Shift! The Side-Character Heroine Chapter 96

Chapter 97 Famous Bilibili Uploader

Zhao Hao watched only the mainstream animes like "One Piece", he had even given Zhang Wanjun a complete set of "One Piece" merchandise. When "Naruto" just started airing, "One Piece" was already ongoing for ten or more years. It was so famous that it took over the whole Asia, followed by European countries. Zhao Hao would enjoy watching a few latest episodes of "One Piece" when he had free time.

Even though his cousin Zhang Wanjun had opened up to him a little after receiving the "One Piece" merchandise, but he still could not understand the memes that Zhang Wanjun spoke of. He also did not get the humor in Zhang Wanjun's video, which she uploaded to Bilibili Kichiku. Perhaps he was the only one who realized that Zhang Wanjun was a famous Bilibili uploader who called herself "Black & White Z Mold" Anyway, most of the people had thought that Z Mold was a male…

Zhao Hao was way more interested in Zhang Wanjun's gaming channel than those videos about Kichiku. Zhang Wanjun was more interested in horror and puzzle genre games instead of games like "LoL". Fascinated by her gameplay, however, he himself would not play it because he lacked the IQ.

Realizing that he had a closer cousin now, Zhao Hao hoped that Zhao Youyue was not like his other cousin Zhang Wanjun. A normal cousin would be best. He wanted to be like his father who protected their family bonds, to make his dad feel proud of him.

Zhao Hao let his two sisters entered the super SUV first. Zhang Wanjun was rather hesitant because she felt it would be boring and had nothing in common with her cousin.

"Eh? I do have a little cousin named Zhao Youyue who just entered high school, right?" Zhang Wanjun thought.

Zhao Youyue hopped into the car with enthusiasm, and Zhao Hao was happy about it. It seemed that she was interested in cars, how about giving her a sports car for fun?

Nope, she was just a high school student… Zhao Hao had to put that idea on hold first.

After Zhang Wanjun saw that Zhao Youyue had entered the car, she followed. She did not want to embarrass Zhao Hao in front of everyone.

Zhao Hao's mother warned him that he should drive safely because he had two little sisters onboard. She would punish him severely if he was caught in an accident again.

Zhao Hao felt awkward, he could not argue that this super SUV was durable as a tank and not afraid of any collision. Besides, he would never speed in this kind of car.

When they arrived at the city center, a prosperous city in which Zhang Wanjun's father was the mayor, it was only one o'clock, there was still much time left before dinner, "Where should I bring them to?" Zhao Hao was lost in thoughts.

What were they doing in the backseat?

"Lately, 'Brother Bo Lan' was really famous in Bilibili, the whole website was about him! They have made tons of parodies, there's really no song he couldn't sing! The singer Xu Ruoxuan had become a shoulder massager in these videos and she was shaking her head nonstop! It looks so funny too, so I did one… err… ahem."

"Hahaha, not only 'Bo Lan Bro', there is another one frustrating to ears, what's it called again? Something about three days three nights, three days jungling…[1] Oh, you mentioned you did something too right?"

"Oh nothing, do you have any favorite uploader in Bilibili?"

"Uploader? I only surf Bilibili for anime, since it is the only video platform website without advertisement. I will watch some funny videos too, but I rarely pay any attention to the uploader."

"Well… It's true that most people are like you when surfing Bilibili, just like those who watch anime or novels without knowing the authors."

"Why did you sound disappointed? I do pay close attention to the authors of novels and anime!"

"Oh? Why?"

Zhao Youyue was a bit tongue-tied. She could not say that the "Two Dimensional Gate" – had prompted her to pay attention to the authors.

Finally, Zhao Hao let out a sound of grudge, because he found out that his little sisters were ignoring him and having a wonderful time chit-chatting…

"Do you guys have any place in mind? Any suggestions?" Zhao Hao asked.

"Nope, I'm not interested in coming out in the first place, I'd rather play my PC." Zhang Wanjun replied without much consideration.

Zhao Youyue almost said, "I'm fine with my phone" but seeing the awkward expression on Zhao Hao's face, she suggested, "Let's go to the cinema, there's a comedy movie about Chinese New Year, the box office had already more than one billion tickets sold, it should be fun to watch!"

Zhang Wanjun twitched her mouth a little, because she could just watch it on her PC and thought that the more mainstream a movie was, the more boring it would be, but she had a good impression of Zhao Youyue, so she was not against the idea.

After Zhao Hao heard that suggestion, he was touched because his little cousin Zhao Youyue was indeed very normal, so he agreed to that idea and drove to Hongda Square. While driving there, he bragged about his relationship with Ding Yuncong, the richest man's son.

"So, big bro. Who is richer between you and Ding Yuncong?" Zhao Youyue smiled at him while asking.

Zhao Hao saw Zhao Youyue's smiling face in the mirror, he felt that this little cousin was cuter now! She was asking questions that allowed him to show off, unlike Zhang Wanjun who had never looked him in the face or calling him "big bro".

