Chapter 140: I'm Planning to Head Out Too (Third Update!)

The live stream was ongoing.

Following Yang Hao's departure, the next preliminary match was about to begin. Xiao Qi, sitting at the caster desk, cleared his throat and said with a smile, "Thanks to Brother Bluff for dropping by. The next preliminary match is about to start. Are you all looking forward to it?"

With this remark, Xiao Qi beamed with a smile, eagerly awaiting an enthusiastic response from the audience.

However.

The very next instant.

When his gaze swept across the bullet comments flying across the screen, he stood there looking completely dumbfounded.

"I'm out of here, you guys carry on."
"Brothers, it's time to prepare for a tactical retreat."
"Retreat, retreat, retreat! Let's go follow in the footsteps of Brother Bluff together."
"Brother Bluff, walk a bit slower, we're coming!"
"Brother Bluff, wait for us!"

A sweeping glance revealed that comments of this exact nature occupied a remarkably large proportion of the screen.

Before he could even figure out how to respond, he noticed that the real-time online viewership in the backend data was plunging at an alarmingly terrifying speed.

In the blink of an eye, well over half of the people originally watching the match had simply vanished.

Xiao Qi was completely bewildered!

What on earth was going on here?

Everything had been fine, and the next preliminary match was about to start; why did so many people suddenly leave just like that?

Suddenly, as the bullet comments he had just seen flashed back through his mind, a sharp pain struck his forehead.

Damn it, was it you again?

Recalling Brother Bluff, who had just departed, Xiao Qi finally found the root cause.

It was definitely this scoundrel who had led them all astray.

Originally, a huge portion of the audience tuning into this tournament were Lin Zicheng's fans. Once the first preliminary match ended and Lin Zicheng advanced to the next stage, she naturally would no longer appear in the subsequent preliminary matches.

Xiao Qi had anticipated that without Lin Zicheng, a certain number of viewers who came specifically for her would naturally leave.

However, not everyone would leave.

At least a portion of them might choose to stay and watch the rest of the matches.

That was indeed the case in reality.

This was precisely one of the benefits that Lin Zicheng's appearance had brought to this tournament event.

Yet.

When Yang Hao made his appearance, acted silly in the stream for a while, and got the audience fully engaged in a lively interaction, this guy just walked out.

Xiao Qi hadn't cared too much about his departure at first.

It was just that because of him, a large number of people had actually followed him out the door.

This was something Xiao Qi had completely failed to anticipate and found utterly baffling.

He simply couldn't wrap his head around it.

Still, he knew for a fact that the departure of these people was definitely connected to Yang Hao.

If not for him, what other reason could there possibly be?

Xiao Qi was left speechless.

He had thought that the appearance of Brother Bluff would invigorate the stream's atmosphere, but he never expected that while the atmosphere was indeed invigorated, it also swept away a vast number of viewers.

This was undoubtedly the most depressing part for Xiao Qi.

Did Brother Bluff have a personal grudge against him?

Otherwise, why did it feel like Brother Bluff was constantly working against him?

From that previous match up until just now.

Yang Hao, having already left the live stream, had no idea what had happened afterward.

Even if he did know, he wouldn't feel a shred of remorse.

On what grounds should he?

Legs grew on other people; whether the audience chose to stay or go, what did it have to do with him?

Yang Hao maintained that he refused to carry this unwarranted blame.

Yet, upon second thought, Yang Hao still felt a slight twinge of guilt.

Because of him, he seemed to have dropped a remark he shouldn't have.

Specifically, the parting words he left behind before exiting.

Normally, whenever Yang Hao uttered those words, it essentially served as the command for dismissal.

Usually, at that point, the crowd gathered in Lin Zicheng's stream would simply disperse on their own after Yang Hao left.

He just hadn't expected that when he habitually dropped that line this time, quite a few people would actually slip away right along with him.

Shutting down his computer, Yang Hao checked the time, then picked up the keys on his desk and headed down to the garage alone.

Parked in the garage was a red BMW X3.

At first glance, this red car clearly didn't belong to Yang Hao; it was the one he had picked up from Lin Zicheng yesterday.

Word had it that this car was Lu Ziqi's personal ride, but given that they didn't use it much for the time being, it had been temporarily handed over to his control.

This probably counted as a vehicle assigned by Lin Zicheng to her dedicated, heartwarming chef.

Yang Hao thought to himself secretly.

The price of this car wasn't cheap, but for Lu Ziqi, who was also a professional player, it was nothing extraordinary.

With her earnings over the past two years, buying a car like this was more than affordable.

Of course, that wasn't what Yang Hao cared about.

Right now, he was getting ready to drive out and do some grocery shopping to restock the ingredients in the refrigerator.

Pulling out the keys, Yang Hao quickly settled into the driver's seat.

While the car belonged to Lu Ziqi, handing it over to him had been Lin Zicheng's idea.

Besides, although the meals he cooked everyday were primarily for Lin Zicheng, he never left Lu Ziqi and the others out.

Therefore, driving this car, Yang Hao felt completely at ease.

Starting the engine, Yang Hao didn't leave the residential complex immediately; instead, he drove the car right beneath Lin Zicheng's building.

As the sound of a vehicle echoed from downstairs, the people upstairs quickly stirred into motion.

Long before Yang Hao drove over, they had already noticed him from above.

The door opened.

The person standing at the entrance was still Ling Xueer, leaving Yang Hao feeling somewhat disappointed.

Realizing that Lin Zicheng was still too shy to face him.

Yang Hao felt quite glum.

"I'm heading out to buy some groceries, do you guys need me to pick up anything?" Seeing that Lin Zicheng didn't appear, Yang Hao asked out of routine.

"Get me some snacks!" Ling Xueer giggled.

"Anything else?"

Yang Hao glanced at her and asked once more.

As a resident "little spy," how could Ling Xueer not understand what Yang Hao was driving at? She could only helplessly spread her hands.

Regarding Lin Zicheng's current state of mind, even Ling Xueer was starting to find her a bit incomprehensible.

"Oh right, I want to have sweet and sour fish for dinner tonight."

Seeing that Yang Hao seemed a bit distracted, Ling Xueer couldn't help but pitch in anyway.

She hadn't forgotten that she had secretly leaked some intelligence to Yang Hao yesterday, and as the meritorious contributor, she naturally had her eyes on her "reward."

In response, Yang Hao nodded without saying a word.

Judging by his reaction, he had clearly agreed, bringing a hint of a smile to Ling Xueer's eyes.

Tonight, she would get to feast to her heart's content once more.

Right at that moment, a soft sound of footsteps drifted from the direction of the staircase.

The footsteps were very light, but Yang Hao still caught them.

Seeing the graceful figure appearing by the stairs, Yang Hao's eyes lit up, and his previously dormant heart suddenly began to flutter.

She had appeared.

Lin Zicheng walked downstairs, her gaze quickly locking onto Yang Hao, who had just been conversing with Ling Xueer. Shifting her eyes slightly, she walked directly toward them.

"Are you going out?"

Glancing at Yang Hao, Lin Zicheng took the initiative to ask.

"Just going to grab a few things!" Yang Hao smiled.

"What a coincidence, I'm planning to head out too. Did you drive?"

"I drove, I drove..."

"What are you standing there for? Let's go!"

"Oh..."