Three People Living a Good Life Together

"I also scored 721."

Xia Yanchun's eyes curved into a smile.

She had secretly cursed Shen Nian to score one point lower than her more times than she could count, all so she could edge him out and take the title of top scorer.

Although she didn't manage to beat Shen Nian, she still secured the top spot.

She had triggered a hidden ending!

"No, no, no, it shouldn't be like this!" Shen Nian couldn't quite accept it. How could the evil Haki-Chun tie with him? Shouldn't she score lower, allowing him to gloriously claim the top spot and ruthlessly mock her?!

How could he mock her if they tied? He was shaking with anger.

He couldn't even call her a noob anymore!

"The university admissions offices called and told me. I haven't even checked it myself yet. Hurry up and check the scores!" Xia Yanchun urged, standing behind him.

"I'll check yours first..."

Shen Nian entered Xia Yanchun's basic information. The webpage redirected, displaying Xia Yanchun's score page.

Total score: 721.

Shen Nian then checked his own, and sure enough, it was also 721.

Beneath both of their scores, their college entrance exam ranking was displayed as first place.

"See? Hehe." Xia Yanchun hummed proudly. In the fierce competition to secure a top five spot and fight for first, overpowering the top scholars from First High School to claim the top scorer title was truly no easy feat.

At the very least, it wasn't easy for her. As for Shen Nian... Xia Yanchun couldn't really say. She didn't know how much he had suffered during his senior year, but she knew exactly how long he had slacked off and enjoyed himself during his freshman and sophomore years.

"Impressive, impressive." Shen Nian was genuinely in awe.

Even with his cheats, they still tied. If Haki-Chun wasn't overpowered, then who was?

He was utterly numb.

The fact that they tied was indeed beyond Shen Nian's expectations. He had imagined himself as the top scorer, he had imagined Xia Yanchun as the top scorer, and he had even imagined neither of them getting it. But he had never imagined that both of them would be top scorers.

Still, it was a good thing.

"I'm going to make a call!" Xia Yanchun was thrilled. She practically sparkled as she ran out to the balcony, resting her head on her hand as she made her call. Scoring first place was definitely something she needed to tell her parents immediately.

Hearing Xia Yanchun's barely concealed joy, Shen Nian chuckled softly.

It would be a lie to say he wasn't happy. He was still streaming, so he had to maintain his image. If he weren't live right now, he would have picked Chunbao up and spun her around in celebration.

In the chat, a continuous stream of question marks had been rolling by for a while now.

The combined viewer count from both platforms had reached over 70,000. It was as if the platforms had assigned someone to monitor his stream; the moment he received the call from Jingcheng University's admissions office, the algorithm pushed his stream hard. Up until now, the number of people joining far exceeded those leaving.

Shen Nian ignored the incoming gifts, leaving them be. Instead, he took a photo of the webpage and sent it to his parents and Shen Yue.

Chen Minyue and Shen Shi were probably working and didn't reply immediately. Shen Yue, however, replied very quickly, sending a barrage of thumbs-up and flower emojis, looking very much like a bot.

But the next moment, Shen Yue's call came through.

"Not bad, Lao Di. You actually got top scorer. Alright then, it seems your big sister can't just sit back and do nothing. I'll take a few days off and come back to personally cook a big meal for our little top scorer."

Shen Nian was terrified and quickly said, "Mom and I are here, how could we let you cook?"

"It's fine, I'll just cook this one time. It's no trouble."

"Hello? Hello? My signal is bad, I'm hanging up."

The call left him trembling with fear, and Shen Nian hurriedly hung up.

Shen Yue's cooking wasn't completely inedible, it was just terrible. She had no sense of proportion when adding seasoning.

A stray dog starved for three days would sniff it and then resolutely go dig through the trash instead.

Right after he hung up, another call came in. It was an unknown number with an out-of-town IP. Guessing it was another university admissions office, Shen Nian answered it, placed his phone to the side, and dealt with them while checking his stream data.

He already had a target university in mind, so he could only politely decline these schools trying to poach him.

The combined viewer count had now reached 80,000, and the chat had returned to normal from the sea of question marks.

Two supreme talents in one house?

Two supreme talents in one house?!

People actually believe this? Two top scorers is one thing, but they actually know each other. And not only do they know each other, they are in the same room. If this isn't scripted, I'll eat my hat.

Having two top scorers is common, but two top scorers checking their scores together on stream is definitely a first.

I just passed out from shock at Master Shen's score and just woke up. What did I miss?

Master Shen and that girl from earlier are both top scorers.

Haha, looks like I haven't woken up yet. I'm going back to sleep, guys.

Accidentally stumbled into the realm of gods.

Shen Nian was speechless.

He was checking his scores live and people were still questioning it. He was at a loss.

He scratched his head and smiled, "Kids, I wasn't paying much attention to the chat while on the phone just now. Sorry to those who sent Superchats that I missed. Please don't send too many gifts, I won't be able to read the comments."

"Are there any students retaking the exam or going into their senior year in the chat? I'll continue to stream in the future. You can hop on the mic and ask questions, and I'll explain the problems live. If I make a mistake, the first person in the chat to point it out will receive a small lucky bag from me. High school seniors looking to improve are welcome to ask questions."

Tutor: Please enter text.

Regular college students charge two to three hundred bucks an hour for tutoring. I can't even imagine how expensive a provincial top scorer like Master Shen would be.

Free study documents and free problem-solving sessions. I have absolutely no complaints about Master Shen gaining half a million followers in two streams.

The Leshan Giant Buddha took one look and realized he dropped to second place on the leaderboard.

...

After streaming for an hour, Shen Nian ended the broadcast.

The net income from this stream was already approaching twenty thousand.

It was predictable that as the hype around the college entrance exam faded, his viewer count would inevitably drop.

But it didn't matter, because he had successfully launched his account.

Two streams, a speedrun to half a million followers, and from beginning to end, Shen Nian had only posted one twenty-second verification video on the short video platform, and only a single text post on the other.

Counting the stream time, it was barely five hours in total.

Could this be considered a miracle in streaming history?

No IP backing, no big influencers driving traffic, relying entirely on organic growth to build an account from scratch and speedrun to half a million followers.

As expected of me.

Shen Nian leaned back, glancing at Xia Yanchun, who was still chattering away on the balcony. The young girl's foot was stretched back, the tip of her shoe tapping the ground rhythmically. He wondered what she was talking about to be on the phone for half an hour.

Opening the balcony door, Shen Nian stood next to Xia Yanchun, openly eavesdropping on her call.

"You got a lot of calls too?! Same here, they were annoying me to death... What, they even went to your house to talk to you in person? That's so exaggerated. I'm out in the town, I wonder if they'll come all the way out here. I haven't even agreed to go to their school..."

"Yeah, yeah, I'll hang up for now then."

"Li Shiyan is getting poached by phone calls too?" Shen Nian nudged Xia Yanchun, standing right beside her.

"Yeah, it's totally normal for universities to fight over the top hundred students in the province. They just aren't as high a priority as we are." Xia Yanchun chattered away without pausing for breath. "Oh, by the way, Shi Yan might go to Nanjiang University too! Her family doesn't want her going too far from home, and she doesn't really want to leave either, so she might end up at Nanjiang U with us."

"Isn't that great?"

The three of them living a good life together was more important than anything else.