YABE - 42

Regarding the major crisis of her identity as a female streamer, Wen Siyu couldn’t come up with a solution for now, so she decided to put it aside for the time being. As for Qu Xiawan, whether she hadn’t come to school at all or simply avoided Wen Siyu like she had disappeared, both Gu Yao and Xiang Ge expressed understanding.

“Alright, let me analyze your quirky roommate’s psychological journey for you,” Gu Yao said, nibbling on a chicken thigh in a casual restaurant near Zhongying Film Academy. “At first, everyone was in the same dorm, getting along well, thinking you were just like me, right? Gradually, she started noticing—huh? Why do you eat better, dress better, and use better things than me? And how can you not study properly every day yet still get good grades? Naturally, feelings of imbalance would start to grow, twisting more and more over time. She probably began to think you were deliberately flaunting your superiority in front of her! Then, when she saw you getting into different cars every weekend—what’s this? So that’s why you’re materially superior to me? Where does that sense of superiority even come from?” She mimicked Qu Xiawan’s tone mockingly.

Wen Siyu: “….”

Xiang Ge picked up a chicken wing from the plate and continued: “Later, when I came to find you for the short film, she must have thought it was a great opportunity. ‘My professional skills aren’t inferior to yours, Wen Siyu—I can definitely compete,’ she probably thought. But not only did she fail to secure the role, she was mocked too. Being mocked alone might’ve been bearable, but then the short film won an award and became popular. That must’ve made her incredibly angry.”

Xiang Ge held the chicken wing in her mouth, clasped her hands together, and spoke with muffled words: “It’s my fault, I’m guilty. I shouldn’t have been so harsh back then.”

Wen Siyu: “….”

She was actually quite curious about what exactly Xiang Ge had said to make Qu Xiawan so furious.

Gu Yao clicked her tongue twice and continued telling the story dramatically: “So, with all this buildup and context, her little universe exploded—and—” she pointed at Wen Siyu’s face, “with your laid-back personality, I can totally imagine that you didn’t take it seriously at all, right?”

Wen Siyu opened her mouth, wanting to protest that she was actually quite panicked, but Gu Yao didn’t give her the chance. Snorting, Gu Yao continued: “Well, she must’ve been panicking. She probably thought, ‘I worked so hard to scheme against you, isn’t the whole point to make you feel uncomfortable? How can you not react at all?’ Why do you think she pretended to be buddy-buddy with you while secretly plotting behind your back? It’s because she didn’t want to confront you directly. She just wanted to sabotage you out of sheer imbalance.”

“In the end, she got caught, exposed, and unmasked—never saw that coming,” Xiang Ge summarized lazily after finishing her chicken wing and slouching in her chair. “So, even though your roommate wasn’t publicly shamed after being caught, she’d definitely avoid you in the future if the incident hadn’t been made public. Let alone now, when everyone knows.”

Wen Siyu nodded wisely and raised her hand to ask: “But if she doesn’t come to class anymore, wouldn’t she fail?”

Gu Yao wanted to hit her: “Are you really worried about whether she’ll pass or not? Why don’t you sign in for her then?”

Wen Siyu pouted and turned to Gu Yao: “I can somewhat understand Xiang Ge, but why are you running to our school every day when you don’t even attend classes?”

Gu Yao’s expression turned serious: “Because I found true love here.” After saying that, she turned to look deeply at the girl beside her: “Ge’er!”

Xiang Ge’s eyelashes fluttered slightly, and she gave a lazy smile, the small diamonds on her left ear sparkling faintly in the dim light: “Don’t call me ‘Ge’ anymore. Just call me ‘Sister.’”

Gu Yao: “….”

Given that Gu Yao had been visiting their school quite frequently lately, Wen Siyu’s extracurricular life became much richer. Though they didn’t say it outright, both understood that Gu Yao was trying to comfort her during this tough time. Wen Siyu was deeply touched by this.

