I almost stumbled and crawled towards my sister. Unfortunately, Cheng Yu had already stood up before I could reach out.
He righted the chair I had knocked over, and when he put it down, it made a loud "bang".
I shivered at the sound. "Sorry! Are you okay?!"
Cheng Yu glared at me with annoyance on his face. "What do you think!"
I pouted and looked at him with a pitiful, almost crying expression. "Let me rub... your butt?"
Cheng Yu stared at me coldly.
Next came the crucial moment that would determine my fate.
As long as Cheng Yu opened his mouth, it would surely be a single word: "Get out!"
Then, after I got out, I would surely have to come up with new ways to coax him into forgetting this unpleasant incident.
I was fucking fed up with being a love - doormat...
So I put on a surprised expression as if I had never played this game before, pointed at the clues left on the screen after the hanging ghost disappeared, and shouted to divert his attention. "Hey, an item dropped! Come and take a look!"
Cheng Yu continued to stare at me coldly.
Well.
Cheng Yu was just Cheng Yu.
He was not my three - year - old nephew.
He was not that easy to deceive!
However, the next second, Cheng Yu walked in front of me, pulled out a chair, and sat back down in front of the computer.
Then he kicked my chair a meter away. "Be quiet and sit still. Otherwise, I'll ask for a refund."
Me: "......Okay."
As long as you can calm down, my master.
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By the way, did his butt hurt from the fall?
After all, he made a living sitting on his butt...
I stared at Cheng Yu for a long time, but in the end, I swallowed my words, sat far away from him, and watched him play the game.
About an hour passed.
After Cheng Yu saved the game, he quit.
Me: "Not fun?"
Cheng Yu: "I have something to do tomorrow. That's it for today."
Me: "Oh, then I'll leave too."
Cheng Yu looked at the clock. "I'll drive you home."
I deliberately acted coy. "How embarrassing! Um... Can you drive that yellow sports car to take me home?"
Cheng Yu: "......"
A good gay bestie is really a great sister. Without saying a word, Cheng Yu went to the garage to get the sports car and drove me home.
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On the way, I started chatting with him again. "Horror games are a niche genre, especially an original game like ours. Making this game is completely a tribute to our feelings. It's normal if you don't like it..."
Cheng Yu: "I didn't say I didn't like it."
Me: "Ah? You think it's good too, right! I told you, young people will like it. I'm not boasting, but this game will surely be a big hit after it's launched!"
Cheng Yu: "It's really well - made and a sincere work. But to be a big hit... it still has a long way to go."
Me: "Okay, I was too confident. I really hope more great masters could help us promote it so that more horror - game lovers could have a chance to know it... Do you know how high the marketing cost is now? Our small company simply doesn't have that much money for promotion..."
Cheng Yu glanced at me but didn't respond.
When we arrived at the company building, I invited him. "Come up and have some fun?"
Although it was crowded and a bit messy, there were many people.
Young people should have something to talk about.
Cheng Yu refused. "No, I have something to do tomorrow."
Me: "Okay, see you!"
The bright - yellow sports car roared away into the night.
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A week later, a piece of news topped the game news list.
[Online game streamers were scared out of their wits, and the horror game "Summon the Ghost" has an exploding reputation!]
When you opened the article, it was all praise.
It said things like "It combines Oriental cultural elements, Chinese - style scenes, and a horror atmosphere to perfection. The wonderful plot and delicate game scenes are comparable to masterpieces of movies..."
The incident started a few days ago when two game - streaming great masters and even a beauty blogger, all independently, did a live - stream of our game "Summon the Ghost".
With the influence of their millions of fans, this game quickly became popular.
The small streamers who were reluctant to promote our game before also followed the trend to ride on the wave of popularity. They became the "volunteer promoters" of "Summon the Ghost", imitating the great masters' scared - out - of - their - wits and panicking style, and uploaded game videos.
The game sales were extremely hot these days.
Our boss, Qi Jiayuan, was so happy that he could wake up laughing in his dreams.
He sighed at the company meeting. "Since I was a kid, I've known that if you're gold -"
Zhang Yuan: "You'll surely turn into a fertilized egg!"
Qi Jiayuan: "Get out!"
Me: "We know you'll shine. I think there's also a bit of luck in this. These great masters never bothered with advertising. For them to take a fancy to our game and promote it for free is simply a stroke of luck."
A female colleague from the publicity department said, "I heard a rumor from other colleagues. I don't know if it's true."
Qi Jiayuan: "Tell us."
Female colleague: "Those two game - streaming great masters and the beauty blogger are good friends in private."
Zhang Yuan: "Everyone knows that."
Female colleague: "But those two game - streaming great masters were recommended our game by the beauty blogger. The beauty blogger was, so to speak, entrusted by someone. That's why she considered asking her friends to help promote it. It's said that the exact words were - if you think it's good, promote it; if you think it's garbage, forget it."
The whole room was shocked.
The female colleague smiled and said, "Of course, I'm confident in the charm of our game. Maybe the rumor is false. But I don't think there's such a thing as a free lunch in this world. If we could find out who is behind this, we'd better figure out their purpose. Will it be bad for us..."
I nudged Qi Jiayuan. "Go back and ask your parents. Maybe they were worried that the young master didn't have money for promotion, so they spent money to help you."
Qi Jiayuan: "My parents are farming in the countryside. They can't even read. How could they know any beauty bloggers?"
Me: "......"
Qi Jiayuan said to me, "You're the most suspicious one. Is your amazing gay bestie afraid that your company will go bankrupt, so he reached out his friendly hand and asked his gay friends to help?"
I almost died laughing. "Impossible! He's super cold to me. When I let him try out the game..."
Huh?
I seemed to have complained about being poor in front of him... and also hinted that it would be great if someone could help promote it... Could it really be him!
Impossible, impossible.
Cheng Yu was not such a kind - hearted person.
However -
"Slap!"
I was immediately slapped in the face after secretly hiding on the balcony and calling Cheng Yu.
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I deliberately called him during lunchtime. "Excuse me, do you..."
Alas.
I really didn't know how to start.
It surely wasn't him. Asking would be so self - indulgent, like daydreaming. I would surely be extremely embarrassed.
He seemed to be with his boyfriend. There was a young man's voice. "Cheng Yu, do you want set A or set B..."
Cheng Yu urged me. "What's the matter?"
I quickly asked. "Do you know a beauty blogger named Song Wenxing?"
Cheng Yu replied with an "mm", "She's my cousin."
I was instantly slapped in the face.
My voice was trembling. "Is... is it you who asked her to promote our game?"
Cheng Yu: "I just forwarded it casually. She thought it was good, so she promoted it."
I was floored! Holy shit!
My gay bestie was an immortal descending to the mortal world!!