The sky after the rain was a clear, pristine blue, like it had just been washed clean.
Black anti-slip rain boots stepped through the muddy mountain path, sending up splashes of dirty water that startled a few sparrows from the low shrubs by the ride...
"My door is always open wide, arms outstretched to welcome you.
Once we've embraced, the connection is there, you'll fall in love with this place…"
Li Ran hummed a tune, feeling fantastic as he watched his system's frustration points climb rapidly.
His livestream chat immediately lit up with compliments:
"Wow, didn't expect the streamer to sing so well—totally in love now!"
"That clean, deep voice carries both rugged boldness and a pure, ethereal quality—way better than those other so-called talent streamers!"
"If hubby could sing to me every night, I'd wake up laughing in my sleep!"
"If Li entered a singing competition, he'd totally be champion!"
Li Ran rolled his eyes. "Go on, keep the praise coming. Let's see how high you can lift me up."
He knew his limits well—sure, he had a naturally deep, magnetic voice, but musically, he lacked talent. At best, he could stay in tune. He wouldn't even make the cut as a karaoke bar singer, let alone deserve all this praise.
"Hehe, guess we've been caught!"
"We're just trying to give the haters something to work with—how can they fight back if our streamer is too perfect?"
"Maybe he sang that song on purpose to expose a weak point, just to bait the trolls into showing up again?"
Li Ran twitched slightly at that. Is my singing really that bad…?
Still, he played along, nodding calmly. "Exactly. A world without trolls is like a life of snow-covered loneliness."
[Frustration +200 from 'Yong', Money +1000]
[Frustration +100 from 'Qiu Er', Money +500]
[Frustration +100 from 'Wenwen', Money +500]
[Frustration +100 from 'Qianqian', Money +500]
Li Ran chuckled. These few really were like sponges—just a little squeeze and frustration value came pouring out.
But it seemed they'd taken a hit—minutes passed with no new trolls appearing, and the stream gradually settled back into a normal rhythm.
"Any bets? Wanna guess how many crayfish Li's gonna catch this time?"
"The guy came all this way on foot, I'm guessing at least 10 pounds!"
"10's too low! Didn't you see the size of that big bucket? I say 20 pounds, minimum!"
Yukinoshita Is My Wife: "I bet it won't reach 30 pounds. If it does, I'll send 10 rockets."
"Whoa! If she's saying that, then 30 pounds is a sure thing!"
"With the way that guy always loses his bets, I'll bet ten packs of spicy strips we're looking at 30+ pounds!"
Li Ran smiled. "Thirty pounds might be underselling it. I'm estimating no less than fifty today."
"What?! Fifty pounds? You're joking, right?"
"He's clearly bluffing. Let's do the math—crayfish go for 10 bucks a pound, and large ones can fetch 20 to 30. If he really caught fifty pounds in a day, that's 700 to 800 yuan at least. Why bother streaming at all?"
"He probably just tossed that number out casually. Can't believe some of you actually took it seriously. Hilarious."
"Someone mentioned sending rockets—must be a paid shill."
"Just wait. When he fails to catch that much, I bet he blames it on the weather or something."
"Can't wait to see him humiliated…"
Seeing another wave of trolls flood in, Li Ran actually let out a breath of relief.
He had just been worrying they might have fled in defeat.
Before he could even respond, loyal fans in the chat had already jumped to his defense—
"You guys really think 700–800 a day is impressive? Clearly you don't know our Li—he's got a nickname: God of Fortune."
"This streamer's already sitting on millions. You think he cares about a few hundred bucks?"
"These trolls must be sheltered. Just a few dozen pounds of crayfish and their minds are blown. If they found out Li caught over 30 pounds of big yellow eels this morning, their jaws would hit the floor!"
"You serious? Know what 30 pounds of big yellow eel means? Even if you camped out at the local fish market for a week, you might not see that much!"
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever the streamer says, his fans just blindly believe it."
"Tch. You people are either blind or dumb…"
Back and forth the chat went—each side hurling arguments like punches in a lively brawl.
But the fire didn't last long.
Just a few minutes later, when Li Ran finally arrived at the rice fields at the base of the mountain—
That previously confident, cocky wave of trolls?
Went completely silent.
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