Chapter 142: A-Lin Joins the Team
"Haha. Come on..."
Hearing Na Jie say she was going to sing, the audience went wild.
She was actually going to sing one of Nian Nujiao's songs; this gege was simply too awesome. The loyal fans knew Su Tong's background inside and out. He didn't have any backing at all, yet after spending just two days in the Magic City, he had already wrapped his arms around a heavenly queen's thick thighs.
And this embrace was not just any ordinary embrace—their relationship definitely surpassed that of a mentor and a trainee.
The Voice had been running for several seasons, but they had never heard of any trainee receiving the kind of mentor treatment Su Tong got.
"Is the heavenly queen Gege's mentor?"
"I'll ask the same question. Did Gege get a mentor to turn their chair?"
"Nonsense! If he didn't get a mentor to turn, do you think Gege and the heavenly queen would have such a good relationship?"
"Bright moonlight before the bed, Gege, quickly tell us who your mentor is!"
"Frost upon the ground, it's pretty obvious. Isn't it Sister Na?"
"The great river flows east, washing away the heroes, leaving only Gege alone to shine through history."
"You guys really drift off topic. I'm here to watch the heavenly queen's livestream, not poetry."
"..."
The more the audience drifted, the further off-topic they got. While searching for the accompaniment, Su Tong said, "Do you guys really think I'd tell you whether I got a mentor to turn and which mentor I chose? Haha, whatever, I won't tease you today. Due to a confidentiality agreement, I can't say. Next up, we have... Oh right, Sister Na, which of my songs are you going to sing? You haven't told me yet."
"Whatever. I'm a singer, you know," Na Jie said boldly.
"Alright then." Su Tong pulled up the song with the dolphin whistle.
Na Jie immediately panicked: "Are you doing this on purpose, kid?" She slapped Su Tong on the arm.
The audience didn't know what song Su Tong was picking for Na Jie, but seeing the two interacting on the video feed, they burst into laughter.
"Then let's go with *Catching Loaches*," Su Tong said.
Na Jie stared with wide eyes: "What kind of song is that? I don't know it."
Su Tong had black lines running down his forehead. People who were drunk really had no shame; she had just said "whatever," but now she rejected two songs in a row.
Nian Nujiao's songs were good, but they weren't popular enough for a heavenly queen to know how to sing them.
"How about *Childhood*?" Su Tong asked.
"*Childhood*?" Na Jie asked with an innocent expression, "Don't know that one either."
Su Tong covered his face.
The League of Legends players were laughing so hard they rolled on the floor. It was rare to see Su Tong so embarrassed.
"Haha, I know *The Brother in the Bed Above*," Na Jie laughed. "Though the person in the bed above me back then was a sister, I can still sing this one."
"Do whatever you want then," Su Tong said, completely out of ideas for someone who had been drinking. He decided to just let her make a mess of it.
Ah Lin had said he was going to look for some water, but it had been so long and he still hadn't come back. Su Tong left Na Jie behind and went out to check.
In the living room, Teacher Ah Lin was slumped over the sofa, fast asleep.
He had also had a bit to drink.
Teacher Ah Lin might have been mischievous, but when he got drunk, he was very quiet—unlike Na Jie, who got more and more spirited the more she drank.
Su Tong grabbed a blanket and had just draped it over Teacher Ah Lin when he woke up.
"Oh dear, I just sat down for a second and fell asleep. What time is it?" Ah Lin was startled.
Su Tong smiled and said, "It's just past eight-thirty."
"Where's Sister Na?" Teacher Ah Lin asked, looking a bit embarrassed as he picked up the water glass on the table and took a sip.
"She's helping me with my livestream. Haha, Sister Na is pretty cute when she's drunk," Su Tong chuckled secretly.
Ah Lin's eyes lit up. "A livestream? I'll go take a look too. If Sister Na can do it, I should have no problem either."
With that, he picked up two cups of water and walked into the study.
Su Tong followed closely behind.
"Hey, Xiao Tong, you guys hurry over here. No one is interacting with me. After I finished singing, I was just sitting here acting all silly, not knowing what to say, and just staring at the bullet comments." Seeing Su Tong and Teacher Ah Lin, Na Jie grabbed onto them as if they were lifelines and hurriedly called out.
