Chapter 9: 9. Chapter 9: Showing My Abs to the Top Donor

Chapter 9: Showing Off Abs for the Top Donor

The massive special effects of the "Carnival" gifts instantly flooded the entire screen, one after another, leaving Qu Yang and Shao Yu completely stunned.

"Holy crap, thank you, thank you 'Yangbao' for the Carnival."

"Wait, there's more?! Thank you 'Yangbao', thank you for the Carnival, thank you, thank you! Qu Yang, hurry up and show the top donor your abs!"

Shao Yu was beside himself with excitement. After saying thank you a dozen times, he finally realized he needed to provide a reward for the top donor, so he turned around and pulled up Qu Yang’s shirt.

Qu Yang subconsciously recoiled, but those chocolate-bar-like abs still flashed into view, giving the viewers in the livestream a real treat.

Shen Ci, sitting in front of her phone, was watching with great interest, but the next second, Shao Yu ended the stream.

She blinked in surprise. She paid for 20 Carnivals just for this?

Wasn't this just a case of "take the money and run" after a scam?

On the other side, Qu Yang had snatched the phone from Shao Yu and shut down the stream.

"What are you doing?" Shao Yu asked urgently. "We finally got a rich lady, why did you end the stream?"

Qu Yang looked up with a strange expression toward the bed on the other side of the room, where Li Xiao was lying, staring blankly at the ceiling.

Only then did he say to Shao Yu, "No more streaming for today."

"But we have to follow the top donor! Don't lose track of them!" Shao Yu snatched the phone back, muttering to himself, "Yangbao, Yangbao, that's the name, Yangbao..."

Before Qu Yang could cover his mouth, Li Xiao suddenly sprang up from his bed, looking at Shao Yu with a gloomy face. "Who did you say was your top donor?"

Shao Yu was usually a bit intimidated by Li Xiao because his family background was so powerful; he was always subconsciously careful when around him.

Knowing that Li Xiao had just gone through a breakup and was in a bad mood, and seeing him look at him with such an expression, Shao Yu shrank back instinctively. "Her name is... Yangbao."

Li Xiao leaped off his bed and, without a word, snatched the phone from Shao Yu’s hand. He opened the DouDou livestream backend, where all received gifts were recorded.

"Yangbao" sent 20 Carnivals!

He clicked on the profile. Although there wasn't a single video, he was all too familiar with the nickname, the avatar, and the line in the bio: "The world cannot be without kittens."

Shen Ci!

20 Carnivals—you really are generous!

Li Xiao’s eyes were bloodshot, his entire face trembling and distorted by suppressed rage. Shao Yu was so scared by his expression that he didn't even dare to breathe.

Qu Yang frowned at him.

The next second, Li Xiao slammed the phone onto the table and turned to stride out of the dormitory.

"What... what's wrong with him?" Shao Yu asked Qu Yang, still shaken.

Qu Yang pursed his lips before saying, "The person who sent you the Carnivals is... Shen Ci."

"Ah?" Shao Yu stood up with a jolt, horrified. "Shen Ci? This 'Yangbao' is Shen Ci?"

Qu Yang nodded.

Shao Yu looked incredulous. How could this be?

One Carnival cost three hundred yuan; twenty of them meant six thousand yuan!

Why would Shen Ci send him 20 Carnivals for no reason?

Suddenly, as if realizing something, Shao Yu stared at Qu Yang. "Wait, how did you know this person was Shen Ci? Did you suddenly grab my phone and end the stream just because you knew Shen Ci’s DouDou account was named Yangbao?"

Qu Yang nodded without denying it, explaining, "I accidentally stumbled upon Shen Ci’s profile a long time ago. She posted a video of herself, but deleted it quickly. However, I remembered her account name."

It was two characters, one of which was "Yang." His own name also contained "Yang," so he remembered it very clearly.

"Then I'm done for. Shen Ci sent me gifts—won't Li Xiao take his anger out on me?" Shao Yu’s face turned pale with fear.

He was the young master of the Li Group; how could he afford to offend him?

Qu Yang didn't know either. His relationship with Li Xiao wasn't exactly close, but judging by Li Xiao's reaction just now, he was definitely furious.

It was understandable, though. His girlfriend, who had just broken up with him yesterday, spent 20 Carnivals in another guy's livestream the very next day—and that guy was his roommate. How could he not be angry?

What puzzled Qu Yang, however, was Shen Ci’s behavior.

Shen Ci, what exactly are you doing?

Shen Ci was looking at houses.

Wearing a newly bought silk robe, she curled up on the hotel sofa with her laptop, browsing top-tier real estate in Longcheng.

In her past life, she had worked hard for sixty-five years only to live in a small apartment of less than a hundred square meters. It was enough for one person, but ultimately, it was because housing prices were too high and she couldn't bear to move to a bigger place.

Now, looking at the information for various luxury properties on her screen, the best detached villa in Longcheng, "Ten Thousand Lights," was only about ten thousand yuan, and a five-hundred-square-meter river-view flat could be had for just over three thousand. With her current wealth, it was practically free.

So, it didn't matter if she needed a house or not; she just wanted to buy one for fun.

Little did she know that while she was happily browsing, Li Xiao had already stormed to the bottom of the Keda women's dormitory in a fit of rage.

"Shen Ci!"

"Shen Ci, come down here!"

"Shen Ci!"

"I have something to say to you, come down!"

Li Xiao was so blinded by rage that he seemed to have lost his mind. He stood under the women's dorm, craning his neck and shouting Shen Ci's name, causing all the students to poke their heads out to watch the spectacle.

What was going on?

Didn't they just have a scene yesterday? Why was there a sequel today?

Li Xiao’s eyes were red as he shouted for a long time until his voice went hoarse. But instead of calling out Shen Ci, he called out Yu Xinxin.

She was wearing a pale yellow dress, with lip gloss and perfectly drawn eyebrows; she had clearly dressed up with care.

"Li Xiao, stop shouting. Shen Ci isn't in the dorm."

Yu Xinxin stepped forward, looking at Li Xiao with a pained expression. "Why are you doing this to yourself? You're torturing yourself, and she can't even see it, nor does she care about you."

Li Xiao couldn't hear a word Yu Xinxin said. He grabbed her wrist and glared at her. "You said she isn't in the dorm? Where did she go?"

Yu Xinxin let out a soft whimper of pain and looked up at Li Xiao pitifully. "Li Xiao, you... you're hurting me."

Li Xiao quickly let go. Yu Xinxin shook her sore wrist and said, "I don't know where she went. She packed her things and left the dorm last night. She hasn't come back, and it looks like she won't be coming back."

She sighed softly, full of sympathy. "Li Xiao, don't be so foolish. You don't understand Shen Ci at all. For someone like her, who is surrounded by so many boys, how could she be content with just dating you?"

"Your family background is good, sure, but you're not the only one with a good background. Maybe Shen Ci, she..."

Yu Xinxin didn't finish the sentence, but the implication was clear.

These words, falling into Li Xiao’s ears along with the fact that Shen Ci had sent 20 Carnivals today, caused his sanity to shatter.

How could Shen Ci be willing to spend money on gifts in a livestream?

He knew her family's financial situation very well. That's right—it must have been money given to her by someone else.

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