Although all three unmuted and begged for votes, none of them held out much hope.
Most of the viewers and fans currently in the audio room were regulars of the time slot, and many already had favorite anchors.
Only a tiny fraction of the audience were organic viewers—those who had no favorite anchor and simply wandered in because of the singing—and the vast majority of them were free riders.
[Qing Ruxu sent Moon Rising Over the Sea to H. Yiran (4166 diamonds).]
(The exchange rate between diamonds and real currency is 10:1.)
Seeing the gift, Xu Yiran thanked the sender out of habit.
"Thank you for the gift, Sister Qing Ruxu."
The fans of H. Yiran in the comment section were completely stunned.
OMG! Their boy had finally been noticed by a big spender! Heaven knows how long they had been waiting for this day, even though he hadn't been streaming for very long.
[Ahhh, thank you big sister for the gift!]
[Sister Qingqing, would you like to join a fan group? You can come hang out when our boy streams solo. (Heart)]
[Sister, our Yiran can sing and dance. If you're willing, could you please give him a follow~ (Begging)]
At the very last second, Wenqing's big spender also showed up, helping him clear his task requirement.
Seeing this, the host for the current time slot smiled and said, "Alright, congratulations to Teacher Yiran and Teacher Wenqing for clearing your tasks."
"Sisters in the chat, please also check out the other teachers in our time slot. Teacher Xibei is still 2.0 short of her task. Let's show some love to Teacher Xibei."
Three minutes later, Xibei still hadn't cleared her task, and she would probably face a penalty fine in the end.
Zeyan and Yiran were singers who only took this time slot and had not booked any subsequent ones.
Therefore, neither of them stayed in the live stream.
Fang Zhirou leaned over from the side, wearing a look of pure gossip. "Qingqing, are you starting to stan someone?"
Qin Qing gave her an amused look. "Why would you think that?"
Fang Zhirou began to tick off her behavior since they had met. "Based on my observations, you have very low material desires. I've never seen you spend heavily on anything. Yet now, you're suddenly spending so much money on a live-streaming platform. Doesn't that prove it?"
The more Fang Zhirou spoke, the more confident she became, her little eyes radiating a signal that said, "I've seen right through you."
Qin Qing fell silent. Was she really that low-profile in daily life?
Not really. Her food and clothes weren't cheap either.
Still, she took out her phone, opened Douyin, switched to another account, and silently handed it over.
"The reason I don't spend money elsewhere is simply because I don't think it's necessary, not because I don't have the money to buy things."
When Fang Zhirou saw the account level, her eyes nearly popped out of her head.
Holy crap, a level 55 account! Her own account was only level 31, and she had already spent around seven thousand yuan on it.
She had checked a registration list before, and a level 55 account required spending around one hundred thousand yuan.
Fam, who can relate? The secret multimillionaire is actually my roommate.
Her mouth opened and closed before she finally managed to squeeze out: "Nice."
Seeing Fang Zhirou's expression, Qin Qing found it rather amusing.
Well, she had kept such a low profile that her roommate thought she was broke?
Fang Zhirou: "Do you have classes tonight?"
Qin Qing: "No. This semester I should only need to take my major courses; my elective credits are already fully earned."
Fang Zhirou looked envious. "Must be nice. If I'd known, I would have entered the competition too. Then I wouldn't have to stress about elective courses now."
Qin Qing smiled without a word, prompting Fang Zhirou to laugh.
Didn't she know her own capabilities? Her skills were decent, but the probability of winning a prize in a competition was still very low.
"Are you staying in the dorm tonight, then?"
"No, I'm going home."
Qin Qing certainly wasn't going to stay in the dorm. Since she had the means to live comfortably, why wrong herself?
Fang Zhirou nodded in agreement. If she had the conditions, she wouldn't stay in the dorm either.
Even though there were only two of them in this dorm.
Since Qin Qing didn't stay in the dorm often, that would just leave her all by herself.
***
After stepping down from the mic, Xu Yiran followed routine by looking after this newly arrived big spender.
(Stepping down: jumping off the audio mic to make room for the singer in the next time slot.)
However, the moment Qin Qing exited the live stream, she also closed Douyin entirely, so naturally she didn't see his message.
Seeing that the message sent to her showed as unread, Xu Yiran let out a quiet sigh inward.
She had probably just done it on a whim. She even gave him a follow, though; maybe she would come back in the future.
[Qingcheng orz: How did it go?]
[Yiran: No reply. Who knows.]
[Qingcheng orz: No worries, she followed you. She might come back again later.]
When Xu Yiran started his stream that evening, the fans in the chat arrived one after another.
For some reason, the conversation suddenly drifted to that Qing Ruxu from earlier in the day.
[Aww, I wonder if the big sister will ever come back.]
[Yeah, it was so hard to get a big sister to show up. I hope she doesn't stop coming now! (Deflated)]
Xu Yiran smiled and reassured them, "It's fine. We thank the big sister for her help; she was probably just being kind and helping me clear my task."
Hearing this, the fans felt it made sense. After sending the gift earlier that day, that big sister had to switch to the next time slot immediately and hadn't even had a chance to chat.
Just as Qin Qing entered the live stream, she saw them discussing her.
She had originally just wanted to browse Douyin, but upon opening the app, she saw his direct message.
She was about to reply to something when she noticed his avatar blinking and clicked right in.
[Ahhh, welcome big sister!]
[The big sister is here! Welcome, welcome!]
The viewer count in the room wasn't high, and coupled with the fact that Qin Qing's account level was quite high, her entry notice caught the attention of quite a few fans.
They rushed to welcome her in the comment section.
"Welcome Sister Qing Ruxu to the stream! Is there any song the big sister would like to hear?"
Xu Yiran naturally noticed as well and extended an enthusiastic welcome.
[Qing Ruxu: No need, your voice is very pleasant.]
This reason struck a strong chord with the fans.
[Hahaha, too real. I also think Yiran's voice is genuinely nice.]
[So real! I've recommended Yiran's voice to a lot of my friends, and they all think it sounds great, but sadly they aren't into this circle. (Sigh)]
[True, the virtual singer circle is still too small. Who knows when our boy will finally break out into the mainstream.]
Xu Yiran raised an eyebrow. "Just pleasant? Is my singing not good?"
"Break out into the mainstream? That goal sounds a bit distant."
How he wished he could make it big, too! Unfortunately, he couldn't even clear the tasks in his audio room right now.
Being famous was still a long way off.
[Hahaha, why is your only takeaway this, bro? (Dog head)]
[Your singing is great too! Super-duper great!]
[Qing Ruxu: Your singing is great too.]
[Hahaha, if Sister Qingqing is being held hostage, blink twice. (Snicker)]
Seeing everyone's comments, Xu Yiran chuckled in amusement.
Even through the digital avatar's skin, one could sense the relaxed and lazy vibe of the real person behind it.
That sexy voice traveled from the virtual internet cable straight into the ears of every fan in the stream, sending a tremor through them all.
Hearing that chuckle, Qin Qing felt a tingling sensation wash over her heart.
Lost in thought, her fingernails unconsciously scraped a faint little mark onto her phone case.
Suppressing the flutter in her heart, she focused her attention back on the live stream before her.