Na Jie gave the impression of being very lively, and being drunk only made her a little livelier. The viewers found it endearing and adorable, and they were thoroughly amused.
"Why don't you play a game and let everyone watch?" Su Tong laughed heartily. "Card games are fine too, preferably the kind where you lose miserably. Everyone would definitely love to see that."
The audience chimed in with their approval. Such opportunities came only once in a millennium; no wonder entertainment gossip was so popular—the public simply loved digging into the private and daily lives of celebrities.
"Sister Na, haha, sorry about that. I said I'd get you some water, but when I leaned against the sofa in the living room, I accidentally dozed off." At that moment, Ah Lin also appeared on the video feed and handed the water glass to Na Jie.
"Holy crap."
The audience was stunned; even Mentor Ah Lin had appeared.
At that moment, the streaming platform was practically on the verge of exploding. Anyone who used the platform passed the news along to their friends within minutes.
"What? Na Jie and Mentor Ah Lin are livestreaming at the same time?"
"Are you kidding me? If they were going to livestream, it should have been a special event with advance notice."
"Spreading rumors again? Earlier they said Heavenly King Liu was livestreaming, and it turned out to be an impersonator."
"Damn it, whatever! Better to believe it than miss out, just in case I regret it later. I'm going to check it out."
"chiha..."
After Teacher Ah Lin also appeared, within a few minutes, Nian Nujiao's room began to lag, and the viewer count rapidly approached the five-million mark.
Zhang Xin had no choice but to call Su Tong and ask him to pause the livestream for five minutes, telling him to come back online afterward so the technical department could switch him to a new server.
With quite a few streamers bringing their own fans over, it would be a miracle if Nian Nujiao's room didn't get packed to bursting.
Su Tong wasn't quite sure if streaming was popular in the original world, but streaming in this world was insanely popular.
Moreover, the Earth in this world seemed slightly larger than the Earth in his original world, and the population was even greater.
Teacher Ah Lin was in high spirits and wanted to play a game. After the five-minute break and another song, he opened up a battle game and started playing.
"Mentor Ah Lin is so mischievous, he's actually playing a game."
"Haha, Teacher Ah Lin actually knows how to play this game."
"I'm going to camp here. Every time a match ends, someone is bound to leave the room, and I'm going to grab that spot."
"..."
This single livestream garnered many times more tips than all of Su Tong's previous month's livestreams combined—over four million Daqin dollars.
My goodness, Nian Nujiao's monthly ranking on the platform instantly shot up to first place, leaving the second-place streamer far behind.
"General is mighty!"
"Long live Gege!"
"Gege is awesome!"
"..."
The League of Legends people were the happiest. Before this, Su Tong was just one of many great masters, and his tier wasn't even all that high.
Tonight, Na Jie and Ah Lin directly pushed him onto the peak throne, causing many long-established masters to be green with envy and jealousy.
After drinking, Na Jie could play rock-paper-scissors until dawn. Hovering right beside Ah Lin, she bossed him around and ordered him to do this and that, causing Ah Lin to be severely cursed out by his teammates.
"I'm not afraid of an opponent like a god, but I'm terrified of teammates like pigs."
"What the hell, do you even know how to play? If you don't, stay at home and stop running out to feed the enemy kills."
"Damn your grandpa, I can't take it anymore. If the system allowed teammates to kill each other, I'd wipe you out first."
"..."
The teammates' wild ranting made the watching audience burst into roaring laughter every now and then.
Before they knew it, it was ten-thirty.
"Teacher Ah Lin, stop right there, don't start another match. It's getting a bit late." After watching him play a few rounds and seeing that Teacher Ah Lin still wanted to go another round, Su Tong quickly pulled him back.
The audience wasn't happy, but Su Tong explained to everyone that Teacher Ah Lin and Na Jie had to wake up early the next morning to record a show, so the viewers had no choice but to let it go.
"Haha, you guys are insatiable. You let two mentors livestream for over two hours, what more do you want? No way, I have to chase them away, or else nobody will watch my livestream next time." Ignoring whether the audience was happy or not, Su Tong logged out of the room and exited the platform.
After shutting down the streaming platform, Su Tong noticed Na Jie's beautiful eyes staring straight at him. (To be continued...)