However, Teacher Jiang had recently begun to feel that his girlfriend no longer loved him as much.

The filming of Bitter Bird brought unprecedented stress to him—not just because he insisted on doing his own voice dubbing, but more importantly, because the director was his girlfriend’s mother.

From the start of filming until now, Jiang Xu felt like he had endured the most difficult month of his life. Every moment on set was filled with tension, giving him stomachaches. When he first started his career, he worked on Director Xu Qiubai’s films, and even then, the pressure wasn’t this intense.

But then again, Director Xu Qiubai was Wen Siyu’s grandfather.

Jiang Xu: “….”

Suddenly, he felt his stomach hurt even more.

Despite everything, Jiang Xu never missed Wen Siyu’s livestreams.

Whenever time allowed, he would diligently check in like clockwork, waiting for the girl to appear in the livestream room. If he absolutely couldn’t watch, he’d have his assistant record it for him to view later after filming.

Thus, naturally, Jiang Xu noticed that Wen Siyu had been livestreaming more often recently.

The girl who used to livestream sporadically now appeared almost daily, streaming continuously. Moreover, phrases like “Wives, wuwuwu, I love you so much,” “Please don’t forget me, I’m super cute,” and “I really love you all so much, I can’t bear to leave you” seemed to appear far more frequently.

Recalling their recent chat history and comparing the two, Jiang Xu increasingly felt that he had been subjected to cold and cruel treatment.

Most importantly, upon reflection, Jiang Xu realized that Wen Siyu hadn’t confessed to him at the end of her livestreams for a long, long time.

In the past, she would casually mention him a few times.

But ever since she left the set of Never Look Back and returned to school, resuming her livestreams, his name had completely vanished from her broadcasts.

Jiang Xu felt like he had uncovered a major issue.

The fans of Sì Yù weren’t happy.

The fans of Sì Yù were upset.

Lying on the couch in the lounge, using a tablet to watch the livestream, Jiang Xu squinted halfway through, pursed his lips, and without hesitation, clicked on the only profile icon flooding his screen—a bunny-holding avatar—and sent a private message:

[Why don’t you confess to me anymore?]

At that moment, Wen Siyu was in the middle of an intense ranked match, spouting endless streams of chatter like, “Watch me pull off this insane 1v2 move with lightning-fast QA,” “This trash is forcing me to flash—like that’s even possible,” and “This is the hand speed of a true pro.” She was extremely busy and naturally didn’t see the private message.

Moreover, with hundreds of thousands of followers, both subscribed and unsubscribed, she received countless private messages daily and rarely checked them.

So, when Wen Siyu finally saw Jiang Xu’s message, it was already two days later.

Wen Siyu glanced at the message, her first reaction: ??? Who is this person, and what’s wrong with them?

Shifting her gaze to the avatar, Wen Siyu: ???

Clicking further to see the username, Wen Siyu: ????

It was truly shocking.

Her hand trembled, and her phone slapped onto the table with a loud “plop.”

Stunned, she picked it up again, bringing the screen close to her eyes to confirm carefully.

Eleven words, one punctuation mark, and the name Jiang Xu, with millions of followers. After thoroughly reviewing it multiple times, Wen Siyu had no choice but to admit—it was really him.

—Jiang Xu had privately messaged her on Weibo.

—He asked her why she no longer confessed to him.

After confirming this, Wen Siyu’s first reaction was: What?? He actually uses Weibo??

Her second reaction: Why did he private message me??

Her third reaction: Panic? Why should I panic? He doesn’t even know this gamer girl is me.

Finally, she began to feel like something about this situation wasn’t quite right.

Jiang Xu, without knowing who this female gamer streamer was, sent her a private message?

And asked her, “Why don’t you confess to me anymore?”

???

Wen Siyu was utterly baffled, sitting there dumbfounded, unable to process what was happening.

At this point, she finally began to sense that her relationship might be facing a major problem.

Her boyfriend secretly flirted with a female streamer via Weibo private messages behind her back??