Don’t Be Afraid, Let’s Do It Together (E-sports) - Chapter 4

The direction of this title is too obvious. As the one who was five-killed, Xie Yao’s face turned black almost at the moment he saw the title.

“Hey, why aren’t you saying anything? Haven’t you found it? Do you want me to forward it to you?”

After threatening on the phone, Xie Yao went silent. Using his toes to think, Zhou Tian could guess that Xie Yao must have gone to check the video website. The thought of Xie Yao’s appearance of being defeated at this moment made him immediately feel happy.

Zhou Tian knew that the video had made it to the trending list. When a video is bumped up on the website, it is usually pushed to the user’s homepage, and when clicked on, the title will be enlarged and bolded with a “hot” tag.

Xie Yao snapped out of his daze from the shock of the provocative title, finding it hard to believe. What kind of brain does Auntie have to come up with such a title?

“Speak up, what, did your Li Bai brother leave you dumbfounded?” The voice on the other end, laughing non-stop, was so arrogant that it was distorted when transmitted through the network.

Before even clicking on the video, Xie Yao was already infuriated by his unreliable childhood friend.

He clenched his fists, feeling the anger building up inside him.

“I think you’re itching for a beating. You’re on your own this month for the national standards!” He threatened, and the effect was immediate.

On the other end, the triumphant and now remorseful Zhou Tian immediately began to plead.

“Please don’t! Xie Yao, Brother Xie , can’t I call you Dad? Please forgive me this time, I promise I won’t make fun of you again next time!”

As a handsome and wealthy second-generation, Zhou Tian had a thriving high school life with many people vying to be his followers. At the age of seventeen, when vanity is at its strongest, eight out of ten students were playing King of Glory, and Zhou Tian was deeply addicted to it.

However, although he had decent skills, he was clearly not the type of player who could carry his team to victory.

As a wealthy second-generation who was accustomed to being praised and admired, Zhou Tian couldn’t bear to be told that he couldn’t carry his team to victory. He felt that not being able to showcase his gaming skills was a great shame!

He might as well know that Xie Yao is very skilled, and he shamelessly asked Xie Yao to play national standard with him several times. Every time Zhou Tian showed off his national standard skills to his subordinates, he was extremely proud.

But now Xie Yao has said that he won’t play with him anymore. If Zhou Tian’s national standard score drops, even if he reaches the level of a king, not to mention national standard, it would be a miracle if he could fulfill his bragging.

Zhou Tian is used to being shameless in front of Xie Yao, without any idol burden in public. He talks freely with his brother and father, but Xie Yao doesn’t buy it and just brushes him off, saying he’s not available.

“You’re a big liar! You don’t go to school or work, and you just stay at home broadcasting for a few hours every day. If that’s not available, then what are you busy with every day?!” Zhou Tian asked indignantly.

Xie Yao gave a cold laugh and said, “I’m busy watching Li Bai’s video.” After that, he hung up the phone directly, and Zhou Tian’s howling and fake crying stopped abruptly on the other end.

With his ears quiet, Xie Yao finally had the opportunity to click on the video that represented evil.

The beginning of the video was the line Li Bai typed: “Who are you?”

Seeing this, Xie Yao remembered feeling a little strange when he saw Li Bai ask this question at the time.

After all, Li Bai was the one who invited him to a 1v1, but then he performed a knowingly asked question. But at the time, Xie Yao didn’t think much about it during his livestream. He was just in the mood and sarcastically replied, “I am your father.”

So the video moved forward, and Xie Yao saw that he had replied with, “I am your little baby.”

“What? Did I say that?!” Xie Yao was shocked, wondering how the editor could have cut the video like that.

Xie Yao thought the video would be filled with the bitterness and bloodshed of him being killed by Li Bai five times, and he had even prepared for all the bullet comments to mock and ridicule him.

But what was going on with “little baby”!

As it turned out, there was no limit to how absurd things could get, only more absurd.

The whole direction of the video made Xie Yao, this steel-like man, feel anxious.

Following “Who are you?” and “I am your little baby,” there were also things like “Brother, don’t hit me, wah wah wah,” “Brother, you’re so awesome,” “Baby likes you so much,” every time he was killed by Li Bai…

Xie Yao: Shocked!

Seeing this, he finally remembered that these words were indeed said by him, but they were clearly from his previous live streams!

Although Xie Yao is socially anxious in real life, he is very active online. He has said these things countless times in his previous live streams, but he didn’t expect it to backfire this time.

This video editor has just edited clips from Xie Yao’s previous live streams and inserted them into the live streams of Li Bai and Wang Zhaojun at the appropriate times.

After editing, this embarrassing and shameful experience in Xie Yao’s memory suddenly took a strange turn, and the entire video was filled with a mysterious and awkward atmosphere of ambiguity.

The repeated “Brother” and the whimpering sounds of “Yiyiyi” made Xie Yao’s social anxiety kick in.

But unlike him, the comments are extremely unique.

: Shocking! Are all you boys this good at playing?

: These “brothers” sound made me so tingly, the baby is so soft, ah ah ah.

