I’ve Gone Viral Because of a Money-Saving Variety Show

Chapter 96: Chapter 93 Zhou Jinyuan: That’s a lot to process; give him some time. Chapter 96: Chapter 93 Zhou Jinyuan: That’s a lot to process; give him some time. “I was eyeing a new skin in a game that cost over a hundred big money, my friend bought it without a second thought the same day, but I couldn’t bring myself to spend that much. I grinded for a month to get it, almost the same situation as Chen Xixi right now, staying up late, not sleeping, just doing all sorts of quests in the game.”
“Me too! I used to think it was nothing, but now looking at Chen Xixi, why do I feel a bit sad!”
“So this is how everyone plays games, seeing this I feel much more at peace.”
“I used to buy every new skin when playing games, but since the economy has been bad these past two years, I stopped spending money on games, I even squat in those popular streamers’ live rooms, snatching up those red packets worth just a few dimes.”
“After reading everyone’s shares, I suddenly feel my corpse getting warm, I thought I was the only one poor, turns out everyone is poor just the same…”
Jin Cheng thought he was pretty good at staying up late, but he didn’t expect Chen Xixi to be even better at it.
Their battlefield had moved from the yard to the kitchen.
Even though it was pitch black without lights both in the yard and the kitchen, at least in the kitchen, they didn’t have to be a midnight snack for mosquitoes.
To avoid straining her eyes, Chen Xixi even turned on the flashlight that came with her phone.
Jin Cheng glanced at the time on the phone screen and yawned, “Are we still playing? It’s past 3 o’clock.”
Chen Xixi was tired too, but she persevered.
Because this trip abroad was not just a simple trip for her, it was very likely a pivotal turning point for her victory.
Chen Xixi, with eyes forcefully kept open, said firmly, “Soon, just hang in there a bit longer, let’s farm one more wild monster.”
Farming one more wild monster wasn’t because she was at her limit of tiredness, but because the phone’s battery was at its limit.
Chen Xixi managed to outlast waves upon waves of netizens and finally, at 4 in the morning, she breathed a sigh of relief: “Tomorrow morning at 8 o’clock, I’ll come to your place to wake you up, and we’ll go to the burger joint to charge up, then continue.”
“Eight o’clock? Isn’t that too early?”
He is only allowed to sleep for four hours?
The donkey on a production team would drop its load if it encountered this, let alone him, a living person.
Chen Xixi locked her phone screen, looked up at Jin Cheng seriously, and spoke: “The day after tomorrow is the day of the competition, if we don’t buck up now, we’ll have nothing left. Don’t you want to take back your top rank across the entire server?”
Jin Cheng certainly did.
Chen Xixi continued, “Look at how your Guild players are being bullied now, getting slapped twice even on their own turf before they can leave. As the Guild leader, can you bear to watch your people be humiliated?”
Jin Cheng couldn’t bear it.
Chen Xixi: “And your suit of equipment worth a million, don’t you want it back? Don’t you want to wear that set again, lead your Guild members, and beat up all those players who bullied you into leaving the game?”
Jin Cheng really wanted that!
It turned out Chen Xixi was not only thinking about winning the trip abroad but also about helping him win back his equipment. She even wanted to lead him back to the top rank across the entire server and together with him lead their Guild members to take revenge, driving out all those players who bullied them from the game…
For some reason, all of a sudden, he was fired up!
Jin Cheng instantly felt less sleepy, his eyes sparkling, and he suddenly remembered his original plan.
He shifted closer to Chen Xixi and whispered, “Actually, I have a shortcut, I forgot to mention it earlier.”
“What’s the plan?”
“Let my Uncle help.”
“Your Uncle… can he really do it?” Chen Xixi frowned slightly, expressing doubt.
It wasn’t that she didn’t trust Jin Cheng’s Uncle, but Jin Cheng’s demeanor didn’t exactly inspire confidence in his Uncle’s capabilities.
After all, as the saying goes, like uncle, like nephew.
Chen Xixi thought for a moment, “Forget it, let’s rely on ourselves.”
In case their uncle-nephew trick backfires and the show’s crew discovers someone they know helped them win an overseas trip, and then they get kicked out, it wouldn’t be worth it.
Weighing the pros and cons, it’s more reassuring to rely on oneself.
Jin Cheng once again assured with all his might, “Leave this to me; I’ve got it under control. It’s too late tonight, but wait for my good news tomorrow morning! Rest assured, if I promised to carry you to victory, I’ll definitely make it happen!”
Chen Xixi wanted to say something to stop Jin Cheng, but he didn’t give her a chance.
7:40 AM on the seventeenth day of the live broadcast.
The alarm Jin Cheng set last night with only 5% battery left on his phone went off.
The reason he set the alarm so early was to get things arranged sooner so that Chen Xixi could be at ease earlier.
He forced himself to get up and then rubbed his somewhat tired face to wake himself up quickly.
Jin Cheng stepped out of the house and asked the show’s crew for his phone back. As soon as he opened WeChat intending to message his Uncle, a glaring red exclamation mark reminded him that he and his Uncle had become the most familiar strangers.
He exited WeChat, opened his contacts list, and directly dialed his Uncle’s phone number.
Because this matter could not be known by the show’s crew, Jin Cheng had already turned off all the live broadcasting equipment on him before making the call.
The phone rang for a long time before it was answered.
Jin Cheng laughed ingratiatingly, “Uncle, I need a little favor from you.”
Zhongjing Group’s underground parking lot.
A black Mercedes-Benz G-Class slowly drove into a parking space; it was only after the car had stopped that Zhou Jinyuan reached for his phone, which had been continuously buzzing in the central armrest box.
After answering it and listening to Jin Cheng finish talking, he spoke in a very indifferent tone: “Go ahead.”
Jin Cheng hurriedly explained the gaming matter to Zhou Jinyuan.
Especially the part about being bullied in the game, he stressed.
The goal was to awaken Zhou Jinyuan’s sympathy.
Expecting this, Zhou Jinyuan said coldly, “Then it’s perfect, just stop playing.”
“Uncle, please help me this one time, just this last time. As long as I can win this time, I promise I won’t spend any more money on games!” Jin Cheng’s tone carried a plea, “Plus, I’ve made a promise to someone, I committed to taking them to victory. You can’t just stand by and watch your nephew lose face after making such a promise, right?”
Zhou Jinyuan asked, “Who did you make a promise to?”
“Chen Xixi. We agreed to get the server’s number one together, and even go on an international trip!”
“I see.”
“So, you’ll help me?”
“We’ll see,” Zhou Jinyuan said ambiguously, and then continued, “Haven’t I told you to keep your distance from Chen Xixi? Rumors could damage a girl’s reputation.”
“It won’t be like that, actually…” Jin Cheng paused, his voice becoming a whisper as if it was hard to say, “She’s actually not a girl.”
Jin Cheng could clearly feel a pause in Zhou Jinyuan’s breathing on the other end of the phone, and there was silence for a few seconds.
Jin Cheng thought Zhou Jinyuan was a person who had gone through big storms and wouldn’t be as shocked by such news as he was. He figured Zhou Jinyuan must be busy and hadn’t heard him speak.
So he asked again, “Uncle, are you still there?”
Zhou Jinyuan, who was processing the information, replied, “…Yes, how did you find out?”
“I saw her go to the urology hospital for a free check-up.”
Zhou Jinyuan: “…” Hold on, that’s a lot to take in; let me process it slowly.