Chapter 26
"Number one on the leaderboard? Just because you're number one, you think you can act like this? I have my dignity, you know! You chose to top the leaderboard of your own free will, but now you're here yelling at me, demanding money, and making a scene for everyone to see. What about my reputation? Besides, you've gifted so many streamers, and I got the least. Why are you only asking me for money today? Aren't you just bullying me?" Xia Miaodou said excitedly.
"Dou'er, don't stoop to this guy's level. You haven't eaten yet, have you? I've booked a table at a five-star hotel. Didn't you say you were here for tourism? I can show you around for the next few days. Let's go, don't be mad." Shui Huang deliberately ignored Lin Fei and subtly wrapped his arm around Xia Miaodou's slender waist.
"Hey, Brother Shui Huang, don't you know that you can't just touch a girl's waist?"
"My bad, Dou'er, your waist is just too slim, I couldn't help myself."
"You're so bad, Brother Shui Huang, you're terrible!" Xia Miaodou said with a coquettish blush on her face.
She wasn't angry? Could it be that the relationship between a female streamer and a rich tycoon...?
I get it now!
Lin Fei finally understood. This woman, Xu Xinyu (Xia Miaodou), appeared pure and lovely on the surface, like a fairy untouched by the mortal world in her livestream. But in private, she was so unrestrained. There must be some unspeakable secret between her and the rich tycoon. He had touched her so directly, yet she could still flirt with him without batting an eye. She was clearly very experienced.
Lin Fei instantly lost any interest in explaining. Forget it, let her misunderstand. Even though he had initiated his 'simp' strategy, he couldn't be bothered with her anymore.
And so, Shui Huang, Xu Xinyu, and her assistant walked together towards the Bentley parked by the roadside.
Just then, a silver lightning bolt screeched to a halt behind the Bentley with a deafening roar.
"My god, a Koenigsegg! A supercar worth over twenty-six million! So badass!" Xu Xinyu said, her face full of shock.
"As far as I know, there's only one person in Hangzhou who owns this car: the great young master of the Zhang family, Zhang Yunfei!" Shui Huang said, looking at the young man getting out of the Koenigsegg with reverence.
"The great young master of the Zhang family?" Xu Xinyu clearly didn't know the influence the Zhang family held in Hangzhou, but Shui Huang did. And because he knew, he was even more in awe.
"The Zhang family is one of the top elite families in the city, mainly in real estate development. Their network is all over the city. Compared to a behemoth like the Zhang family, I'm just a small fry!" Shui Huang explained frankly.
"Oh, I see!" Xu Xinyu's beautiful eyes sparkled with interest. The way she looked at Zhang Yunfei was like she was eyeing a massive prize. This kind of young, rich top-tier heir was her ideal type. As for a small-time tycoon like Shui Huang, she might let him cop a feel, but she would never give him her all.
"Hello, Young Master Zhang. I'm Jiang Haitao, we met at that banquet last time!" Shui Huang took the initiative to extend his hand.
"Oh! Hello, I remember you. Hi." Zhang Yunfei replied absentmindedly.
He was at the airport to pick someone up today; he had no mood for some random guy trying to network.
"Hello, Young Master Zhang. My name is Xu Xinyu, a dance streamer on Douyu. You can also call me Xia Miaodou."
Xu Xinyu took the initiative to flip her hair and began her self-introduction with a shy look on her face. Just then, Lin Fei walked out of the airport entrance!
Zhang Yunfei froze when he saw Lin Fei. He hadn't expected to run into him at the airport.
Lin Fei was also taken aback. Sometimes, when you have a lot of friends, this happens. You run into acquaintances everywhere.
"Young Master Zhang..." Jiang Haitao wanted to say something more to Zhang Yunfe.
"Wait a moment, I see a big brother, I'm going to go say hi!" To Zhang Yunfei, Lin Fei was the real tycoon, the real boss. And that wasn't even considering the family behind him. The fact that he could top up two hundred million on a livestreaming platform just for fun and casually gift a sixty-million-dollar villa to a girl was something he, Zhang Yunfei, couldn't even compare to!
After what happened yesterday, their entire group of second-generation heirs had been completely won over by the overwhelming aura of "Brother Tianshen." They were sincerely convinced. Sucking up to the powerful was something these kids, raised in proper business families had learned since birth.
Zhang Yunfei quickly jogged over to Lin Fei. "Brother Tianshen, what a coincidence to run into you at the airport entrance!" Zhang Yunfei's posture was extremely humble, even using the honorific words when greeting Lin Fei.
Xu Xinyu was a bit stunned, and Jiang Haitao was also dumbfounded.
