his debut broadcast.”

A few days ago, at her fans’ suggestion, Dull Little Sister had sung the Song of the Single Dog herself. So when the song came up, she knew exactly who they meant.

At first, she hadn’t paid much attention, but as more messages flooded in, she realized something was up. She quickly grabbed her phone, switched to her alternate account, and entered Bai Qingming’s stream.

A closer look confirmed it—there he was!

In that instant, a thought struck her.

News had already spread that Bai Qingming had signed with the five major platforms for a full-scale promotion. That morning, Douyu’s management had even informed Feng Timo, Little Regimental Commander, Dull Little Sister, and the other top female streamers.

They’d said they would pick one among them to create a fake couple pairing with Bai Qingming, both to help boost his traffic and to promote the chosen streamer.

But Dull Little Sister never imagined that on his very first broadcast, she would be the one to cross his path. What luck!

This was a golden opportunity for her. Being first in line, if she built a good rapport with Bai Qingming, the platform would surely choose her for the pairing.

Thinking of this bright future, her spirits instantly revived. She seized the chance to spark a new conversation.

“Brother Bai, do you watch live streams often?”

She decided to test the waters.

“I do,” Bai Qingming replied.

Just as a match ended, his score was 8–2.

“Folks, did you see that? This is the real skill of a streamer—winning games this easily. Even with such a noob as my game companion, I still carried her to victory!”

He muted his call with Dull Little Sister, addressing his audience and drawing a round of exclamations.

“What were you saying just now?” he asked, turning off the mute.

“Oh, nothing. I just wanted to ask if you’ve heard of a streamer called Dull Little Sister and what you think of her?”

She was fishing for his opinion.

“My impression?” Bai Qingming smiled, didn’t hesitate a second, and replied,

“Pair of aces—can’t use it!”