Chapter 295: – Livestream 2
Lin Jin had absolutely no talent for dancing. Despite his singing proficiency giving him decent rhythm control and him being flexible from yoga allowing him to handle difficult movements without a problem. But! He didn’t know why he just can’t dance well!
Even though he tried his hardest to imitate the dance moves from the video, Lin Jin, who had never learned dancing and was not proficient in it, could not dance to a level that he was satisfied with even if he tried his best.
Of course, it might also be because the girl groups in the videos are all wearing shamelessly tight shorts and tops. Those outfits worn by girl groups were more revealing than the next. Even if Lin Jin danced just like them, he would still not be as good because he lacked the feeling and charm those girls exuded.
"I tried my best" Lin Jin’s calves cramped a little. He helplessly sighed and plopped down on the chair, saying to the viewers "I'll go learn a bit when I get a chance in the future. This was my first time dancing."
"For your first time dancing, that was pretty good."
"66666"
Seeing the comforting comments in the chat, Lin Jin suddenly found these chaotic group of viewers were still somewhat cute and couldn’t help but smile. Then, he heard Xia Tian comment from the side.
"Dancing wasn’t bad, just not sexy enough" he nodded and said to Lin Jin. "You should wear the miniskirt from yesterday, then throw on a tight fitting shirt. And maybe pad your chest a bit, that would be great."
Lin Jin raised an eyebrow and saw the chat’s tone suddenly shift following Xia Tian's suggestion.
"Yes yes yes, dress a bit more provocatively."
Lin Jin gritted his teeth and shot Xia Tian a glare upon seeing the similar types of messages flying through the chat. He didn’t say much, just slammed his palm on his keyboard and swapped back to Dota to start streaming the game again.
"Please no Dota interrupting this!"
"Keep dancing, don’t start gaming."
Ignoring the teasing in the chat, Lin Jin glanced at the time and found it was already four in the afternoon. He figured the time was just right to play a couple of games, order some food, chat with his viewers, rest for an hour, and then finish eating.
As the stream got back into the rhythm of gaming, Lin Jin lost the earlier playful mood and focused wholeheartedly on the game, hoping to provide an enjoyable viewing experience. Xia Tian also temporarily stopped causing trouble, still maintaining his icy demeanor as he browsed the chat and responded to some select comments.
The stream had been going on for about four to five hours. Lin Jin noticed the popularity of the stream had been climbing bit by bit. Before the game, he checked the viewer count and was surprised to see it had unknowingly reached two thousand. Although the number of real viewers was probably less than five hundred, he was still getting closer to meeting the task goal.
Given it was only the afternoon and not the peak hours for watching livestreams, if Lin Jin kept streaming till eight or nine in the evening, his viewer count might rise even further.
And he was just a newbie who had only been streaming for three days, yet he already gained such an audience.
Maybe he could really complete the black cat’s task requirements? If he was lucky, maybe after streaming all night today, someone from the platform might approach him to talk about a contract.
Lost in thought, he suddenly realized his game character was being surrounded. He had no time to type so he quickly turned on his mic and used the in game voice communications to shout for help from his teammates.
"Help! Five people! Hurry, hurry! I'm gonna die!" Lin Jin was anxious. You must know that he proclaimed himself as a mechanically skilled streamer! How could he let himself get killed just because he got distracted? That would be too embarrassing, right?
"Hurry, hurry! Where's the teleport? Help!"
"I can't save you. Girl, you're on your own."
Since it's a low ranked match, not many teammates used voice communication. Even though the other four might have heard Lin Jin, only one admitted they couldn't help.
After a series of movements and abilities, Lin Jin despairingly realized that while his gaming skills had improved a lot, most of the improvements was his game sense and not his mechanical skills. He thought it was possible he might escape the encirclement of five players, but he ended up getting killed cleanly.
The emotional Lin Jin almost cursed out loud when he saw he had died, but chose to remain silent due to the black cat’s restrictions.
But because his voice was too androgynous, after being transmitted through the computer, it was naturally believed to be a girl by his teammates.
"Girl, wanna add me as friends after this?" The same teammate who had responded earlier mistook Lin Jin for a girl. "I’m really good at this game, wanna duo some time?"
"No" Lin Jin, like most low ranked players, preferred not to voice chat with strangers and typed back, "Get me three wins in a row before saying this kind of thing."
"Deal, if we match together, I'll make sure you win."
Lin Jin sighed. Though he had grown used to his feminine appearance and the awkwardness of being mistaken for a girl, it was just that, used to, not like. Similar to how he was now used to wearing women’s clothing, but didn’t like it.
While he must admit that some women's clothing looked pretty, certainly prettier than men’s clothing that only had two styles, but he would never actually like wearing women’s clothing!
"Ran into a funny teammate" Lin Jin muttered to himself, continuing the game. "By the way, if any viewer is around 3000 MMR, feel free to snipe me. If you succeed in helping me win twice and tell me you're my viewer, I'll add you as a friend."
"Of course, if you make me lose, then I'll have to block you."
"I don't think any viewers will match up with you, they say their rank is around 9000 while yours is only 3000" Xia Tian chimed in playfully, "Although I don’t know much about Dota, I do know that 9000 was definitely a lot higher than 3000."
"Pfft! Just listen to them talking nonsense!"
After gaming all day, Lin Jin’s hands and feet were numb and his eyes felt really sore. He continued until around 6 pm before he yawned and stood up from the chair to let Xia Tian take over.
"I'm taking an hour break. Xia Tian will stream for you for the next hour. I'll sing for you guys later as compensation."
To sync his stream with the peak viewership hours in the evening, Lin Jin decided to rest for an hour an wait until 7 before starting again.
"What should I play?" Xia Tian sat where Lin Jin sat earlier and curiously clicked around the Dota game client. "How about I play a couple games for you?"
"No need, just play your Fight the Landlord or mahjong" Lin Jin laid down on the bed and moved out of the camera’s view "What do you want to eat? I'll order delivery for you."
"Anything's fine, the same as you."