"Young Master Zhang, you know him too?" Jiang Haitao asked.
"Of course I know him. He's the famous Brother Tianshen, the undisputed number one tycoon on all the major livestreaming platforms: God Descends. Who wouldn't know him?"
"Young Master Zhang, don't be fooled by him. This so-called Brother Tianshen, what kind of tycoon is he? He just stole his dad's bank card and gifted it to female streamers. Now his family is bankrupt because of this him, and he's going around borrowing money!" Xu Xinyu added with embellishment.
Hearing this, Zhang Yunfei scrutinized Xu Xinyu, then looked at Lin Fei, seemed to realize something, and sneered with disdain.
"What's going on?" Zhang Yunfei asked casually.
"What else could it be? This so-called tycoon was using his family's money to act rich online. He's a phony trying to keep up appearances. Now his family is bankrupt, and he's actually asking me for a refund. What kind of person is that, really!" Xu Xinyu said indignantly.
Zhang Yunfei looked at Xu Xinyu with a half-smile. The atmosphere suddenly turned strange. The key was the way Zhang Yunfei looked at Xu Xinyu, as if she were an idiot.
"Heh, Brother Tianshen asked you for a refund? Don't make me laugh. The guy casually topped up two hundred million on Huya and still has over a hundred million left to spend. Bankrupt? Silly girl, you probably have no idea of Brother Tianshen's true power!"
Lin Fei couldn't be bothered to explain, but Zhang Yunfei wasn't going to tolerate her nasty attitude. You fucking dare to look down on Brother Tianshen? Are you trying to get struck by lightning?
Shock! Terror! Disbelief! Xu Xinyu's face was blank!
If anyone else had said this, she might not have believed it, but the great young master of the Zhang family, driving a supercar worth over twenty million, said it. She felt he had no reason to deceive her, nor any reason to deliberately inflate Lin Fei's status.
Wait a minute!! Could it be that before...? Was Brother Tianshen testing her on purpose? Xu Xinyu suddenly realized. She was so regretful she almost slapped herself right then and there.
So heartbreaking!
To make such a rookie mistake!
She'd heard that some super-rich heirs didn't want a woman to be with them just for their money, believing it wasn't true love.
So they would always find ways to pretend to be poor to test the other person. If they passed the test, they could soar to greatness. When she used to watch idol dramas, she always thought the women were so stupid for not seeing through such a simple test. She never imagined that when it happened to her, she would be just as stupid!
So regretful!!
Her heart ached! She felt like she had missed out on a hundred million!
"Dou'er, I knew you must have misunderstood Brother Tianshen. How could someone who can casually spend a hundred million on livestreaming platforms go bankrupt so easily? Brother Tianshen was just joking with you, who knew you'd take it seriously?"
Jiang Haitao was quite a character. At this moment, he did a complete 180, his tone turning serious as he started to lecture Xu Xinyu, as if he had been on Lin Fei's side all along. The speed at which he switched sides was simply incredible. Even the assistant next to him was stunned. This was truly a show...
This time, the way Xu Xinyu looked at Lin Fei changed again.
[Name: Xu Xinyu, Favorability: 10, Value: 50]
"Brother Tianshen, how could you joke like that? You know I'm not very scheming, I'm always straightforward. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, please don't be mad at me, okay?" Xu Xinyu's heart was pounding as she quickly apologized.
Lin Fei sneered inwardly. He had completely seen through her for what she was. In her eyes, if you have money, you're her father; if you don't, you're a dog. Since that was the case, there was no need for pleasantries. He would just slap her face hard, show off in front of her, and treat her as a complete tool. Thinking of this, Lin Fei was no longer angry. There was no need to be angry over a mere 'tool.' If he could sleep with her, he would. Once he maxed out her favorability, he'd just ignore her.
With that in mind, Lin Fei calmly waved his hand. "It's fine, I don't mind at all. I'm just a little disappointed, that's all!" Lin Fei sighed.
If an ordinary person had been mocked and belittled like that, they would probably have exploded with rage!
Wouldn't they seize the chance to curse back?
But Lin Fei didn't. From start to finish, he remained calm, as if no matter how great the insult, he could handle it with grace. From this perspective, this was the noble bearing cultivated by a top aristocratic family!
He was truly different from everyone else.
[Name: Xu Xinyu, Favorability: 10, Value: 60]
This woman... Lin Fei was speechless. Her favorability dropped as fast as it rose. It seemed that once your 'rich heir' persona was established, her favorability for you would skyrocket. But once that persona collapsed, her favorability would instantly hit zero. Some women, on the other hand, were slow to warm up, and their favorability would only increase bit by bit. There were big differences between women!
