A super-rich tycoon? No, just call me the gentlemanly gigolo.

Jiang Ye had just hung up the call with Yao Yao when Ye Cheng's call automatically ended due to a long period of no response.

He dialed her back.

"Feed? What's wrong? Can't hold it in anymore and want to reduce the swelling?"

"Take down the swelling? Is it because I can't hold it in, or because you can't?"

Ye Cheng rolled her eyes on the other end of the phone, her voice full of disdain: "What were you doing just now? You didn't even answer my calls."

Jiang Ye replied casually, "What else could I be doing? Dating one of your girlfriends."

"fall in love?"

Ye Cheng was taken aback, then realized that the "sisters" this guy was referring to were his still-developing little harem, and he immediately became furious:

"I knew it! Who was it? Was it that 'housewife' who was followed by a pervert last time, or that streamer who used to call you 'brother' all the time?"

Jiang Ye clicked his tongue and corrected her, "What married woman? You're being rude. She just has an ex-boyfriend she's never even touched... It's not her, it's that streamer."

"Hmph, whatever."

Ye Cheng didn't bother asking any more questions and got down to business: "Are you free Wednesday afternoon?"

"Nothing's wrong, why?"

"I don't have class on Wednesday afternoon, let's go shopping for clothes."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ye immediately became interested.

This is a big deal that relates to the "face" of Christmas Eve and potential cashback.

"I'm fine, Wednesday afternoon is fine."

Ye Cheng hummed in agreement, hesitated for a moment, and then confirmed, "Whatever I buy for you, you'll wear it, right? No picking and choosing, and no complaining about the price."

Jiang Ye patted his chest and assured him, "Don't worry, I'll keep my mouth shut the whole time and follow Director Ye's instructions. Even if you buy me a sack, I'll put it on and leave on the spot."

"Tch! I'll just buy you a burlap sack!"

Ye Cheng snorted, her tone much more relaxed: "Then it's settled. Come find me at the south gate of the school on Wednesday afternoon at one o'clock, and then we'll go shopping together."

"OK, no problem."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Ye checked the time. It wasn't even ten o'clock yet; it was a bit early to go to bed.

He touched his chin and then opened TikTok.

As soon as I entered, a bunch of red dots popped up in the message bar.

When I opened the private messages, they were all from the "Star Dream 101" girl group's anchors: Xiaoya, Nannan, and three other members who weren't in front of the camera earlier, all of whom sent their WeChat IDs.

Jiang Ye was slightly taken aback, feeling that something was even more wrong.

I already felt the live stream was overly enthusiastic, and now it's even more outrageous. I only sent four sunglasses, and five girl group members, including the three who didn't receive any gifts, proactively sent me their WeChat IDs.

This treatment...

Could it be that my level 38 account is just too prestigious?

He casually tapped on Xiaoya at the top, copied her WeChat ID, and switched to WeChat to add her as a friend.

Switching back to the Douyin live stream, the screen shows Nan Nan competing against a girl named "Snow Fox." The two are dancing to the recently popular song "Dao Ma," with quite a few movements, which is very pleasing to the eye.

He was just about to type a message to ask how to play when a message from Xiaoya popped up on WeChat.

Xiaoya: [Hello, Ye-ge! (Salutes)]

Then followed by a selfie.

The girl in the photo is sitting on the sofa, pouting and making a heart shape with her hands. She has exquisite makeup and does look quite pretty.

Xiaoya: [Thanks for adding me, Brother Ye! Sending you lots of love~~ Brother Ye, come visit often!]

Jiang Ye nodded to himself. This kind of chat with illustrations was indeed more attractive and visually impactful than dry text.

At first glance, Xiaoya might score 80 points, but the beauty filters are definitely maxed out, so her real appearance is probably around 70 points, which is acceptable but not enough to trigger the system's cashback.

Wild Bro: [You guys in this livestream are way too enthusiastic! The girl groups I saw the other day were asking for at least a sports car before adding me on WeChat, and you guys just handed me sunglasses like that?]

Xiaoya replied quickly: [Hehe, it depends on who it is! If it's Brother Ye, even if he doesn't send any messages, I'm willing to chat with him to keep him company~]

???

Jiang Ye raised an eyebrow, his mind instantly sounding alarm bells!

not good!

It's a routine!

The classic "look at the person, not the money" line! This girl has something going on!

But then I thought about it again and felt something wasn't quite right...

I only spent 40 yuan, is it really necessary for a girl group streamer to go to such lengths to trick me? It can't be that bad, can it?

Before he could figure it out, Xiaoya sent another message: [Hey bro, it's my turn to compete again! I'm going to dance now~ Come watch, bro!]

Meanwhile, in the live stream, the male host's voice became excited: "Thank you, Nan Nan, for your wonderful dance! First round successful! Next up is the second round! The rules have been upgraded—for every game Nan Nan wins, she can leave work an hour early; for every game everyone else loses, they have to work two hours overtime!"

"Next up, it's Xiaoya's turn to take the challenge! Xiaoya, are you ready?"

In the video, Xiaoya walks into the stage area with a microphone and stands on the left side of the split screen.

"Oh? Xiaoya even got a microphone? What, are you going to give an acceptance speech? Don't waste time, if you don't have a big brother guarding the tower, stop with all this fancy stuff, just finish the jump and admit defeat!"

"Who says I don't have an older brother!"

Xiaoya stamped her foot and said coquettishly, "My older brother is just... just arrived, and we're not very familiar yet! You'll have to wait a few days!"

The male host laughed and said, "Alright, alright, stop with the empty promises! Nan Nan's son, Ta Zi, is sitting right there down there, so you'd better hurry up and make your move!"

On the public chat, a level 43 user named "Linglongta" posted a comment: "[Xiaoya, hurry up! Nannan's been jumping around for ages, finish this quickly so she can go home and rest.]"

The male host immediately chimed in, "Did you hear that, Xiaoya? Brother Ta has spoken. Stop with the gimmicks, let's get the music going!"

Xiaoya snorted defiantly, handing the microphone to a staff member off-screen while muttering, "Hmph, you're just taking advantage of the fact that I'm not familiar with my older brother yet!"

After saying that, she suddenly remembered something, turned around and blew a kiss to the camera, then made a heart shape with her hands, the same pose as in the selfie.

On the other end of the phone, Jiang Ye shook his head and chuckled as he watched Xiao Ya's interaction, which was clearly aimed at him.

Well, it seems this girl really wants to hold onto him as her "new big brother".

Even though you know it's a setup, the feeling of being explicitly "called out" and "needed" by a beautiful female anchor can easily trigger a heroic impulse to save the damsel in distress.

What a pity...

Girl, you're not pretty enough; you can neither trigger the cashback nor use it to complete the gentleman's task.

It's purely a consumption activity with no return.

But playing around with it for a little bit of money and experiencing what it's like to be a "knight" seems pretty good, doesn't it?