: Seeing this, I finally understand why I’ve been single for so many years, it’s because I don’t know how to call someone “brother”!

: Li Bai brother is so cold, baby loves to cry, cry, cry.

: The delicate and soft baby x the cold and tough big brother, I’m so into it!

: 5-0 record and he still surrendered, ah ah ah, Li Bai brother is so considerate, love him!

: One minute, I want all the information about this little baby! Not for anything else, just purely to learn how to call someone “brother” with a smile.

: Upstairs, please guide me! Where is SharkTV host Princess Yao Yao, ID888888!

After watching the video, Xie Yao couldn’t help but feel like gouging out his own eyes after reading the barrage of comments. Was he unable to keep up with the times? How could so many people say “love, love” to such an awkward video?

And how could girls actually think that giving up the game was considerate? It was a behavior that made him want to kill himself a hundred times over!

What was wrong with this generation of netizens?

Xie Yao went crazy, slamming his phone onto the bed, and holding his head in his hands, he let out a wail. He felt numb as he thought that one day he would become so socially awkward even on the internet.

This was probably what they called “dying alone on the internet”, he thought.

Xie Yao knelt on the bed with his hands clasped in prayer, his expression extremely pious as he begged to God: “Please, don’t let the fans in his live stream see this video!”

Xie Yao had many female fans, and those omnivorous girls could say anything once they got excited. If they found out about this video, his live stream might be banned for suspected pornography!

After all, Xie Yao was not unfamiliar with such experiences, and the related experiences were so bitter that he didn’t want to think about them at all.

At this moment, his phone suddenly popped up an unread message. Xie Yao hesitated and picked it up to look at it. The sender was Little Fang, his room moderator in the Shark TV live stream.

Xie Yao looked at the unread message, but did not immediately open it, his heart very wary.

Although Little Fang was his room moderator in the live stream, the other party generally would not contact Xie Yao unless they needed to ban or kick someone or encounter a major event.

So this message was very suspicious.

Xie Yao narrowed his eyes.

To say it’s a major issue… He turned his gaze to the icon of the video streaming app and his temple throbbed with veins.

Could it be that Xiao Fang also saw the video?

“Better off dead than seen,” Xie Yao’s lips tightened as he clicked on Xiao Fang’s message. Upon reading it, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Fang: Yao Yao Yao Yao! You there?

Xiao Fang: Reply quickly!

Xiao Fang: Your livestream has suddenly attracted a lot of haters who keep hurling insults at you in the chat room. Probably because of yesterday’s livestream disaster. Hurry up and come, I can’t handle it anymore!

Xiao Fang: Oh my god, you’ve gained 30,000 followers, why are there so many haters!

Fortunately, it’s just haters.

Xie Yao was no stranger to being attacked by haters during his live streams. He had a set of methods to deal with them, so he wasn’t afraid. What really made him nervous were the viewers who left comments on the video platform. Those were the ones that were truly difficult to handle.

Xie Yao was relieved when he read the message from Xiao Fang. He replied to her.

“Your daddy is here.”

Almost as soon as he sent the message, Xiao Fang replied excitedly with a barrage of exclamation marks.

“!!! Brother!!! You finally came!! Come to the live stream room and take a look!”

Judging from the number of exclamation marks, one can tell how excited Xiao Fang was to see Xie Yao finally show up. She also sent a link to Xie Yao’s live streaming room.

Fortunately, the settings on Shark TV allowed Xie Yao to receive push notifications when he entered the live streaming room. He didn’t want to start streaming immediately and attract attention, so he clicked on the link from Xiao Fang to peep at the screen as a visitor.

As soon as Xie Yao entered the live streaming room, he saw the chaotic comment section filled with haters who were spamming the screen like crazy. Almost every ten comments, nine were insulting the streamer.

Xiao Fang was busy kicking people out and banning them. However, as Xie Yao’s streaming time approached, many fans were already in the comment section, making it impossible for Xiao Fang to ban everyone and maximize the screen.

These haters had been suppressed by Xie Yao before, and now that they had the upper hand, they attacked him as if their lives depended on it. Even Xie Yao’s witty and eloquent fans were caught off guard and were slow to respond.

Haters 1: Hey, has the colored pen broadcaster chickened out from streaming today after getting wrecked by Li Bai yesterday? Hahaha!

Haters 2: Is this the live stream of Yao Dog who is rumored to have hired someone else to play for him?

Haters 3: The host is so lacking in professionalism, he finally gets his comeuppance!

Haters 4: Wasn’t he supposed to be amazing? Winning streak? Yet he was killed five times by a random passerby, it’s just laughable!

Fan 1: What’s going on? Why are there so many haters today?

Fan 2: Did the hater donate their eyes to someone else? It’s not even time for the stream yet!

Haters 5: Wow, brainless fans are popping up from everywhere in Wuhu!

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Comments like these filled almost the entire screen, with a few counterattacks from old fans mixed in. But their voices were drowned out by a huge wave of black fans, and their comments were immediately pushed down.

Only in these moments did the vocabulary of the Haters make Xie Yao feel amazed.