"Of course I'm richer! But I keep a low profile, I only posted some of my daily life photos on Weibo. I've never posted anything to gain favoritism from my fans, or become some manager in the entertainment field. Oh, Youyue Meimei, you could follow me on Weibo, search 'Zhao Hao King' will do." Zhao Hao said it with pride and confidence.

"Wow, you sure are amazing, big bro, richer than Ding Yuncong. Alright, lemme follow you on Weibo." Zhao Youyue said it naturally while reaching for her phone. "Eh? Wow, big bro, you have nearly 3.5 million followers on your Weibo, I've never expected that big bro is a famous internet idol."

Obviously, Zhao Hao was already drowned in his own vanity as Zhao Youyue kept calling him "Big Bro". He had developed a very good impression of his little cousin. No wonder his father was fond of her, she was good with her words, if only she could utter them with more emotions…

"Big sis, do you have Weibo as well? I want to follow yours too." She turned to Zhang Wanjun. Her EQ was indeed high, she made two of her cousins had a good impression of her in such a short period.

Zhang Wanjun did not tell her immediately but Zhao Hao could not hold the urge to speak as he wanted to show off in front of Zhang Wanjun, "Wanjun's Weibo is 'Black & White Z Mold', one of the famous uploaders in Bilibili, she has only more than a million followers, not even one third of mine!"

Translation Note:

[1] Three days three nights, three days jungling (三天三夜,三天打野) – a popular Chinese song.

Chapter 98 Which Choices to be Made?

"How much money did you spent on your zombie fans? For every post on my Weibo, the comments, shares and likes are at least ten times more than yours! What do you think, Zhao Ritian?" Zhang Wanjun twitched her mouth, saying that in her neutral tone, which was hard to tell whether it was a male or female voice while adjusting her frameless spectacles in style.

Zhao Hao let out a hollow laugh, "Hey! Why did you call me Zhao Ritian?"

"Don't call me Wanjun either, disgusting!"

"Ahem… Technically I'm still your cousin by blood, I can give anything you want."

"I'm one of the famous uploaders in Bilibili, do you seriously think that I would lack of anything? Besides, I'm not interested in sports cars or luxury watches either, I can buy my own PC, games and limited edition merchandise by myself."

"Alright, alright, you win! But you've never played 'LoL'!"

"That game is too mainstream, yet it's a rip-off of another game, it will ruin my reputation."

"But still it is the most played game in the world!"

"And yet your lousy team had never been qualified for the LPL, I've only seen them took part once."

"Oh ho? You've been paying attention to my lousy team?"

"I only wanted to see how you failed miserably, and how's the feeling of wasting money on nothing? It seems to have no impact on you, since you got plenty of money."

"Of course not! Going after girls with money is the best, those girls are unlike you who doesn't have any ladylike features."

"A scumbag like you is destined to get butchered with nice boat ending."

"Here we go again, what the heck are you talking about?"

Both of them were insulting each other with sarcasm, like they always did, they appeared to be arguing. Zhao Youyue decided not to stop them after listening to the duo carefully, it sounded merely like a normal conversation between them. Thus, she ignored them and started playing with her phone.

They had been quarrelling until they reached their destination, then they only realized that there was still a person onboard. Both of them apologized to Zhao Youyue embarrassingly.

"Big bro and big sis are amazing, I'm fine with just playing my phone alone. I'm gonna watch big sis's video when I go back, it should be exciting since big sis has so many fans!"

Zhang Wanjun clung to Zhao Youyue's arm, feeling that her little sister was really great. She also warned Zhao Youyue about scumbag Zhao Hao, wanting her to stay away from this terrible rich 2G.

Zhao Hao decided to overlook this matter to avoid arguing with Zhang Wanjun. He realized that there was still one hour left before the movie when he bought the tickets by his phone. He could not just spend that one hour with them in front of a UFO catcher, right?

Zhang Wanjun suggested them to go cyber cafe for killing time, Zhao Hao agreed with it. He then realized that Zhao Youyue was still a minor, but she assured them that she would be alright by just sitting beside them while playing with her phone. This had made Zhao Hao liked his little cousin even more. After that they went to the cyber cafe.

Before reaching the cafe, Zhao Youyue suddenly remembered the scene of riding in a limo to the cyber café in "The Strongest King". It did not seem ridiculous after all, she chuckled.

Zhang Wanjun revealed her "internet addict lady" self when she sat down in front of a computer, ignoring everything around her. Where did her "disciplined" attitude go to?

Zhao Hao was not impatient like Zhang Wanjun. He bought three bottles of drinks, then he placed one bottle at Zhang Wanjun's desk and gave another bottle to Zhao Youyue to show that he cared for her. "Do you know how to play 'LoL', Youyue Meimei?" Zhao Hao asked.

"A little bit." Zhao Youyue answered honestly.

"A little bit is all it takes, when you wish to climb up the ranking, your big bro can ask for some professional player to carry you! You know that player named Guang Chang? The best jungling player in the whole server, one of the three big shots, I can summon him to assist you!" Zhao Hao was showing off as usual, little did he know that the actual Guang Chang had become neither a dreamer nor a loser.

