That brat Shen Nian has set his sights on our Xiaochun.

By evening, Shen Nian's combined followers on both platforms had reached up to forty thousand.

The short video platform was indeed effective; after the video was posted, onlookers poured in one after another like a tidal wave.

However, Shen Nian knew perfectly well that these onlookers were completely different from the fans gained through regular content creation.

Whether he could truly blow up depended on tomorrow's livestream.

Shen Nian downloaded the streaming software for both platforms on his computer, only to realize there were restrictions between them. He could only open one at a time. If he wanted to stream on both platforms simultaneously, he needed not just his computer, but his phone as well.

Fortunately, Shen Nian had bought a phone stand earlier.

Hearing footsteps coming up the stairs, Shen Nian snapped back to reality.

"Shen Nian, what are you doing? I brought you some watermelon, do you want some?"

"Yes."

Chen Minyue opened the door and placed a porcelain plate with three large slices of watermelon on the desk.

Seeing such a big computer on the desk, Chen Minyue's eyes widened. She asked curiously, "You bought a computer? Why didn't you tell me?"

"I just bought it recently. I meant to tell you, but then I forgot..."

"How much was it?"

"Just a few thousand yuan. I couldn't afford anything too expensive," Shen Nian grinned cheekily. "It's the money I worked so hard to save. Aren't you going to reimburse me, Mom?"

"I will, absolutely!"

The good kids in other families often got computers bought for them by their parents right after graduation. Their family wasn't short of a few thousand yuan, so how could they let Shen Nian pay for it himself?

"Tell me how much it was, I'll transfer it to you."

"Uh... haha, six thousand."

"Alright, I'll transfer it." Chen Minyue was extremely quick, sending over the six thousand yuan instantly. In her heart, she was marveling at how Shen Nian had managed to save so much money, feeling both relieved and happy.

My son Shen Nian truly has the makings of a great emperor.

As for where the six thousand yuan came from, Chen Minyue didn't ask. With Shen Nian's high grades, she figured it must be from school scholarships. Combined with previous red envelopes, saving six thousand yuan shouldn't have been a problem.

"Remember to take the plate downstairs tomorrow when you're done eating."

"Got it, Mom."

After Chen Minyue left, Shen Nian buried his head back into tinkering with his profile page.

Since he was going to livestream and build up an account, the profile needed to be polished.

On a hot summer night, enjoying the air conditioning while eating watermelon and finding some little things to do was quite a beautiful thing.

At twelve o'clock, Shen Nian climbed into Xia Yanchun's room right on time, hugging Chunbao and sleeping honestly.

June 25th.

Knowing that today was the day the college entrance examination scores were released, Chen Minyue and Shen Shi didn't even go to the breeding farm. They had breakfast ready by eight o'clock.

Going to the farm today was out of the question; they had to watch Shen Nian check his scores.

Just in case Shen Nian was too scared to check, they could help out. Chen Minyue had seen plenty of videos lately where the person was too afraid to look and asked their siblings to check for them.

There was no sound at all from the third floor. She wondered if the Little rascal was awake yet. The scores were about to come out; was he really not nervous at all?

As expected of my Little rascal.

Chen Minyue happily went upstairs.

Next door, Shen Nian slowly woke up. He lay in bed for a while before tiptoeing out of Xia Yanchun's embrace.

The little rascal Chun always liked to hug him while sleeping, or burrow into his arms. This meant he had to be extremely careful every time he got up. To avoid waking Xia Yanchun, getting out of bed took him several minutes as he inched his way out.

Xia Yanchun's sleeping face was adorable. Shen Nian stared at it for a moment, smiling foolishly, before belatedly climbing back to his own house via the balcony.

He was lazy today; he didn't go work out, nor did he make breakfast for his family.

Shen Nian went home, brushed his teeth, washed up, and then went downstairs.

"You're up?" Chen Minyue was still on the second floor cracking melon seeds. "Go down and eat breakfast."

"Yeah."

"Oh right, what time do your scores come out?"

"Twelve o'clock. There's still some time."

Cinan always opened the college entrance exam score inquiries at noon on June 25th. There was still a while before the release.

Shen Nian felt that his mom was more nervous than he was.

