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Join the ServerEven though the signing terms offered by Qing Ning platform were not low, Qianyang did not plan to sign in the short term.
Qing Ning platform was essentially a makeshift operation.
Getting tied down easily would do Qianyang no good.
Other platforms did extend olive branches to her, but they did not agree to her terms and even mocked her along with their own streamers.
The days passed unhurriedly.
The grand spectacle of Qianyang’s first day of streaming seemed to have been a flash in the pan.
Over the next week, her stream viewership never exceeded five hundred again.
Most of the viewers were netizens who studied the heart sutra together with Yang Mao.
However, the income from tips and part-time fortune-telling was more than enough to cover their living expenses.
Sunday morning, Qianyang got up and went to tell fortunes under the bridge as usual.
At half past eight, she packed up her stall and bought breakfast on the way home.
After breakfast, the clock struck nine, time to start the daily stream.
– Good morning.
– I like a streamer who is punctual.
– Studying the heart sutra again today?
Qianyang placed her phone on a stand, adjusted the angle, and answered,
“Yes.
After a few more days of study, my apprentice can try other things.”
Yang Mao sat down on the sofa and stretched.
“Master, this stuff really works.
Lately I’ve been feeling great, and my whole body feels especially light.”
Qianyang said, “That’s only natural.”
– Senior Disciple Brother’s mental state really is different from his first stream.
– He looked like a beast of burden at first, but lately he’s been much more spirited.
– Not just Senior Disciple Brother.
Me too.
– This grad school dog was about to die.
I’m surviving solely on the heart sutra.
– Damn!
Don’t remind me.
Last night my girlfriend checked my phone, saw my watch history, thought I was watching rule-bending, and cursed me out.
– …I don’t dare share this stream with friends.
I’m afraid they’ll take it out of context.
Streamer, won’t you really consider changing the title?
– Don’t change it!
With a niche streamer like this, us fans knowing about it is enough.
“That won’t do.”
Yang Mao glanced at the screen.
“My master and I rely on this for a living.
If it works, we should promote it.”
Qianyang sat beside him, finishing the breakfast she hadn’t completely eaten.
– Wow… the streamer is still streaming?
Weren’t you so arrogant on the first day?
Why so few people in your stream today?
– Passing by.
Took a look.
You have a really big face, asking for a 500,000 signing fee.
– I find there are so many idiots.
One or two come every day to gossip.
Are you that bored?
– Freaks!
For a new streamer on a garbage platform, her results are already very good.
– Senior Disciple Brother, what you don’t know is that Qingsi’s fans are like locusts.
Whenever we promote, they immediately pop up to drag us down.
So disgusting.
– Not only that.
Under all the videos of Little Black and Yingying, his fans control the comments, promoting Qingsi.
If we even mention our streamer, we get reported immediately.
– Unbelievable.
How can a big streamer’s fans be so cheap?
Yang Mao’s face fell.
“Having backing really makes a difference.”
He glanced at Qianyang, who was concentrating on eating, and asked, “Master, aren’t you angry?”
Qianyang looked surprised.
“Angry about what?
Someone as broad-minded as me doesn’t get angry easily.”
She finished eating quickly, wiped her hands, and said, “Alright, let’s begin today’s practice.”
After some time of practice, Yang Mao’s temperament had stabilized.
Plus, Qianyang’s streaming and fortune-telling income was enough to cover their daily expenses.
He no longer spent all day thinking about finding a job.
Occasionally, he would go to an interview only when he saw a suitable position.
He was teased by stream viewers as having started living off his woman’s earnings at a young age.
After nearly an hour of practice, Qianyang let them rest for a while.
Then she interacted with the netizens, answering questions about the practice.
[AAA Building Materials Wholesale Brother Wang has entered the stream]
Just then, a gold-colored ID appeared on the screen.
– Huh??
– Brother Wang is here?
– Who is Brother Wang?
– Newcomers don’t know.
You can search for the stream replay on other platforms.
– Ehh, can’t find it.
The replay clips I uploaded all got reported and taken down.
[AAA Building Materials Wholesale Brother Wang tipped streamer Qianyang with a Fruit Stand]
[AAA Building Materials Wholesale Brother Wang tipped streamer Qianyang with four Fruit Stands]
– Holy shit??
– Hey, bro?
If I remember right, this thing is two thousand each, right?
– What is Brother Wang doing?
[AAA Building Materials Wholesale Brother Wang tipped streamer with a Fruit Stand]
[AAA Building Materials Wholesale Brother Wang tipped streamer with four Fruit Stands]
– Brother Wang stays silent, just keeps tipping.
– Brother Wang, have you lost your mind?
Half of that goes into Qing Ning’s pocket!
[Congratulations, streamer!
Your stream has reached number one on the Qing Ning platform’s tip leaderboard!]
[AAA Building Materials Wholesale Brother Wang has met the call requirements and is requesting a connection.]
An option popped up on the screen.
Qianyang didn’t hesitate and chose to accept.
Over the past week, she had been meaning to ask Brother Wang how things were going.
Brother Wang’s familiar avatar jumped to the top of the screen, splitting the frame in two.
“Master!”
Brother Wang’s energetic voice came through.
His background was still a hospital, but compared to his previously worried expression, he was now beaming.
Qianyang asked, “How is it?
Did things go smoothly?”
Brother Wang spoke with animated excitement.
“Master, the next day I followed your instructions and went to Taihang City.
I climbed up the north side of Little Qian Mountain, found the collapsed temple and the old tree, and burned the talisman paper and Yingying’s clothes.”
– Wow!
Brother Wang actually went?
– With no news for so long, I had already assumed it was scripted.
– Me too… but the heart sutra really works for me, so I keep watching every day.
Brother Wang continued, “It happened exactly as you said.
