CHAPTER 21: CHAPTER 21 PERFORMING TALENTS

So many coins, that’s dozens of Yuan!

He’s a potential cash cow, I can’t give up on him! Thinking this, Susu quickly started typing.

Susu: "Wow! So Brother Xia really is a rich second-generation heir! I thought you were kidding."

As she hit send, Susu eagerly awaited Xia Liang’s reply. At the moment, however, Xia Liang was ignoring her. As for when he might respond, that remained to be seen. After all, a top-tier rich heir needed to play his part.

The viewers in the live stream naturally saw Xia Liang’s move and couldn’t help but shake their heads and sigh.

[Heh, the Anchor’s technique for picking up girls is really simple and unpretentious.]

[I’ve learned the method the Anchor taught. Now, where do I go to collect those dozens of Yuan?]

[Superpowers... so terrifying. I bet that Susu girl is regretting it big time now!]

[Money power... so terrifying.]

...

Ten minutes later, seeing that Xia Liang still hadn’t replied, Susu was gritting her teeth in anger, regretting her words deeply. If she had known, she would have never mentioned having a boyfriend. She had finally hooked a rich heir, only to let him slip away just like that.

"No way! I have to fix this!"

With that thought, Susu began to strategize again. Now that she knew Xia Liang’s true identity, she couldn’t afford to be reckless. She even brought over a small blackboard and began crafting a new persona for herself.

On the other side, Xia Liang had no idea that someone was so fixated on him.

Within a few minutes, Xia Liang had rejected a girl’s request for his phone number for the umpteenth time, making many viewers clutch their chests and curse the heavens for making him both handsome and wealthy.

After finishing breakfast, Xia Liang was once again at a loss. What should he do now? Punish the tea-selling girl? It wasn’t time yet. He had a plan, and responding too early would give him away. But what else was there to do?

Xia Liang didn’t plan on turning off the live stream, since it was related to his tasks. He couldn’t just turn it back on every time he needed to reply to a message. But just chatting and shooting the breeze would get old fast; there was only so much to talk about.

At that moment, the idle Xia Liang posed a question to his stream.

"I can’t go looking for that Susu girl right now, so what does everyone want to see?"

[?????]

[Anchor, did I hear that right?]

[Is the Anchor going to show off a talent?]

[Man, other Anchors show off what they’re good at. Who asks us what we want to see?]

[Yeah, I want to see a split. Can the Anchor do one?]

[Don’t give the Anchor a hard time, or he’ll just start rambling. Let him perform whatever he’s good at.]

Looking at the flood of comments, Xia Liang suddenly had a realization. There were many kinds of streamers.

There must be many ways to trigger hidden tasks. Why don’t I try performing something else? So far, both hidden tasks were triggered when viewers in the stream sent gifts to make a request.

Thinking of this, Xia Liang’s interest was suddenly piqued.

"Fire away! Your Anchor here is a decathlete!"

Xia Liang’s incredibly arrogant words were like explosives thrown into a pond.

[Holy shit! Anchor, you’re way too arrogant!]

[Dumbass Anchor, who do you think you are? You think you own the world just because you have a little stinking money?]

[Boasting isn’t a crime, after all. Just let the Anchor run his mouth.]

[I, Alexander Bills Chui, hereby declare the Anchor the greatest boasting champion!]

...

The trolls and haters who already disliked Xia Liang and resented his wealth seized the opportunity. Xia Liang, however, clearly wasn’t concerned. How could a sparrow understand the ambitions of a swan? He had already changed his stream’s name.

[The Irritable Decathlete Anchor, Live Broadcasting Various Talents (and also solving all sorts of relationship problems)]

The name was much longer and, at first glance, looked like an advertisement. But it was undeniably more interesting. He glanced at his Work Points, which were over one hundred.

Xia Liang was brimming with confidence.

"Starting now, the talent I perform will be the one spammed the most in the comments! Whatever you want to see, start spamming!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the comment section exploded. Some were there for the show, some were hoping for a joke, and others were genuinely anticipating an amazing performance.

[Sing!! Sing!]

[Street dance!! Street dance!!]

[Violin!]

[Piano!]

[Play air combat!]

[Parkour!]

Gradually, however, "Parkour" began to dominate. Compared to singing and dancing, a talent like parkour was far more exciting to anticipate.

One viewer even sent three Super Rockets.

As expected, a hidden task was triggered.

[Ding—Congratulations, Host, on triggering the hidden task: Parkour Talent Performance.

Task Description: Please perform a thrilling talent show for your live stream audience.

Task Reward: 1x Lamborghini Poison, 30x Work Points.]

Xia Liang glanced at the rewards. He wasn’t particularly moved by the Lamborghini Poison; he could buy one himself with just the spare change lying around at home.

The reward was 30 Work Points, and the parkour skill only cost 15 Work Points.

That means I’ll net a profit of 15 Work Points. And I get to acquire a new skill.

"Alright!"

With a decisive wave of his hand, Xia Liang confirmed his next performance.

"Let me find a nearby place suitable for Parkour."

He then took out his phone and started searching.

「An hour later, on the rooftop of a building in the old district of Qingyun City.」

[Doggie! You’re for real?]

[Doggie Anchor! Do you even know how to do this? Don’t scare us!]

[Get down, Anchor! We’re rich, you don’t need to risk your life just to spite them!]

...

Looking at the numerous comments, Xia Liang just smiled and switched to a third-person camera view. Many viewers were eagerly awaiting a glimpse of his face, but they were all disappointed when he appeared wearing a mask. At that point, his viewer count had just crept past 2,000.

Xia Liang paid it no mind. He topped up his account with one Yuan and, with a small tap of his hand, sent 100 Super Rockets soaring into the sky.

"’Master of Emotions’ has gifted 100 Super Rockets in the ’Irritable Decathlete Anchor’ stream! Go grab a treasure chest!"

"’Master of Emotions’ has gifted 100 Super Rockets in the ’Irritable Decathlete Anchor’ stream! Go grab a treasure chest!"

"’Master of Emo...’"

A full-screen barrage of rockets appeared one after another, dropping a bomb on the entire Feiyu streaming platform. It was a total of 500 Super Rockets, which meant... a grand total of one Yuan.

"That should be about enough, right?"

As he muttered to himself, a flood of people began pouring into his stream. Some were there for the treasure chests, but most wanted a front-row seat to see which God of Wealth was making such a grand display and what was about to happen. Of course, if they could latch onto this God of Wealth, that would be even better.

The promotional power of a one-Yuan gift spree was not to be underestimated. In the blink of an eye, Xia Liang’s stream was flooded with over a million viewers, all sending a dense barrage of comments.

[Irritable Decathlete? Master of Emotions? Sounds like some cringey names a middle schooler would come up with.]

[Getting a close-up look at the God of Wealth! So even a God of Wealth wears a mask!]

[Does the God of Wealth need a thigh-hugger? I’m super cute!]

[God of Wealth Daddy! Please be my sugar daddy! I can warm your bed! 36D!]

[Is this guy an idiot? Tipping himself with one Yuan? If he’s so rich, why is he even streaming?]