"Brother Tianshen, I'm here at the airport to pick up my sister, so I won't chat. I'm heading in!" Zhang Yunfei said.
"Alright, go ahead. Let's meet up another time when you're free!" Lin Fei waved his hand. He planned to take a taxi back to the city center!
"Brother Tianshen, if you don't mind, why not ride in my car? We're both heading back to the city center, so it's on the way. Actually, all that was just a small misunderstanding, I hope you don't mind!" Jiang Haitao quickly apologized. Although he hadn't said anything overly sarcastic before, he had shown a contemptuous attitude, and now he regretted it. Why had he listened to Xia Miaodou's one-sided story?
"Yes, Brother Tianshen, let's go together. I'm really sorry about what happened just now. You're a magnanimous person, please don't hold it against me!" Xu Xinyu said with a sincere look, trying to salvage her image in Lin Fei's eyes.
"Alright, since it's on the way, let's go together. You don't have to keep apologizing, I really didn't take it to heart." After Lin Fei finished speaking, he opened the rear door of the Bentley and got in as naturally as if it were his own car.
Jiang Haitao breathed a sigh of relief. Since Brother Tianshen was willing to get in his car, it meant he was open to reconciling. Xu Xinyu also smiled slightly.
"Xiao Fang, you sit in the front. I'll sit in the back with Lin Fei."
"Okay!"
And so, Xu Xinyu and Lin Fei sat in the back seat. Jiang Haitao didn't say anything. He wasn't going to make things unpleasant with a tycoon over a woman.
The atmosphere was a bit awkward. The four of them in the car didn't talk much, mainly because they didn't know where to start. They had already apologized, and continuing to apologize might not necessarily make Brother Tianshen completely forget the unpleasantness!
At this moment, Lin Fei took out his phone and opened the Huya livestreaming app. Xu Xinyu, whether intentionally or not, insisted on sitting very close to Lin Fei despite the ample space in the back. Lin Fei caught a whiff of her faint, high-end perfume and felt a slight itch.
"Brother Tianshen, are you watching Huya? You haven't been on Douyu for the past few days!" Xu Xinyu glanced at Lin Fei's phone and saw he had entered a female streamer's livestream room.
Then, "Ah! Welcome, my great Tianshen! Tianshen da da, why did you leave so quietly yesterday? I sent you a private message backstage. If you saw it, please reply!" The livestream room Lin Fei entered was that of Xiao Ya, the same streamer he had gifted yesterday.
Wu Qianya was stunningly beautiful with a great figure. In terms of looks and temperament, she was not inferior to Xu Xinyu beside him, perhaps even surpassing her. However, Xu Xinyu was still just a student who streamed purely based on her mood. She streamed when she felt like it and not when she didn't. She had been streaming on Huya for several months, always in a state of lukewarm popularity, though her monthly income of over ten thousand was enough for her expenses. She wasn't very ambitious. But just yesterday around 2 PM, she happened to stream on a whim and unexpectedly attracted the attention of a tycoon. The tycoon's move was... explosive.
In just one day yesterday, her livestream's followers surged from 50,000 subscribers to 300,000, an increase of 250,000 new fans. Most importantly, Brother Tianshen had gifted her over thirty million in gifts yesterday. Even after deducting the platform's cut and individual income tax, she would still receive a huge sum of over ten million. Ten million!
As a student, she had never imagined she could earn so much in a single day. It was unbelievable!
For a small streamer like Wu Qianya, Lin Fei was like a god. After going offline yesterday, she had paid close attention to the deeds of the "God Desceds." This mysterious tycoon, though generous, often gifting tens of millions at a time, rarely gifted the same female streamer a second time. This was a pattern she had deduced herself.
When she started streaming today, she didn't expect Brother Tianshen to visit her room again. She just needed to stream diligently for a few days to stabilize her channel's popularity with the 250,000 new fans.
But she never expected that less than half an hour after starting her stream, the God had descended again!
Xiao Ya was excited!
Thrilled!
Her blood was boiling!
She felt like she was a concubine being favored by the emperor, as if she had been chosen for the night.
"Brother Tianshen, why aren't you saying anything?"
Just as Xiao Ya finished speaking, a Treasure Map gift flew across the screen.
"Wow! Thank you, great Tianshen, for the Treasure Map!"
"Brother Tianshen, don't just send gifts as soon as you arrive. You gifted too much yesterday, my heart is still pounding, I feel like I'm dreaming!"
"If you keep gifting like this, I'm afraid I'll have no choice but to offer myself to you!"
