Chapter 489: Truly a Primordial Abstract Holy Body

Evil Little Kitten, you're actually a man of your word!

Said you'd cosplay Li Xin, and you really didn't cut corners.

After finishing the recording of "Five Ha," that same night she went all out on Bai Liang with advanced tech and flashy tricks.

As for imitation shows, one aspect is physical resemblance—the closer you look, the better the performance.

In this regard, Evil Little Kitten is exceptionally skilled, blessed with uniquely favorable conditions.

After all, the nickname "Saoji Sisters" isn't given for nothing.

But on the other hand, mere resemblance isn't enough—you must capture the essence, in plain terms, you must have that vibe.

This depends on your understanding of the character, testing professional skill and acting ability!

We don't know why, but this Evil Little Kitten studied Li Xin so thoroughly she even did her own makeup, adding even more resemblance to her already similar face.

"What should you call me now?"

Half-shoulder exposed, holding a bottle of champagne, Evil Little Kitten stared at Bai Liang, whose eyes seemed glazed over, and silently cursed: Hmph~ Stupid man!

Yet, she realized she didn't mind it much—actually, it felt a bit perverted, enjoying the sensation of playing someone else, finding it thrilling—so utterly evil!

They say there are wrong names, but no wrong nicknames.

This male fox calling her "Evil Little Kitten" isn't without reason, Li Yitong thought.

"Weren't you secretly amused just now?" Bai Liang suddenly asked.

"Huh?"

After staring at each other blankly for a few seconds, Li Yitong understood his meaning and sighed helplessly.

"Oh no, my eyes are such a traitor!"

That's right—when she felt amused just now, her crescent eyes appeared.

The moment that unmistakable trait showed up, her role-play was declared a total failure!

Just as she pouted, feeling all her effort was wasted, she noticed a little thief sneaking his hand onto her shoulder—so smooth~

A faint tingling sent goosebumps through Li Yitong, and she gave Bai Liang a light glare.

That glance instantly made him understand—they'd known each other long enough to have perfect chemistry.

When a girl glares at you, sometimes it means get lost, sometimes it means move your hand closer~

After Bai Liang did just that, Li Yitong bit her lip and muttered: "Male fox, dirty pervert~"

She scolded him, but she'd never stop him or pull away.

After all, isn't scolding a kind of foreplay?

When he lifted her up by the waist and she wrapped her arms around his neck, Li Yitong groaned: "I messed up playing her, and you're still this excited? You like her that much? Call her over— if it's you, she'd fly here from anywhere."

"Don't watch all these weird online things," Bai Liang said helplessly.

"Fly here from anywhere"? Sounds like an airborne troop.

If Li Xin knew Evil Little Kitten was talking shit about her, she'd probably crack that champagne bottle over her head.

"So you're really excited—you lifted me up, didn't you?"

Bai Liang: More talk, I like it.

In this Evil Little Kitten's mouth, he's practically half Superman already.

Lifted me up—next will he pick me up too?

After carrying her to bed, Bai Liang finally said: "You didn't play her well, so my reaction isn't because of Li Xin."

"Then who is it because of?"

Though she knew the answer, Li Yitong insisted on asking—her voice had already softened, revealing she'd lost interest in discussing this.

The next morning.

"Sister, good morning!"

"Morning, Xiao Tian~" Li Yitong leaned against the headboard, languid, watching Xiao Tian, full of energy even this early, feeling a touch of envy.

A few years ago, she was just as energetic—no matter how late she and Bai Liang stayed up, she'd drop right to sleep and wake up ready to cause trouble.

There'd probably even be morning workouts.

Now she didn't even know when Bai Liang left—she slept like a dead pig.

"Hurry up and wash up, Sister—Xiao Bai's breakfast is getting cold."

Xiao Tian was quite familiar with this routine—whenever Bai Liang was on set, she'd spend three, four, five, even six days a week unable to sleep with her Tongtong sister.

Every morning, she'd find her sister looking exhausted yet deeply relaxed.

At first, she'd be shocked, embarrassed—once, when they went at it especially hard, the battlefield was a mess, leaving her face burning red.

But over time, she got used to it~

Sometimes, if she didn't smell those faint strange odors in the room when she arrived, she'd feel something was off.

Occasionally, arriving early, she'd catch Bai Liang bare-chested, wearing only his shorts.

This "forced" her to adopt an early-to-bed, early-to-rise habit—especially when sleeping alone, she'd practically sit in the living room by five a. m.

Yes, she had a key to Li Yitong's room~ So she could directly enter the "crime scene" and wait patiently.

Nowadays, young people all love staying up late, but Xiao Tian used to be no different—yet because of this, her schedule is now so healthy it's terrifying, like an elderly person's.

No wonder she's always full of energy—every day she's bursting with vitality, even her period became regular and heavy.

