Without thinking to switch accounts for the moment, she logged in directly using her level 56 account.
Once inside, she discovered that he was currently in the voice chat room ranking his gear.
At this time of day, there weren't many people in the room—only about 600 in total.
High-level viewers were even scarcer, and entering the room would display whose avatar you stepped on to get in.
Therefore, the comment section clearly showed that the high-level user YQ had entered the livestream by stepping on H. Yiran's avatar.
The fans were all stirred up, wondering aloud where this big spender had come from.
When Xu Yiran saw this ID, he was a little puzzled.
He asked in the fan group if anyone had any impression of this account.
"No idea, I don't seem to have seen this account before."
"And the account is set to private, so you can't see anything else."
"H. Yiran: It shows on my end that she isn't even following me. Could she have swiped across me on her homepage?"
The fans burst out laughing.
"Hard to say, why don't you just ask her?"
"You can't ask her, didn't you say she's not following?"
(Private account: If you do not follow each other, you cannot send messages.)
"I think I know her, a big spender with plenty of votes."
"Now that you mention it, I remember her too. She reached level thirty-five in just two hours previously."
"Pink Mengmengda: Well, if that's the case, does it mean our brother can get a big meal today too? (Doge head)"
"Hahaha, go for it, brother!"
"Starlight, we support you!"
Qin Qing didn't stay in the first room for long, feeling that Hanbaiyu's selection quality was quite good—everyone in the room was high quality.
In less than ten minutes, it was time for the singers to beg for votes again.
Unexpectedly, Xu Yiran's task was already completed today, though the requirement seemed pretty low anyway.
Only 5.0 was deducted, which meant five thousand sound waves.
The host began reporting the tasks, and the singers who hadn't passed theirs also turned on their mics to beg for votes.
Originally, none of this had anything to do with Qin Qing, but for some reason, one of the singers, Xiao Tian, openly cued Qin Qing in the livestream.
"Sister YQ, can you help me out? I'm only short of 1.0 to pass my task."
The whole audience was shocked.
The previously noisy room fell silent, save for the background music.
A giant question mark seemed to hover over Xu Yiran's forehead, his mind filled with speechlessness and anger.
Qin Qing couldn't comprehend this guy's train of thought either. What was he thinking?
The Starlight fans were ready to rage. Had poach-hunting now advanced to the point of doing it right in front of the parties involved?
"Are you blind or what? Can't you see that Sister YQ entered by stepping on our Yiran's avatar?"
"I'm seriously done. Do you even know the rules? Even if you're desperate for a big spender, you don't poach from a colleague!"
The fans present couldn't understand his behavior and began to point fingers and condemn him.
Sensing that the momentum was against him, the singer Xiao Tian started claiming that he hadn't paid attention, seeing that she didn't have a badge and had a relatively high level, so he asked her for help.
Some people bought this excuse, while others didn't.
Naturally, Qin Qing didn't accept this kind of moral blackmail. She passed the tasks for every singer present except Xiao Tian, leaving him out alone.
The other singers hadn't expected such a stroke of good luck and thanked her profusely.
Qin Qing didn't stop there; she sent H. Yiran ten radishes in a row before finally wrapping it up.
"YQ: Can you remember now?"
Xu Yiran hadn't expected this pleasant surprise either. "Thank you for the ten radishes from Sister YQ."
"Woohoo, thank you, sister~"
"Thanks for the radishes, sister~"
Xiao Tian hadn't expected her to take it this seriously, and his face turned dark.
"Remembered."
The three words sounded like they were squeezed out from between his teeth, and anyone paying the slightest attention could tell he was unconvinced.
"@Cun Xin"
"@Cun Xin Sister Cun Xin, how do we handle this?"
The Starlight fans were furious as well, repeatedly tagging the room manager.
Cun Xin had also noticed the situation and, swallowing her anger, decisively exercised her administrative powers to kick that contestant out.
"Cun Xin: Apologies, we will announce the specific penalties on the little secretary account."
Finally, the hour struck, and the host heaved a sigh of relief, telling the contestants to switch shifts.
While reporting the matter to the leadership, Cun Xin urged Xu Yiran to properly maintain ties with this big spender.
From today's livestream, it was obvious that YQ's favorability toward Xu Yiran was quite high.
Looking at this unfamiliar ID, Xu Yiran felt a bit of a headache coming on.
It wasn't that he didn't want to maintain ties, but the problem was that he couldn't even contact this sister right now.
She wasn't following him, and the account was private, so direct messaging was impossible. What was he supposed to do?
Fortunately, not long after, it showed that YQ had followed him back.
His spirits lifted. He straightened up and sent her a private message.
He discussed Xiao Tian's disciplinary result with her, asking if she could accept this outcome.
"YQ: No need. Whatever decision the company made is fine with you."
Upon seeing this reply, Xu Yiran's doubts grew even heavier.
Why did it feel like she seemed to know him, yet he had no recollection of this name?
Before he could even ask, the other person seemed to anticipate his confusion.
The response sent right back completely baffled him.
"YQ: Don't follow me back. This is just a burner account anyway."
"H. Yiran: A burner account? Then which one is your main account?"
"YQ: I haven't been following you long, but I've also gifted in your livestream, so take a guess who I am? (Smirk)"
Suppressing a smile, Qin Qing typed out this sentence and closed the app, leaving him alone to agonize over it, feeling thoroughly miserable.
He stared blankly at the ceiling. Could it be Qingcheng? Or Mengmeng?
Impossible. If that were the case, why wouldn't she use her main account?
Besides, he was familiar with both of them, and their family backgrounds were ordinary—they didn't have that much money to gift him.
In the end, he simply couldn't figure it out and had no choice but to give up.
Later, the little secretary's announcement directly declared that H. Xiao Tian was suspended indefinitely and stripped of his Hanbaiyu prefix.
For a newcomer, this was considered a very heavy punishment, and he might not even have a chance to rise again in the future.
Once at Hanbaiyu, his path to making it big was essentially cut off.
The Starlight fans were naturally overjoyed by the company's decision, as nobody wanted to see an anchor who coveted someone else's big spender become popular.
Fans of other anchors wouldn't look kindly on such people either, and anchors would be wary of them.
The room battle came to a close amidst the farce, and as the heavy hitters returned later on, they successfully secured the victory.
Hanbaiyu made a great start with this room battle. On the other hand, some promising anchors also caught the eye of upper management.
***
The long-prepared painting competition was about to begin, and the participating students had already submitted their works. Now they were just waiting for the results to come out.
"Fang Zhirou: Ahhhhh Qingqing! I'm so nervous!"
"Qin Qing: What are you nervous about? Are you afraid you won't advance?"
Fang Zhirou's ability wasn't bad; getting through the preliminaries shouldn't be a problem.
"Fang Zhirou: I should be fine with the preliminaries, I have that much confidence, but you never know what might happen."
"Qin Qing: What is there to fear? Instead of wasting energy worrying about this, you'd better paint a couple more pieces while the teachers can still guide you."
"Fang Zhirou: Hahaha, now that you mention it, teachers' fees outside of school are so expensive."
This brief chat managed to ease her nervous state.
"Fang Zhirou: You've been spending quite a bit online lately. (Side-eye smile)"
"Qin Qing: It's alright, not that much."
Calculated carefully, it didn't cost much—still cheaper than a car in her garage.
However, she didn't say this out to him, otherwise Fang Zhirou might genuinely challenge her to a physical showdown offline.