"Xiao Ya, aren't you usually so aloof? How did you get conquered in two days in front of Brother Tianshen?"
"Streamer 666, how dare you have sights on my Brother Tianshen? Are you dreaming?"
"I just want to ask one thing, Brother Tianshen, do you sleep with your fans?"
The bullet comments in the chat flew by. Lin Fei ignored them. Right in front of Xu Xinyu, he started gifting Wu Qianya. He sent Treasure Map gifts, which cost five thousand yuan each, as if they were free glow sticks, effortlessly and without a care.
And he didn't stop. Ten minutes later, Lin Fei had gifted ten million.
Xu Xinyu's rosy little face suddenly became incredibly flushed. The way she looked at Lin Fei was like she was looking at a gold mine.
[Name: Xu Xinyu, Favorability: 10, Value: 70.]
Half an hour later... Xu Xinyu started having trouble breathing. Because in that short time, Lin Fei had already gifted Xiao Ya over thirty million! Thirty million!
Xu Xinyu had been in the streaming business for nearly three years. Her total income over three years didn't add up to thirty million, yet Lin Fei had spent that much in just half an hour.
An hour later... Xu Xinyu was suffocating!
Receiving gifts in her own livestream and witnessing someone else's generosity were two completely different feelings.
From the moment he got in the car, for a full hour, a full hour, Lin Fei had been gifting Xiao Ya.
Without stopping!
He had sent over thirteen thousand Treasure Maps. Including the previous gifts, the amount he had gifted to Xiao Ya alone exceeded one hundred million. Xu Xinyu was about to cry. She really wanted to grab Lin Fei's hand and shout, "Please stop, give it all to me..."
Compared to the turmoil in Xu Xinyu's heart, Lin Fei remained calm and composed, as if the sixty to seventy million he had spent wasn't money, but just sixty to seventy yuan!
"Oh my god..." It was only at this moment that Xu Xinyu truly realized how terrifying Lin Fei's power was!
Unimaginable!
Unfathomable!
This wasn't just showing off. Without immense wealth to back it up, how could anyone spend sixty to seventy million in front of someone else without changing their expression?
Xu Xinyu regretted it more and more. She thought, if she hadn't offended Brother Tianshen, if she hadn't said so many horrible things, if she had passed the test, perhaps that sixty to seventy million would have been gifted to her today!
Xu Xinyu blamed herself. Brother Tianshen was young, rich, handsome, and extraordinary. He was the perfect Prince Charming in her heart. How could she have been so blind, acting so ugly in front of her Prince Charming and leaving such a bad impression!
So stupid!
Such a huge mistake!
Brother Tianshen really gets more handsome the more I look at him!
[Name: Xu Xinyu, Favorability: 20, Value: 90]
Hearing the prompt in his head, Lin Fei was a bit stunned. He didn't expect that just by gifting in front of her, her favorability would rise so quickly.
Well, it seemed that for some women, as long as you have money, everything you do is right, everything you do is charming.
"Oh my god, Brother Tianshen, you've already gifted me one hundred million?" At this moment, besides Xu Xinyu being shocked by Lin Fei's enormous gesture, the entire Huya platform, Xiao Ya, and all the viewers in the livestream room were collectively trembling.
"Brother Tianshen is too awesome, he gifted a hundred million in two days?"
"Not just a hundred million, including the gifts to Xiao7xi, that's one hundred and fifty million in three days!"
"I'm shocked! I'm fucking shocked!"
"Some people say I'm Brother Tianshen's lackey. I want to say, what's wrong with being a dog? Woof woof woof!"
The bullet comments flew. Xiao Ya bowed at a ninety-degree angle to thank him, having said "thank you" hundreds of times.
The atmosphere in the livestream room was explosive. In just three days, Lin Fei had become the undisputed number one tycoon on Huya.
His fame on Huya even surpassed that on Douyu and Douyin. Every female streamer on Huya was eagerly awaiting a visit from "Brother Yan." They were almost green with envy towards Xiao Ya. With so many female streamers on Huya, Brother Yan had taken a fancy to Xiao Ya alone. It was simply enviable. A completely unknown small streamer had received a hundred million in gifts. Even after the platform's cut, she would have tens of millions. With that much money, wouldn't it be better to be her own boss?
Why keep streaming?
This was a meteoric rise.
"Brother Tianshen, we're here. I've booked a table at Zhao's Private Cuisine up ahead."
The car stopped in front of a hotel, and Jiang Haitao invited everyone out.
This Zhao's Private Cuisine was a fairly well-known local restaurant. The owner, who was also the head chef, was said to be a master chef, especially skilled at various specialty dishes. Reservations were usually required for a meal there.
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