So Li Yitong didn't know that Xiao Tian had actually been there for nearly an hour.

She no longer woke up early to cause trouble like before, but she was, in a way, "the next generation."

"The soy milk tastes a bit beany today," Li Yitong said, sipping it casually.

Xiao Tian sucked on her straw: "It's supposed to taste like that without sugar—pure and original."

"You really like drinking it, huh~"

"Not bad." Dou Xiao Tian kept her head down, slurping her soy milk vigorously, finishing it in a few gulps.

"Here, since you like it so much, I'll give you mine too~" Li Yitong handed her cup to Dou Xiao Tian.

Dou Xiao Tian didn't care at all that the thick straw had been used by Li Yitong and was still wet with her saliva—she took it and drank~

After all, the two of them were lifelong best friends.

"By the way, Xiao Tian, when you arrived, had he already left?"

"Mm-hmm."

"That jerk… if he hadn't even bought breakfast, he'd be a total scumbag—just take and leave," Li Yitong complained, but seeing Xiao Tian was still there, she held back from saying anything too violent.

But Dou Xiao Tian defended Bai Liang: "Brother should be at the airport now—he took another day off today."

"Another day off? When will we ever finish shooting this drama~?" Li Yitong wailed in place.

Facing Tongtong's insincere complaint, Dou Xiao Tian didn't call her out.

What did she really want—to finish shooting sooner? She'd rather it dragged on forever.

In fact, the original shooting schedule for "The Son-in-Law" had been very generous; even with Bai Liang constantly taking leave for promotional events, the filming progress wasn't delayed much.

Now his acting had reached a near-perfect state. Dou Xiao Tian, a conservatory graduate, had watched all of Bai Liang's works and could clearly sense the differences.

At first, his acting still showed signs of effort, but for a newcomer, it was already excellent. Even Dou Xiao Tian, who had graduated from conservatory and acted for two years, now didn't think she could match Bai Liang's performance back when he first debuted.

As time passed, in different roles, Bai Liang's performances seemed barely different—his fans praised it as: "born with talent, peaked at debut."

But in reality, his acting grew increasingly natural and effortless—hard to describe, but the traces of performance became harder and harder to detect.

Terrifying talent!

"Tongtong sis, does brother have anything he's not good at?" Dou Xiao Tian couldn't help asking.

This question made Li Yitong pause, then uncertainly replied: "Probably… but don't say that to him—he'll just show off if you compliment him."

"He's not really like that."

"He's just showing off on purpose—give him a ray of sunlight and he'll blaze up for you. So annoying," Li Yitong said, though her face beamed with a smile.

But then she remembered something: "Well, not entirely—he says he's bad at Go."

"Really?" Dou Xiao Tian tilted her head, recalling how Bai Liang looked online playing Go—so serious, not at all like a beginner, full of presence.

But after secretly observing many games, she noticed: whenever Bai Liang played seriously and with intensity, he usually lost; when he played lazily and carelessly, he never lost a single game.

"Yeah, he says so. I don't understand Go, but he really does seem… bad but loves to play," Li Yitong said uncertainly.

That question got a partial answer that same day.

Because Ying Jiang went viral.

Bai Liang's role as a companion player with Hearing Hearing Lu Han on the show hadn't been exposed yet, but Ying Jiang's breakdown and absurd behavior during her livestream, after initially spreading in small circles, suddenly exploded beyond them.

Just like Ying Jiang herself had become a clickbait during her livestream, some opportunistic marketing accounts, drawn by the "Bai Liang and Hearing Hearing Lu Han" companion players, jumped on the trend.

It was a matter of perfect timing, geography, and human factors.

Earlier, on "Heart Signal," Bai Liang and Sister Reba had openly flaunted their affection, triggering wild celebrations across several circles.

The Go community had also benefited from some traffic—even though Bai Liang claimed he was bad at Go.

That's what a top streamer does—even a tiny leak is enough to feed entire niche communities.

Added to that, Sister Reba's gift of the expensive Go set made from Hetian jade had stayed on trending lists for a long time.

Under these circumstances, Bai Liang, Go, and the professional female player crying—these elements linked together already formed the essential conditions for breaking out of the niche!

Of course, conditions arriving doesn't guarantee you'll seize them.

Ying Jiang truly was a born abstract saint.

After being crushed by Bai Liang and losing a huge amount of coins, she sobbed uncontrollably in her livestream—heartbroken.

If "Bai Liang and Hearing Hearing Lu Han" appearing was timing, and her own absurdity was geography, then at this moment, "human factors" arrived.

Seeing that a professional player couldn't even beat a companion player, some Go enthusiasts who rushed over mocked Ying Jiang's skill and challenged her to matches.

But these people were utterly defeated by the weeping Ying Jiang.

Her operation of crying while brutally crushing her opponent became the final puzzle piece in Ying Jiang's breakout livestream.