The old tree wouldn’t drop any leaves at first.
Only after I mentioned your name did a few leaves fall into the ashes!”
Qianyang nodded knowingly.
The old thing still showed her respect.
It wasn’t in vain that it had cultivated alongside the Qian family for so many years.
“And Yingying?
How is she?”
Qianyang asked casually.
Since the old tree had agreed to take Yingying as its adopted daughter, her condition should have improved.
At the mention of Yingying, Brother Wang’s face glowed with emotion.
“Master, Yingying has been discharged!”
Hearing this, Qianyang couldn’t help but feel surprised.
“So fast?”
“Yes!
Actually, Yingying started improving the very next day.
Normally she couldn’t even finish half a bowl of rice, but that day she ate a whole bowl!
And after the meal, she ate a good amount of fruit too!”
“The doctors never expected Yingying to change so quickly.
After a week of observation, she is no longer in critical condition and can go home to recuperate.”
Qianyang nodded.
It seemed Yingying’s hospitalization was not solely due to her frail body, but also because her inability to find Little Black had worn her out, causing too much anxiety and worsening her condition.
With the old tree’s protection and having found Little Black, her health naturally began to improve.
Qianyang reminded her, “Remember what I said before.
Don’t break your word.”
“I understand, Master.
I’m sorry I’ve been busy dealing with Yingying and Little Black and forgot to thank you.
Is it convenient to add a way to contact you?
In a few days, I’ll bring Yingying to Taihang City and thank you in person.”
Qianyang shook her head.
“No need.
Take good care of her health.
Don’t waste this hard-won opportunity.”
“Master, Yingying and her mother are waiting for me in the parking lot.
Hold on.
Yingying wants to thank you personally.”
“Alright,” Qianyang agreed.
– Holy shit…
– Wait, Yingying was really discharged?
– Huh???
– Wasn’t that just for stream content?
As Qianyang’s stream reached the top of Qing Ning platform’s tip leaderboard, new viewers kept pouring in.
– I think I’ve heard of this stream somewhere?
– The one with the little girl and the black cat???
– Isn’t that Master Qingsi from Shark?
All the comments are promoting him.
– Sob sob, the story of the little girl and the black cat made me cry several times.
– Me too.
I always thought it was a fantasy story?
– Huh???
It’s not made up?
The comments scrolled quickly.
Qianyang could barely read them.
“New babies in the stream, if you have questions, you can scroll back to the stream replay from a week ago.
The complete story is there,” Yang Mao said, having somehow walked in front of the camera.
Qianyang asked, “A story?
Where did you all see it?”
– On Douyin and Bilibili.
Already over fifty million views.
– Is this really the stream?
– The person connected with her seems to be the little girl’s father?
– Holy crap…
Qianyang gave her apprentice a look.
He immediately understood and searched for keywords on Douyin and Bilibili.
After a moment, Yang Mao looked up from his phone, frowning.
“Master, I found it…”
“What is it?”
Qianyang said.
“Those marketing accounts turned our stream content into short videos with cartoon characters, interspersed with a few screenshots from the stream.
The view counts are very high, but…”
Qianyang lowered her gaze.
“Go on.”
“But the comments are all promoting that Master Qingsi.
So everyone thinks Qingsi is the streamer in the videos.”
– Ah…
– No wonder lately the internet is full of Qingsi’s stream clips.
– So that’s it!
I said how did Qingsi gain fifty thousand followers overnight.
– Wait, didn’t Shark official get involved?
Any clip posted of the real streamer gets reported and taken down within ten minutes.
– That’s disgusting?
You look down on small streamers, yet you use a small streamer to promote your own platform’s streamer?
– Isn’t Qingsi afraid of getting exposed?
– Qingsi never admitted it.
When netizens ask, he just ignores them…
– @Moderator 9958 come do your job!
As the situation spread, more and more viewers came drawn by the story.
The viewership shot up to nearly two thousand.
Within five minutes, the stream entered the Trending Top 20.
The comments scrolled faster and faster.
Qianyang didn’t even need to speak.
The viewers in her stream were already defending her.
Qianyang was happy to stay out of it, so she didn’t say anything.
– I heard this is the stream of the little girl and the black cat?
– Came because of the buzz.
– Came because of the buzz +1.
– Little girl and black cat?
– Newcomers, go watch the full replay!
– Our streamer is the real protagonist of the little girl and black cat story!!!
– Goddammit, you’ve made me rebellious.
Streamer, you damn well get famous!!
– Don’t miss this!
Our streamer is beautiful, kind-hearted, and capable.
The undisputed top of Qing Ning’s Occult Zone!
– Can’t sleep?
Feeling down?
Often anxious?
Every morning at nine, the streamer will practice with you!
– Teaching, solving problems, saving lives, scaling walls—unparalleled in the world!
Qianyang raised an eyebrow.
Isn’t that a bit too exaggerated?
Not that she couldn’t do most of it.
– Everyone, I didn’t dare say this before.
– The day after watching the stream, I and a few friends agreed to find the Daoist temple on Little Qian Mountain.
But halfway there, thick fog suddenly rolled in around us.
We couldn’t see the path beneath our feet.
Afraid to continue, we had to turn back.
– And then!!
After we turned and took just a few steps, all the fog disappeared!
I swear on the heavens, this is a true story!
Brother Wang, on his way to the parking lot, saw this and said in surprise, “I went the next day.
The weather was great.
What fog?”
– Holy shit…
– Oh man!
I have goosebumps.
– The streamer said other people wouldn’t find the temple!
– I still don’t believe it!
Unless I see Yingying!
– Me too!
Yingying’s condition in last week’s stream was no different from someone about to die.
Unless I see her, I won’t believe it!
Seeing this, Brother Wang said, “I’ve reached the parking lot…”
“Yingying—”
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