Ruan Xingyao ignored “Eat plum candy” mocking tone and said calmly, “How about this—before we start the giveaway, why don’t I tell everyone why you’re really doing this?”
“Eat plum candy” stared at her with a dark, tight-lipped expression.
A few seconds later, he suddenly stood up and began checking around his house with his phone in hand.
It was a temporary place he’d moved into — there were no traces of his daily life, and definitely no small animals that knew anything about him.
Logically speaking, that animal-whispering streamer shouldn’t possibly know what he was up to.
He checked every single room, leaving no corner or crevice uninspected.
He was certain now — there really were no animals in the house.
He walked back to the sofa, sat down again, and stared arrogantly into the camera.
“Why I’m doing this is none of your business. Just hurry up and do the draw!” he snapped.
Ruan Xingyao blinked, looking a bit exasperated. “”Eat plum candy”, do you really think that just because you checked your house and found no little animals whose thoughts I could hear, that I’m out of options?”
“Eat plum candy” didn’t respond, but his eyes said it all.
Ruan Xingyao raised one finger and waved it playfully at the camera. “”Eat plum candy”, clearly you haven’t watched enough of my streams. If you had, you’d know—my abilities go way beyond that.”
The more she spoke, the smugger her expression became.
She even tilted her head, wearing the kind of look that said, ‘Nice try—I’ve already seen right through you.’
Her words left “Eat plum candy” visibly unsettled, his expression growing more irritated by the second.
With an impatient tone, he barked, “Cut the crap! What do you want, exactly? If you don’t want to do the draw, I’ll really go find someone else!”
As if afraid she wouldn’t believe him, he raised his voice and shouted in the livestream, “Anyone want to link up for a giveaway? Drop a message in the chat and I’ll join your stream!”
He thought that would pressure Ruan Xingyao into hurrying up — after all, this was a once-in-a-lifetime flood of traffic.
If he switched to another streamer’s room, her viewer count would instantly be cut in half.
But to his surprise, Ruan Xingyao didn’t even try to stop him.
In fact, she looked almost amused, as if she was eager to see him try.
That only made “Eat plum candy” even more agitated.
His face was turning increasingly dark.
Fortunately for him — or perhaps unfortunately — there were always streamers who loved drama, or simply wanted to siphon off her traffic, and they had already started posting messages in the chat.
In order to make sure “Eat plum candy” noticed her comment, one viewer even sent Ruan Xingyao five “Dream Spaceships” as gifts.
A flashy, special-effect message lingered on the public chat for quite a while:
【Handsome guy, link with me! I’ll do the giveaway for you, cutie!】
It was from a beauty-section streamer named Bodi Muya, who had recently been penalized for wearing overly revealing clothes while dancing during her stream.
Ruan Xingyao looked at the camera with a smile.
When the special-effect message finally faded, she said sweetly, “Thank you, Miss Bodi Muya, for the generous gift~ Love you!”
As she said this, she raised both hands above her head and made a big heart gesture toward the camera.
That smug, teasing act made a lot of viewers grit their teeth in frustration.
【Wait—no, seriously! I love Streamer Starry too, but isn’t this going too far?】
【Exactly! That house giveaway was something “Eat plum candy” offered on his own, and the police even verified it. What’s she trying to pull now?】
【I usually really like Streamer Starry’s content, but this time, I’m so disappointed!】
【Don’t tell me this is just your trick to attract more viewers. If that’s your plan, it’s hard to keep liking you anymore!】
【Seriously! Stop dragging this out, okay? Do you even realize how much a house means to ordinary people like us? This might be our only chance to ever own one!】
Some of those comments were likely from her own fans, voicing their frustration — though there were clearly plenty of trolls stirring the pot too.
Ruan Xingyao didn’t take any of it to heart.
Her expression suddenly turned cold.
Her gaze sharpened, and her tone became grave.
“It’s hard enough to earn a house of your own,” she said.
“Yet you set your sights on someone else’s house instead — taking what you didn’t earn, feeling proud about your ‘luck.’ In that case…”
She paused, her expression growing even darker.
“…what if the original owner of the house were to commit suicide after the giveaway? Would those of you who received the house still sleep peacefully at night?”
The moment those words fell, the chat — which had been full of complaints and curses — instantly fell silent.
And on “Eat plum candy” side, a loud crash echoed through the livestream — the sound of a door being kicked open.
Moments later, several police officers rushed in.
They surrounded “Eat plum candy”, protecting him carefully.
Before long, someone came out of the storage room carrying several rolls of duct tape, a box of coal, a few barrels of gasoline, and several sharp knives.
It was clear — those things weren’t for suicide, they were for murder.
The sudden twist shocked everyone.
Even Chen Yu, who had been by Ruan Xingyao’s side the whole time, looked astonished.
Ruan Xingyao hadn’t told him any of this.
The police on “Eat plum candy” end weren’t the ones Chen Yu had contacted.
But thinking about it, Chen Yu quickly understood — Ruan Xingyao must have contacted Xie Lin or someone else when she was using her phone earlier.
The reason she had dragged things out for so long was to buy time for the police to get into position — to make sure that “Eat plum candy”, if provoked, wouldn’t cut the stream and do something extreme.
【Wait—what’s going on? I don’t understand anymore. Was this guy… trying to kill himself? But why?!】
【He owns ten houses! Why would he want to die? What could possibly be bothering him that much?!】
【I can’t even imagine how happy I’d be if I had ten houses! Why, handsome guy, why would you do something like this?!】
【I don’t know what’s making you want to die, but I just want to say—no matter what it is, it’ll pass. As long as you haven’t broken the law, we’re all here for you. You’ll be okay!】
Although the police had surrounded “Eat plum candy” to protect him, they hadn’t restrained him — his phone was still in his hand.
He could see every message clearly.
Especially the flood of gentle, comforting words filling the chat.
His throat bobbed as he swallowed hard.
His chest felt tight and sore, and his eyes began to sting and blur.
— The end of the Chapter–
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