"Wow, big bro surely is amazing!" Zhao Youyue was simply going along with it, in fact she did not have a single clue who this Guang Chang was.

"Hahaha, I love hearing it! Youyue Meimei, you're much easier to get along compared to Wanjun. Where do you wanna go during this year's summer holidays, I'll take you there with my dad's private jet!"

Zhao Hao proceeded to boot up his PC and launched "LoL". While waiting for a matchup in ranking match, he opened up Baidu and search for "The Strongest King". He then started reading the pirated version of the novel.

This was actually the first time Zhao Hao got addicted to reading a web novel. This novel was recommended by one of his teammates, he could not stop himself from reading such a masterpiece!

He did not read the novel recently, so he was a few chapters behind. The readers' response was exceptional because the storyline was about Lin Feng meeting up with Yu Shengfan in real life, one of the long-awaited upsurge plots! As he could no longer wait to satisfy his urge of reading.

"You own a private jet yet you're reading pirated novel!" Zhao Youyue complained with a disgusted face.

"Is there any difference? I always search on Baidu and clicked on the first result." Zhao Hao was confused. He was extremely embarrassed when he saw Zhao Youyue showing her face of despising someone for the first time.

"All the original web novels are at Qidian! You have to subscribe before you can read the latest chapter, it only costs ten cents per chapter! Big bro, are you that poor to read pirated novel instead of original?"

"Err… I really don't know." Zhao Hao was trying to find an excuse. In fact, he was aware of it, but he felt troublesome because he thought that there was no difference between them, same contents.

To avoid being despised by Zhao Youyue, he created an account in Qidian following her instructions, with his ID named "ImYouyueHerBrother". He started to read the original novel, "The Strongest King" for the first time.

Zhao Youyue rolled her eyes upon seeing his ID, but she never uttered a word. She proceeded to brag to her cousin Zhao Hao, saying that she had rewarded a Silver Sect Master to the manga "The Strongest King", which costs around 10,000 RMB and she was the first in the fan ranking for the novel too, with almost 500,000 fan points.

After seeing "Youyue" at the first place in the fan ranking, he felt uneasy. This little cousin of his… Was she showing off her wealth in front of him? She had even mocked him for being poor, he was not going to tolerate this insult.

Zhao Hao could not stand to witness anyone showing off their wealth in front of him, not even Ding Yuncong, he would definitely counter them!

"What is Silver Sect Master when there is a Golden Sect Master which costs 100,000 RMB? Just you wait, your big bro's gonna reward a Golden Sect Master, it's just 100,000 RMB!" Zhao Hao was smiling confidently while topping up 200,000 RMB in his newly registered account. He saw the titles of Silver and Golden Sect Master were untaken in "The Strongest King" novel, so he wanted to take them for himself.

To Zhao Hao, the tip function was meant for him to show off. The money he tipped those female streamers on Douyu were more than millions, of course he had tasted the great relish of those female streamers as well. For only 100,000 RMB, he could secure his first fan ranking in these web novels, it was definitely cheap!

Zhao Youyue was surprised when Zhao Hao gave a tip of Silver Sect Master at first.

With emotions surging, feeling regrets for not showing up earlier, even though a million was a large sum, it was still not enough to express my genuine feelings! "ImYouyueHerBrother" has tipped "Rosemary" 1,000,000 Qidian coins! The story was absolutely amazing! My friends and I were stunned! This is my one-million reward, keep striving dear author!

When Zhao Hao saw his little cousin Zhao Youyue had not recovered from the shock, he was extremely excited, with his vanity going way over the chart. He then gave another Golden Sect Master without delay.

Exciting contents infused with mixed feelings, hopefully this golden pen award would help master in his writing career!

"ImYouyueHerBrother" had tipped "Rosemary" 10,000,000 Qidian coins! I am deeply moved at this moment! This book was so amusing that it made me speechless! Dude, it was absolutely marvellous!

At this moment, both Qidian website and Qidian mobile app, had displayed a notice, "ImYouyueHerBrother" huge amount of award, had caused a scene in Qidian today!

Silver Sect Master was still pretty common in this prosperous era, 10,000 RMB no longer had its previous value in these days, but a Golden Sect Master was still very rare, because its value was 100,000! Despite of value inflation, it was still 100,000 RMB!

Only a rich 2G like Zhao Hao could do it without any hesitation. He did not even care about the money value, as even his gaming equipment had cost him a few millions.

As "The Strongest King" was fighting against ballot riggers in the Monthly Tickets Ranking, with the award of Golden Sect Master, it became the first on the Monthly Tickets Ranking!

Suddenly, Zhao Youyue was reminded by the "Two Dimensional Gate" that "Yu Shengfan" was already a "high popularity character card" with a duration of three years if she decided to exit now! She would acquire that character card "charged" up to ten years because the novel might turn into animation or even a live play!

What choices would she make?

Chapter end