The long-awaited "Ace Influencer" finally premiered, and even Yu Yi, who had just one follower, received an invitation.
As an influencer who was so poor he had only 21 yuan in his pocket at the start, Yu Yi was the only one who tried to negotiate with the organizers:
Yu Yi: "Do you provide meals?"
The staff, expecting Yu Yi to make an outrageous demand: "...Yes."
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When Yu Yi arrived at the venue, the million-follower and ten-million-follower influencers took turns mocking him.
Having suffered from malnutrition for a long time and lacking energy, Yu Yi soon found the conversation impossible to follow as everyone babbled around him. He leaned on the shoulder of the loudest man nearby and fell asleep.
The comments went quiet for a moment, then resumed their mockery: [This little influencer's done for, right? He actually picked a fight with the guy with the worst temper. He's definitely going to get beaten up.]
Comments: [Who cares? He won't find a partner tonight and he'll be eliminated anyway.]
The commenters waited for a show.
But the man who'd just been mocking Yu Yi caught the faint fragrance on him, his ears silently turning red. He stayed perfectly still and never moved again.
Yu Yi had no idea how it happened. He'd just taken a nap, but somehow he'd hypnotized both the audience and his partner, achieving a 0% audience drop rate during the first livestream and taking first place.
He even managed to hit the wrong button while drowsy and buy the most expensive item on the display: the privilege of having a top-tier star as his partner.
Yu Yi's new partner was fierce, too.
Yu Yi sleepily rubbed his increasingly heavy eyes and held out a hand, intending to offer a friendly handshake.
But the top-tier star turned away in a huff, showing off his already crimson ears. "Want to reward me? Forget it. I'm not your dog. I won't kneel down and beg you to slap me."
Yu Yi tilted his head in confusion, looking at his delicate, dewy fingertips. "S-slap what...?"
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"Don't come near me."
"I'm only stuck with you because I have no choice."
"I'm not interested in you."
The men kept talking, one after another.
Looking at their resistant faces, Yu Yi's drowsy mind could only come up with one thought:
When in doubt, sleep it off.
But later...
Yu Yi woke up from a sleepy nap and, for some inexplicable reason, found his face covered in kisses.
He reached out with a damp fingertip and had only just started to wipe it off when someone who'd clearly arrived late, someone who'd once sworn he would never be anyone's dog, pulled him tightly into his arms.
Looking at Yu Yi's disheveled hair and the red marks left on his skin, that someone rested his chin on Yu Yi's shoulder, looking aggrieved, eyes reddening.
"Baby, why did he coax you away again?"
"It was supposed to be my turn last night."
[Reading Guide]
1. An obedient sweetheart bottom who only wants to sleep x tops who are all virgins.
2. The variety show may or may not draw a little inspiration from other shows.
3. My last book was about a baby who livestreamed and worked overtime, missing sleep, and was woken several times by an original character appearing in his dreams. I stayed up all night revising a sleep-themed story I'd been saving for ages and came up with a little one who doesn't work overtime, only sleeps. This is what happens when little Juan won't let any idea go to waste.
Theme: Be true to yourself, and appreciation and brighter days will come in time.