Look how great his dad was; he was probably drinking tea at a friend's place right now. That was the demeanor of a true master. What was the point of being so nervous?

"When the time comes, should we call Xiaochun over too?"

Shen Nian scratched his head and went downstairs to eat breakfast.

Candidates definitely cared about their scores. If possible, Shen Nian also wanted to check early.

But barring any accidents, his score would very likely be kept confidential by the system. If he really checked, it would only show that he was in the top fifty in the province, without displaying the exact score.

Hiding the scores was a way for the higher-ups to avoid excessive hype. But Shen Nian specifically needed that excessive hype. It would be a huge loss not to take full advantage of this wave of traffic.

He was actually a bit worried that the video platform's officials might ban him halfway through checking his scores.

Next door, Uncle Xia Herui also stayed at home to accompany Xia Yanchun to check her scores. Unfortunately, due to adjusting her days off, Aunt Wen could only stay at home.

"Shen Nian, I heard from your Aunt Wen that you bought a computer?" Xia Herui saw Shen Nian and smiled genuinely.

"Yeah."

"Then let Xiaochun go over to your place to check her scores later."

"That's absolutely fine, Uncle Xia, hehe."

"..."

Seeing Shen Nian so happy, Xia Herui hesitated instead.

Coupled with the conversation he had with Shen Nian when the boy came back on leave previously, Xia Herui could almost conclude that this brat Shen Nian had his eyes on his Xiaochun.

The kind where he might just confess his feelings any day now.

It wasn't that Xia Herui thought poorly of Shen Nian. On the contrary, he thought very highly of him. Sometimes, he even felt that Xiaochun wasn't doing as well as Shen Nian in many aspects.

It was just a pity that Shen Nian was Shen Shi's son.

The moment he thought about Shen Shi saying things like, "My son bagged your daughter," in front of him in the future, chills ran down his spine, and he felt terrible all over.

Sigh.

Xia Herui inexplicably felt that his life was a bit bitter.

Eleven thirty.

Shen Nian sat at his desk right on time and turned on his computer.

Taking another look at the backend, the combined number of followers on both platforms had already grown to over seventy thousand.

The livestream reservations on a single platform had stopped at seven thousand. This was already a terrifying ratio; many streamers with hundreds of thousands of followers didn't have as many reservations as he did.

Livestream, start!

The nine-grid study room livestream turned into a full canvas, with Shen Nian poking his head around on it.

The computer's built-in webcam wasn't very clear, but Shen Nian didn't mind. He was going to switch the screen to the score-checking website in a bit anyway.

Everyone was here to watch the score reveal, not to look at him... probably.

He had also set up a mask in the livestream beforehand so that when checking his scores, his personal information wouldn't be exposed to the public eye, preventing him from getting harassed.

As soon as the livestream started, some of the fans who had made reservations clicked in.

[Here we go, press 1 for a free Hellfire skin.]

[Finally live! I'm screen recording. If the streamer gets a low score, I'm posting the clip online haha.]

[Holy crap, how is he so handsome?]

[For real. Gotta say, he is pretty good-looking.]

[When are we checking the scores meow? I can't wait meow. Can the streamer slap our faces hard meow?]

"???"

Are these even human?

The vibe of the chat seemed a bit off. He wasn't sure, better keep watching.

Shen Nian covered his face; these comments were really a bit too much to look at.

So he used his phone to start another livestream on a short-video platform.

The combined viewer count from the two streaming platforms was far higher than Shen Nian had imagined.

Three minutes into the stream, four hundred viewers.

Ten minutes into the stream, three thousand viewers.

The numbers were still climbing. The chat was flooded with comments urging him to check his exam scores, and some viewers even spent money to send highlighted messages.

"What are you guys rushing for? I already told you it's not time yet," Shen Nian couldn't help but say.

[Bruh, my friend's scores are already out, why aren't yours?]

[Let's make a bet. If the streamer scores 140 in Chinese and Math, I'll turn into a catgirl. If not, I'll turn into a pale, pretty little loli.]

[So you just get the best of both worlds either way?]

[Streamer, show us your leg hair.]

"..."

There are no normal humans left here.

I am sick. My head was literally drooping to the floor while typing this. I am taking a partial break today, so there is only one chapter...