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Su Ning sneered inwardly. So that's why!

She pursed her lips, her tone indifferent: "I don't know. It's my man's freedom to go wherever he wants, it's none of my business."

"Hey, Yao Yao, don't resist."

Cigarette Ash seemed unfazed by her coldness, still laughing it off: "Here's what happened. Last Sunday, Brother Ye came to 101 for a bit, added one of our junior streamers on WeChat, spent about a thousand yuan, and seemed to be having a good time in the live stream. But for some reason, not long after he spent the money, he deleted our streamer's WeChat, and hasn't come back in the last few days. It's... pretty strange."

He paused, then his tone became more candid: "Because he's your older brother, we all know you've been very protective of him, so we thought we'd come and ask if there was any misunderstanding. We're all family, right?"

As Su Ning listened, a sudden surge of joy welled up inside her!

Oh? You deleted it?

Wild Bro actually deleted that vixen's WeChat?!

Hahaha! My strategy was a huge success!

It seems that the "emergency stability maintenance operation" that night, which involved checking up on staff, exposing photos, and hanging people up while they were sleeping, was quite effective!

Sure enough, with our looks and figures, those girl group members who rely on filters and beauty effects are no match for us even if we were all grouped together!

Su Ning suppressed the upturned corners of her mouth, her heart bubbling with joy.

But then she realized the deeper meaning behind Cigarette Ash's words—

This is clearly because the girl group suspects that she, as the "official girlfriend," got jealous and whispered in Ye Ge's ear, causing him to delete people and leave the industry. So they came to confront him and, incidentally, to test the waters!

Before she could finish her thought, her WeChat private message "dinged" again; it was from Zhixia:

Zhi Xia: [Well done, Yao Yao! You've really made something of yourself! (Thumbs up)(Thumbs up)]

Su Ning proudly raised her chin, a sense of accomplishment welling up within her as she felt she had protected her own treasure.

However, when speaking into the group voice chat, he still maintained an indifferent tone:

"Ash Bro, I don't know about this. Wild Bro didn't mention going to hang out with the girl group either. He's usually pretty busy, it was probably just a spur-of-the-moment thing."

There was a few seconds of silence on the other end of the line, then the tone became more formal:

"Hey Yao Yao, let's be frank. Last Sunday, after Brother Ye spent 20 Sound Waves on you, to be honest, all of us in the guild's operations team knew that you were guaranteed to get a million Sound Waves on Christmas Eve. That's your skill, and we all admire you."

"But Yao Yao, haven't you noticed a problem?"

He then changed the subject: "The amounts Brother Ye has spent these past few times far exceed the normal spending levels of your voice chat room. We even had to rely on our girl group to help you absorb that million-dollar amount of sound waves... What does that tell us?"

Sweet Potato Sister couldn't help but interject, "Ash Bro, what you're saying..."

"Sweet Potato, you know I'm telling the truth."

Cigarette Ash chuckled and interrupted, "You heard it in the meeting yesterday too. Yao Yao's task was 1500, he spent 5000; the task was 5000, he spent 30,000. Last Sunday he casually spent another 20,000, and there's still 100,000 waiting for Christmas Eve. Your voice chat room can't really test this guy's true strength. You can't just assign a 2000 task to someone else in the room and assign 100,000 to Yao Yao, can you? That would be too greedy."

He paused, lowered his voice, and said something that ignited Su Ning's anger:

"To be frank, Yao Yao, I personally feel that with the spending power that Ye Ge has shown so far, it's a bit... a waste to have him with you. Or rather, our guild's voice chat room is a bit overwhelmed by him."

Hearing this, even Zhixia couldn't help but speak up: "Hey? Ash Bro, what do you mean by that? What do you mean by wasting time with Yaoyao?"

"Hehe, Zhixia, don't be in such a hurry."

Ignoring Zhixia's tone, Yan Hui calmly retorted, "Yaoyao, what do you think? Doesn't what I said make some sense?"

Su Ning frowned deeply.

She finally understood: this wasn't about deleting her WeChat account at all; it was a blatant attempt to poach her since they couldn't get her back!

"Hey Ash, just say what you're thinking, stop beating around the bush."

"Okay, Yao Yao is so agreeable!"

Cigarette Ash's voice rose slightly: "What I mean, or rather, what some of the guild's management thinks, is that after the PK on Christmas Eve, Yao Yao, you can cooperate and try to gradually guide Wild Brother's interest towards our girl group. After all, the gameplay here is more diverse and better matches his spending level..."

"impossible!"

Su Ning refused without hesitation, her voice turning cold, "Ash Bro, this is my older brother! He likes to play in the voice chat room, I..."

"Yaoyao, don't rush to refuse, let me finish."

Cigarette Ash interrupted her, his tone seductive: "Our idea is that if you can cooperate well and are willing to share how you talked to Brother Ye, teaching the streamers we take over, then the guild can give you an extra 3% commission on all the revenue he generates on the girl group! Note, it's extra! You still get the same amount he generates in your own channel, but for the revenue generated on the girl group, we'll give you an additional 3%!"

He paused, then added, "And Xia, the supervisor of the department, will also receive a 0.8% commission if this matter is successful. Sweet Potato will also receive corresponding compensation."

Cigarette Ash's voice was incredibly seductive: "Honestly, sisters, that's a lot. Judging by the power Ye Ge has shown so far, unless he's the kind of idiot who's just putting on a show or taking out loans to flaunt his wealth, he could easily rack up two or three hundred thousand a month with girl groups like it's nothing. You, Yao Yao, can just sit back and earn several thousand more. Isn't that a great deal?"

This time, both Zhixia and Fanshu on the other end of the phone fell silent.

What Yan Hui said was true; "Wen Yu's girlfriend" really couldn't handle more revenue. If they could successfully direct "Ye Ge" to the girl group, their income would only increase.

Since their own interests are unlikely to be affected, their right to choose and make suggestions naturally leans more towards silence, or rather, they completely hand over the decision-making power to Su Ning.

Sensing the wavering in the silence, Cigarette Ash pressed his advantage:

"Oh, by the way, Yao Yao, if you're willing, you can come to the guild to do offline training and directly join a girl group. With your voice, as long as you're over 1.5 meters tall, you can..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhixia coldly interrupted him:

"Hey Ash Bro, you might not know the situation in the voice chat room. No matter what Yao Yao actually looks like, as soon as she shows her face, there's a very high chance she'll lose her big brothers. 'Facing the light of day' is the norm. So it's impossible for her to show her face, let alone join an offline girl group."

Cigarette Ash said "Oh," with a hint of regret in his voice:

"That's a pity. What do you think, Yao Yao? Have you considered it? You know how the live streaming industry works; the enthusiasm of big spenders comes and goes quickly. No matter how well you maintain the relationship, there's still a risk of losing them. Why not take advantage of this good opportunity and cooperate to earn some real money? Don't you think that makes sense?"

Just then, Su Ning's private WeChat message popped up again:

Zhi Xia: [Don't listen to him! Anyone can make empty promises. As long as you can keep Ye Ge in check, you don't need to listen to his nonsense! Why would you push your own brother away? If you really take him there, the girl groups have so many tricks up their sleeves and wild ways of doing things, your side will definitely be affected!]