Volume One, Chapter Ninety-Seven: A Fan’s Request

Time ticked by, second after second.

At last, amid the audience’s eager anticipation, the livestream lit up.

Jiang Yu’s figure appeared before everyone.

Though he had watched livestreams in his previous life, this was Jiang Yu’s first time broadcasting himself, and everything felt fresh and novel to him.

Looking at his own face on the screen, he pulled all kinds of expressions, even asking the staff, “Did you turn on the beauty filter?”

“No.”

Jiang Yu grinned. “I knew it. With a face like mine, why would I need a beauty filter?”

The staff standing nearby burst into laughter. “Teacher Jiang, the livestream is already live.”

“…”

Jiang Yu froze. He had thought they were still in the testing stage.

By then, the screen was already flooded with comments.

“Hahaha, Brother Yu, enough already—supreme beauty, really?”

“Ahhh, my husband is too handsome!”

“Brother Yu, I love you!”

“So shameless! But I like it…”

Jiang Yu’s old face turned slightly red. He coughed twice, then sat up properly. “Hello, everyone!”

The comments instantly began to flood in, one after another.

“Hello, Brother Yu!”

“How can there be such a perfect man in this world—handsome, a great singer, and such a good body!”

“No, I have to send my brother a gift!”

The viewers started clicking gifts wildly.

But then, a notice suddenly appeared on the interface.

“Gift tipping has been disabled in this livestream.”

The audience was stunned, and hurriedly asked about it in the chat.

“Brother Yu, your livestream doesn’t have gift tipping enabled!”

“Hubby, I want to send you a rocket, but I can’t!”

“Brother Yu, ask the staff—something’s wrong with your livestream.”

…

Seeing the comments, Jiang Yu smiled. “Nothing’s wrong. I asked them to turn that function off. You really don’t need to send me gifts. I came up here just to chat with everyone.”

Chat is fine, then why turn it off?

A comment floated by.

“I’m afraid you’d be wasting your money. If I didn’t turn it off and only kept saying, ‘You really don’t need to send me gifts,’ ‘No, no, don’t,’ it would feel exactly like giving out New Year’s money to children during the New Year—saying no while still opening your own pocket.”

“Brothers, I earn money much more easily than you do. There’s no need for you to spend your hard-earned money tipping me.”

Hearing Jiang Yu speak so vividly, the viewers could not help laughing, and their affection for him grew even deeper.

In the entertainment world, who did not want to make as much money as possible?

Yet Jiang Yu had actually shut off tipping outright!

This was exactly why they liked him.

Jiang Yu smiled. “I don’t even know what to broadcast to everyone, so I’ll just sing a few songs.”

One song after another flowed out from the livestream.

Bare-Faced: no false eyeliner, no need to blend foundation smoothly, strolling on a rainy day, secretly laughing at others’ smeared makeup...

At the Fork Where Flame Trees Bloom: in my mind there is a fork where flame trees bloom...

How Could It Not Be: restless for you, abandoning the whole world for you—why should that not be allowed...

One tender song after another left the audience entranced.

At last, after singing for two hours, Jiang Yu wiped the sweat from his brow. “All right, I’m tired of singing. Shall we end today’s livestream here?”

The comments began to explode again.

“???“

“Brother Yu, one more!”

“So you’re ending this fast? Is your stream that short?”

“Brother Yu, if you’re tired, don’t sing anymore—chat with us!”

Seeing the enthusiastic comments, Jiang Yu smiled. “All right then, I’ll chat with everyone.”

Then he looked toward the staff beside him. “Does this livestream room have a call-in feature?”

The staff nodded and began adjusting the settings.

“Good. Then let’s pick a few lucky viewers to call in!”

“Hello, is it me?” It was a male viewer. Hearing his own voice coming from the livestream, he grew even more excited. “It really is me!”

Jiang Yu smiled. “Brother, what do you want to say to me?”

“Brother Yu, I want to have your babies!”

Upon hearing that, a wave of “hahahaha” swept across the comments.

Jiang Yu looked at the screen. “Laughing at what? But brother, I treated you like a brother, and you actually want to sleep with me? Get lost!”

With that, he cut the call and moved on to the next person.

Unfortunately—

One call-in...

Three call-ins...

Five call-ins...

Strangely enough, every single person who came on was a man, and every one of them was there to joke around with him.

“Isn’t there a single young lady?” Jiang Yu said helplessly. “Am I not worthy of having female fans?”

The comments immediately began to flood the screen.

“Wake up. You don’t have any female fans!”

After reading that comment, Jiang Yu looked at the staff beside him. “Remember the person who wrote that. I’ll sue him for defamation later.”

The audience erupted once more into “hahahaha.”

Time passed quickly. Another hour went by. Glancing at the time, Jiang Yu smiled. “All right, I’ll take one last call!”

“Hello?”

On the other end came a calm female voice. From the sound of it, she seemed young, no older than twenty-five.

Jiang Yu’s expression turned excited. “It’s a young lady this time. Did you all see that? I do have female fans!”

That’s impossible. Absolutely impossible!

But Jiang Yu ignored such comments completely.

“Miss, may I ask your surname?”

The woman on the other end began to speak. “Hello, Teacher Jiang Yu. You can just call me Chengcheng.”

“Hello, Chengcheng. What would you like to talk about, or what wish do you have?”

“Teacher Jiang Yu, I’m twenty-four this year. I wanted to ask for a wish on behalf of my boyfriend.”

Hearing the girl’s answer, the comments exploded once more.

“Damn, that’s so sci-fi. A girlfriend actually wants to fulfill a wish for her boyfriend.”

“What kind of fairy girlfriend is this? Why have I never met one?”

“Jealous!”

Jiang Yu smiled. “What does your boyfriend do?”

“Teacher Jiang Yu, my boyfriend is a doctor. Because of certain circumstances, he has to be transferred to a medical rescue team. It’s very dangerous...”

As she spoke, the girl’s voice began to tremble.

Hearing this, Jiang Yu’s expression turned serious.

The comments shifted as well.

“I heard about it. The situation there is extremely severe!”

“I read that report too. The medical rescue team is very dangerous, and infection is easy.”

“I heard it’s very dangerous. People fail to hold on every day.”

“Salute to the angels in white. Stay strong!”

“I understand. Then what wish does your boyfriend have? If I can fulfill it, I’ll do my utmost.”

“Thank you, Teacher Jiang Yu.” The girl on the other end said gratefully. “My boyfriend and his team really like you. Their favorite song, and the only rap song they like, is Mountain and River Map. He says listening to it makes him feel steady. I didn’t want to call in at first, but you didn’t sing that song just now, so I tried calling in and wanted to ask you to sing it for him and his colleagues. Would that be all right?”

Jiang Yu took a deep breath.

“All right, I promise you!”

As he spoke, Jiang Yu began to sing: “With brush in hand, I paint my mountains and rivers; with a thousand razor edges, I paint these lofty heights...”

Soon, the song came to an end.

The girl was moved to tears once again. “Thank you, thank you, Teacher Jiang Yu! Then I won’t disturb you any longer.”

“Chengcheng, don’t cry. Believe in them. They will surely return victorious!”

Jiang Yu asked again, “Does your boyfriend and his colleagues all like rap?”

“Yes.”

“All right then.” Jiang Yu smiled.

“That song just now, Mountain and River Map, was for your boyfriend and his colleagues. This song now is for this group of angels in white. Please record it and pass it along to them, all right?”

“All right!” Her excitement was obvious even through her voice.

“I respectfully send all medical workers forth on this mission, and await your triumphant return!”