Chapter 5: My Heart Can't Take It

At eight o'clock, as promised, Lin Zijin arrived, and the stream quickly came to life with her image.

"Goddess! Goddess!!"

"At last, I've waited so long for you, my goddess!"

"Qingqing Zijin, the most beautiful goddess!"

"I love you, Sister Zijin..."

As soon as Lin Zijin went live, the chat erupted, a flood of white messages streaming across the screen.

Watching the endless commentary, Yang Hao shook his head inwardly.

Not a shred of originality.

Without delay, Yang Hao sent a rocket gift; most of the fans fell silent. The wild barrage of comments seemed to vanish in an instant.

Those who knew Yang Hao understood—a special moment was coming, the boss was about to appear.

"Zijin, Zijin, I love you like a mouse loves rice!"

Among the scattered messages, a bright red one floated by, especially eye-catching.

When this comment appeared, the fans were stunned. They had expected Huiyou Bro to crack some risqué jokes or cold puns, but instead, he was flattering the goddess.

"666, Huiyou Bro, you've set a new low for shamelessness."

"Respect, respect, the boss is untouchable."

"Wow, what a pure and unadulterated piece of flattery."

"Please, stop showing off, my eyes can't take it..."

After Yang Hao's comment, the stream became lively again, with many mocking his shamelessness.

In response, Yang Hao silently gave them the finger.

Amid the uproar, Lin Zijin opened the PUBG client and logged in.

At the same time, Yang Hao quickly switched to his own desktop and launched PUBG as well.

He had already logged into the game before entering the stream, and as soon as Lin Zijin's ID lit up in his friend list, Yang Hao instantly sent her a duo invitation.

"Damn, Huiyou Bro, you're at it again."

"So jealous of the boss, I want a spot on the goddess's friend list too."

"Next up, a documentary: Huiyou Bro's Nth Persistence."

"Give it up, Huiyou Bro, you don't stand a chance."

Seeing Lin Zijin’s client pop up with a duo request, the viewers burst into laughter.

They had seen this scene countless times before.

And every time, the outcome was always the same.

Sure enough!

Just as this thought crossed their minds, Yang Hao's duo request was instantly rejected by Lin Zijin.

"Hahaha, told you, not a chance!"

"Just accept it, Huiyou Bro."

"Believe in yourself—but you really can't do it!"

"Ah, another broken heart."

"Jealous you have a spot on her list, but suddenly, everything feels all right again."

"Heh, whether you have it or not, the result’s always the same."

Yet, though rejected countless times, Yang Hao still refused to give up.

He would not yield.

Duo request!

Rejected!

Duo request!

Reje—

On and on.

No one knew how many times he'd been rejected, but when Lin Zijin saw yet another duo request pop up from Yang Hao, she couldn't help but recall the lonely figure who walked away yesterday. For some reason, her heart softened, and she clicked "accept."

Whoosh!

While the audience was still making fun of Yang Hao, they suddenly saw the screen change—a male character appeared in Lin Zijin's game interface.

Gasp...

She accepted?!

Instantly, the chat exploded in a frenzy.

Since Lin Zijin started streaming, aside from Ling Xue’er, Lu Ziqi, and Shen Muxi, they had never seen her team up with anyone else.

And now, she actually agreed!

Countless viewers were left utterly dumbfounded...

Meanwhile, Yang Hao was overjoyed and shouted in excitement, "Wife, I knew you loved me!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than he saw his screen change—Lin Zijin had left his team.

Caught off guard, Yang Hao froze.

The next second, as realization dawned, he couldn't help but want to slap himself.

Why did he have to shout that?

It was all his own fault for running his mouth.

Great, now he’d scared her off...

Yang Hao felt wounded.

It seemed his month-long efforts had all been in vain.

Meanwhile—

The viewers in the stream were howling with laughter.

"Hahahaha, see? The goddess would never accept your invitation."

"She must have slipped—definitely a misclick, hahahaha..."

"Aaaaah! Huiyou Bro, you owe me a new keyboard. I just bought this mechanical one, and now it’s soaked!"

"Pfft, I laughed so hard I sprayed my '82 cola everywhere."

Faced with the audience’s mockery, Yang Hao felt deeply frustrated.

They seemed to forget who was their leader, mocking him over such a trivial matter.

Was it so shameful to be rejected by Zijin?

He’d been rejected by her more times than he could count since childhood.

But did he ever back down?

Never!

He was still giving it his all.

Still sending invitations...

Seeing the comments just now had hurt, but Yang Hao quickly pulled himself together.

Without a strong ability to bounce back, how could he ever win his wife?

Never forget—he was the indestructible cockroach.

Just as he finished consoling himself, a team invitation suddenly popped up, making his heart skip a beat.

"Qingqing Zijin!"

That ID was one Yang Hao would never forget.

Without the slightest hesitation, he outdid himself, accepting Lin Zijin's invitation with the hand speed of a bachelor of twenty-one years.

Once in the team, Yang Hao quickly noticed—it was a squad.

Besides himself and Lin Zijin, there were two others, with the IDs "Ling Xue" and "Lu Qi."

He recognized both—Ling Xue’er and Lu Ziqi.

"Hello, hello, can you hear me?"

Suppressing his inner elation, Yang Hao joined the voice room Lin Zijin had created and spoke in the team channel.

"Hey, that voice sounds so familiar!"

"Yuyou My Heart—that's Zijin's number one fan, isn't it?"

Besides Lin Zijin, both Ling Xue’er and Lu Ziqi had their own streams open on Tomato TV. After being pulled into the team by Lin Zijin and seeing her bring in a player named "Yuyou My Heart," they were taken aback.

And at the sound of Yang Hao's voice, the sense of familiarity deepened.

Meanwhile—

In Lin Zijin's stream, the audience who had just been mocking Yang Hao saw him reappear in her team, now joined by Ling Xue’er and Lu Ziqi, and were left speechless.

The onlookers and jesters were once again bewildered.

What was happening now?

Wasn't it just a misclick before?

Twists and turns, ups and downs—Yang Hao was back on the team, leaving many fans in despair.

What on earth was happening in this world?

Their hearts couldn’t take it...