Chapter 231: Chapter 168: Holding a Royal Flush, Of Course You Have to Be Arrogant

’A few outfits, my ass.’

’You didn’t have any defensive gear on when you were teaching!’

Chen Jincheng quickly changed the subject, asking his viewers to give their opinions on Yinyin’s outfit.

It was a bit of fan service.

The viewers didn’t hold back. With a tacit understanding, they immediately spammed that it wasn’t good enough, clearly wanting to make Yinyin go change again.

Yinyin had no choice but to return to her bedroom to change. A moment later, she came back out wearing a sexy, "hot girl" style outfit.

The fans still said no, having the time of their lives.

Seeing that Yinyin was getting out of breath from going back and forth, Chen Jincheng changed the subject again and told her to stop.

Only then did she sit down next to him with a look of playful resentment, making sure she was in the frame.

She knew this segment—where the fans kept making her change outfits—would definitely be turned into a highlight clip. It should attract a lot of viewers to the evening stream.

Of course, her efforts weren’t for nothing. In that short time, Chen Jincheng’s viewer count had already surpassed 100,000, a clear sign that the stream’s popularity was high today.

Admittedly, a hundred thousand viewers was nothing for a top-tier influencer at this point, but only he knew the true quality of his audience.

Especially when PK streamers were pulling in terrifying numbers. Gao Yanyan and the top PK streamer, Qingzai, had already surpassed one million concurrent viewers, and many other A-list influencers were hitting 300,000 or 400,000.

His 100,000 viewers seemed pathetic by comparison.

He was just waiting for the authorities to crack down on the gray-market industries leeching off Tiao Yin. Once Tiao Yin cleaned house, true gold would be revealed.

Of course, in everyone else’s eyes, his 100,000 viewers were probably mostly bots too.

That was just the state of things; no one would believe he wasn’t padding his numbers.

A Carnival gift suddenly scrolled across the screen. Just as Chen Jincheng was thanking the fan who sent it, "Floating Like the Wind," the user requested a voice chat.

Seeing as they had gifted a Carnival, Chen Jincheng accepted the request.

Floating Like the Wind’s voice was young and tinged with melancholy. "Cheng, I’ve been seeing a Girl for a while. She’s gorgeous, and I really like her, but her spending habits are terrible. She’s always asking me to buy her expensive things, and my own quality of life has plummeted because of it."

Hearing this, Chen Jincheng knew exactly what was going on.

’Another soul toyed with by love.’

He replied earnestly, "Brother, if I were in your shoes, I’d tell her that as long as it makes her happy, I’d give her all 5 million if I won the lottery. The only thing I can’t do is give her 5 yuan... because I actually have 5 yuan!"

This statement once again sent the chat into an uproar.

They had almost lost control and pulled out their forty-meter-long blades. After hearing the first half of his sentence, they thought filming all those ’simp’ videos had actually turned Cheng into a simp himself.

’Spend all 5 million on her just to make her happy? Is he the king of simps or what?’

But the punchline absolutely floored them.

He couldn’t give her 5 yuan because he actually had it.

It took them a second to realize that winning 5 million was just an empty promise, a fantasy he was painting for her.

"Classic Cheng."

"LMAO, 5 yuan is a bowl of noodles!"

"Phew, thank god. It’s still the same old Cheng we know and love!"

Floating Like the Wind understood his point. After an awkward silence, he continued, "Cheng, she also makes me run errands for her all the time, like picking up her packages and stuff. Sometimes I’m really busy and don’t have the time, but she says she likes a man who’s more diligent. I don’t know what to do!"

"Ugh." Hearing this, Chen Jincheng didn’t even want to answer. He turned to his viewers and said, "You guys tell him what to do."

The fans immediately understood and spammed the chat with the same line:

"Then you should be more diligent about changing your Girl!"

"Be more diligent about changing your Girl." 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

"Change your girlfriend more diligently."

"Dump her and be diligent about finding a new one."

...

The fans were once again patting themselves on the back for their hive-mind response. It was one of Chen Jincheng’s classic lines, one they all remembered, of course.

Floating Like the Wind sighed. "Cheng, but I’m completely hooked. She’s messing with my head. What would you do in my situation?"

Chen Jincheng shook his head and said bluntly, "Brother, if a girl starts messing with my emotions, I delete her. No hesitation. I never contact her again. The moment my emotions are compromised is the beginning of my own unhappiness."

It was unclear whether this resonated with Floating Like the Wind, but Yinyin jumped in shock, especially when she heard the part about "delete her... never contact her again."

She had her own little schemes, after all. She was always trying to sway her boss, hoping to make him happy or move him emotionally. Maybe, just maybe, it would help her secure a higher position.

’After all, her boss was still single.’

Hearing his words now, she felt a genuine pang of panic. Even though she knew he hadn’t deleted her, she subconsciously sent him a quick smiley face on WeChat, just to be sure.

’Okay, I haven’t been deleted. Good.’

When Chen Jincheng saw the viewer count stall at just over 120,000, he knew it was time. He addressed the stream, "Actually, this morning’s stream is about that thing you’ve all been @-ing me about. Since people want me to join that challenge, fine. I’ll join and bring despair to everyone. Just don’t go wishing for me to join, only for the other side to get upset about it."

His words left the audience stunned. ’Isn’t that a little arrogant?’

It was arrogant, and deliberately so. When you’re holding a royal flush and looking to stir things up, is there any reason *not* to be arrogant?

There was no reason at all.

And so, his words quickly spread via the 120,000 viewers in his stream, causing a sensation of unknown proportions.

But no one knew just how terrifying the explosion would be when Chen Jincheng played that royal flush.