The monthly fee for becoming a guardian is a thousand.
So how much is it to renew for a hundred years?
A class representative in math quickly calculated the answer.
"One million two hundred thousand!****, tycoon, please accept my kneel!"
"Bro, I have a sister who's prettier than the host. Are you interested? I can introduce you."
"My twin sister and I have never been in love, bro, can we get to know each other?"
"Get lost! Damn, I really shouldn't have looked; give me back my eyes!"
"A man becomes an immortal after ten thousand years, a mortal life is but a hundred years, is this the way tycoons declare their love? I'm impressed."
...
The barrage of comments was overwhelming, but Jiang Chen could no longer see them. After renewing his guardianship for a hundred years, he left the live broadcast room.
In just two evenings, two million had vanished into thin air; he did this not because he was stupidly rich.
He had thoroughly researched the usage instructions for the gold meant for fawning.
If he could successfully woo Li Shuru, then the money he spent on Li Shuru would be refunded by one-tenth the moment the mission was completed.
In other words,
The more he spent on Li Shuru now, the higher his returns would be later on.
If Li Shuru's affection for him reached 90 tomorrow, then he could get a refund of over two hundred thousand.
For him, Li Shuru was akin to a financial product; the greater the investment, the higher the returns, and of course, he had to find ways to lavish money on her.
Of course.
"Investment" is investment, but you still have to be mindful of the extent. These days, although those willing to drop millions to support a female host are rare, they do exist, but from now on, he would probably need to reel it in a bit.
Throwing a fortune to win a beauty's smile occasionally is romantic, but if it's done every day, it arouses suspicion.
Jiang Chen didn't want to attract the attention of the authorities before he even got his hands on the money.
"13726******, this is my phone number."
As expected.
Li Shuru quickly sent another private message.
But this time, the admired beauty of the arts college was a bit smarter, not uttering any nonsense and just providing her contact information.
Although she took the initiative, she also showed the right amount of restraint.
Jiang Chen's lips curved slightly upward as he closed his phone and slipped it into his pocket.
"Xiao Bai, what are you watching on TV?"
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Elsewhere.
With Li Shuru ending the live broadcast, Xu Siyi and the other two girls, who had been unable to contain themselves, quickly gathered around.
"Shu Rui, don't you never dance in the dorm?"
Indeed.
Although Li Shuru often live-streamed from the dorm, due to the environment, she rarely danced during these streams.
"And why did you dance so..."
Hesitant, Guo Ran still stammered out, "...so provocatively?"
They noticed Li Shuru's dance moves and were all astonished.
Forget men; even they, the girls, felt their hearts racing and faces blushing upon seeing those moves.
Li Shuru's cheeks flushed slightly, though her roommates all knew she was a host, it was one thing for them to know and another to see it themselves.
And the dance she had just performed was indeed too...
"Really?"
Li Shuru feigned composure.
"Of course!"
Zheng Jingjing nodded vigorously, "I felt hot all over just by watching!"
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
Li Shuru felt even more embarrassed and pretended to be natural, "If they want to watch, what can I do about it?"
Zheng Jingjing and the girls naturally knew that "they" referred to the fans in the live broadcast room.
"They're always clamoring to see it, why didn't you dance in the dorm before?"
Xu Siyi's eyes moved, not so easily fooled; she suspiciously watched her roommate who was obviously acting out of character.
"Those people also want your personal clothes and stockings; why don't you give them those?"
If this had been before, Li Shuru might not have cared, after all, they were all girls and sisters who had lived together for years, and they had made even more extreme jokes. But today, perhaps because she felt guilty, she felt inexplicably embarrassed.
"It's just a dance, do you really need to make such a fuss?"
She tried to dodge the question with a light answer, hoping to brush it off, but Xu Siyi and the other two girls were not so easily dismissed.
"Shu Rui, there's something off about you..."
Zheng Jingjing spoke as though she held great insight, her eyes like torches that could penetrate the human heart.
"Plus, you suddenly gave us SK2 today. Shu Rui, you better come clean. Did you run into some good fortune?"
Guo Ran chimed in with support.
Girls like them were rarely foolish.
"Confess and you'll be treated leniently, resist and face strict measures!"
Xu Siyi deliberately put on a stern face, speaking with earnest severity.
"I give you gifts, and now that's a mistake?"
Li Shuru was unwilling to yield, counterattacking by suggesting a retreat: "Then give me back the stuff."
"We've already used it."
Zheng Jingjing chuckled, "Shu Rui, you're so nervous, could it be that we've guessed right? Has some wealthy guy from Starry Sky taken a fancy to you and wants to pursue you?"
Nowadays, lots of rich people liked to court female live streamers.
Li Shuru had encountered this before, and the man was even a local from East Sea; he was quite generous with gifts for Shu Rui, but he was just too old, not a good match.
"Really, there's nothing."
Li Shuru vehemently denied.
The three girls crossed their arms, staring at her wordlessly with unwavering skepticism.
Without a choice, Li Shuru could only smile bitterly, "Alright, I'll confess."
"That's more like it."
Zheng Jingjing narrowed her eyes in satisfaction.
"There's no wealthy guy, it's just that I met someone..."
Li Shuru hesitated again.
"Met someone? What do you mean?"
Xu Siyi quickly pressed for an answer.
"I met someone... quite interesting."
After some thought, Li Shuru didn't know how else to describe him and could only resort to this term.
"Interesting?"
The three girls Xu Siyi looked at each other, puzzled.
"What's the deal?"
Guo Ran even reverted to her hometown dialect.
Li Shuru pursed her lips like rose petals.
Everyone has a sense of vanity.
Girls of this age even more so.
Encountering such a big spender, if she said she wasn't proud or didn't want to show off to others, that would certainly be a lie.
"He activated a Guardian role in my live stream room."
Li Shuru said softly.
"Guardian? What's the big deal about that? Isn't it just a thousand bucks?"
Zheng Jingjing was dismissive.
Li Shuru, who was usually proud and aloof, was all too familiar with such attitudes; seeing her "bashful" like this, Zheng Jingjing had thought it might be someone truly special.
Just as Zheng Jingjing was being scornful, Li Shuru looked at her and added another sentence.
"Not for one month."
"In my live stream room, he renewed the Guardian role for a hundred years."
As these words landed, the dormitory fell suddenly silent.
"How... How long?"
Zheng Jingjing's expression froze, and she began to stutter.
"Shu Rui said... a hundred years..."
Guo Ran looked dazed.
Xu Siyi's eyes widened as she subconsciously did the math and then inhaled sharply.
"Isn't that more than a million?!"
Li Shuru nodded silently.
Zheng Jingjing and Guo Ran involuntarily gasped, as if their souls had been sucked out, their minds going blank.