The popularity suddenly exploded!

"She cries so compellingly—crying while hitting so hard. Only a professional Go player could be this fierce!"

"No way, really? People think Ying Jiang's a noob? The word 'professional' isn't just for show."

"Bai Liang and Hearing Hearing Lu Han hahaha, this is hilarious—do companion players now need to be this outrageous? The showmanship is insane!"

"Now I feel the companion player industry is full of hidden talents—just like the food delivery industry, any random person who pops up can beat a professional Go player."

"I won't comment on 'Hearing Hearing Lu Han'—he says very little—but 'Bai Liang'… this kid's suspicious. Is he cheating?"

"Maybe. But Ying Jiang said his playing style felt familiar—she'd played him before. Probably not cheating."

"Here's a creepy story: this guy claims he's Bai Liang, and the real Bai Liang plays Go too. Could there be a chance…?"

"Impossible! If it were the real Bai Liang, how could he beat Ying Jiang? He said he couldn't even beat amateur 2-dan."

"Normally, celebrities inflate their skills by five or six points and claim ten—but saying he can't beat 2-dan might mean he's just an average hobbyist. But Bai Bai Daxian? You can't predict him—he's just weird."

"Wait—when Bai Liang said he couldn't beat 2-dan, did he specifically mean amateur 2-dan?"

"Holy shit—he didn't specify, but it should be amateur. I saw the subtitles on the show used the Arabic numeral '2'—if it were professional 2-dan, they'd write the Chinese character '二'. That's the key difference."

"Then the question is—did the show's editing team know this distinction?"

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The debate over whether "Bai Liang" was the real Bai Liang sparked brief interest but didn't escalate much.

Because most people thought the real Bai Liang wouldn't be this boring~

Of course, given his lack of seriousness, he might actually be this boring—but if "Bai Liang" was real, what about "Hearing Hearing Lu Han"?

Rational observers used Hearing Hearing Lu Han as a reason to rule out the possibility that the companion player was the real Bai Liang.

Hey, the second use of Hearing Hearing Lu Han is right here.

But originally, "Bai Liang and Hearing Hearing Lu Han" were just used by those slice-and-dice types to ride the trend; the real focus was still on Ying Jiang's explosive live-streaming effect.

It was just tough on that companion platform.

After Ying Jiang suddenly broke out and went viral, many people followed the scent to find the same companion app Ying Jiang used, explicitly requesting Bai Liang and Hearing Hearing Lu Han.

Some were just there for the spectacle; others were young ladies who also wanted to experience the feeling of being coddled like Ying Jiang was while gaming.

Faced with this flood of traffic, the companion platform was numb—they simply couldn't find them.

Bai Liang and Hearing Hearing Lu Han could never register under their real identities; they used the identities of the show's director and assistant director.

If they were regular staff, the platform might have gotten some slip-ups when contacting them.

But the director and others had zero chance of leaking anything.

They naturally noticed this, but their show didn't need to ride the traffic of some small streamer.

Once the show aired, let the viewers discover it themselves—it would be a hidden surprise.

If that small streamer's traffic hadn't dropped by then, they'd give her an even greater fortune.

After all, from the show's perspective, the entertainment effect was truly excellent.

At this moment, Ying Jiang, staring at her live room's audience count multiplied many times over, felt a bit embarrassed.

How come so many people showed up after just two days?

"When does the streamer cry? Why should I cry? What's this nonsense about a female streamer being cried over by a companion? Let me tell you, that guy is definitely not an ordinary companion!"

"Is 'Ying Jiang' a stage name? My ID card says this name—it's my real name! Where's the abstraction?"

"And what about Bai Liang and Hearing Hearing Lu Han's fans? I don't know if those two are real or fake—probably fake, right? Why would they be so bored as to come here and flood me with coins?"

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Faced with this sudden surge of traffic, Ying Jiang didn't lose her composure like Fan Jin upon passing the imperial exam; instead, she calmly and gracefully answered questions.

But when she saw some of Bai Liang's entertainment fans saying things like, "The Great Immortal really is this bored," she couldn't quite hold it together.

Are they real or not?

Honestly, this made her a little frightened—if they were fake, it was just good show effect.

If they were real… Bai Liang's absurdly massive traffic might be more than this small streamer could handle.

The fan circles are far more complicated than the Go circles.

As a professional Go player, Ying Jiang's mind was still sharp; before considering the benefits, she first weighed the downsides.

Of course, whether real or not, it wasn't something she could choose right now.

But just as she was thinking about this, a sudden string of gift donations left her speechless again.

Streaming really makes way more money than playing Go!

"New top donor, want to play a game? I don't have any other talents," Ying Jiang said with a grin.

But this newly emerged top donor simply left a cold, detached "Next time for sure," and vanished.

The scene became profoundly abstract—the entire live room descended into chaos.

(End of Chapter)