Quick Transmigration: The Sweetheart Everyone Loves Is Stuck in Romantic Chaos Every Day - Chapter 174

The next day.

Yan Ri also woke up early.

He’d received an invitation from the streaming platform—a collaborative event at eight in the morning.

The format was simple: he’d be randomly paired with another Final Showdown streamer for a live PK match.

Normally, he wasn’t interested in these kinds of events. But realizing he hadn’t streamed for a while, he decided to join in.

As soon as he entered his livestream room, a flood of comments flew across the public chat:

【If you get matched with Tangtang, that would be fate!】
【Brother Yan, when are you going to win over goddess Tangtang? I watched her streams—I love her!】
【Yeah, yeah! We all want to see you two collab!】

Yan Ri was stunned.

Tangtang… streamed?

She wasn’t a streamer, was she…?

But the very next second, the system’s random match brought Ruan Tang right before his eyes.

“You… I’m… Huh? Yan Ri?”

Ruan Tang still wasn’t showing her face, but a small window popped up on her screen—delicate, snow-pale hands holding her phone.

Her skin was fairer than snow, fingers slender and elegant, even her nails soft pink and glossy.

Her wrists were so thin that Yan Ri thought he could probably hold both her hands together with just one of his.

And then… he imagined lifting those helpless hands over her head, pressing her down—

Yan Ri flushed scarlet at his own thoughts.

His words tumbled out in a stammer.

“Tangtang, w-why is it you?!”

Ruan Tang hadn’t expected to be matched with Yan Ri either, but since fate had stepped in, she didn’t hide it.

“Actually, I’m a game streamer too. I just didn’t think it was necessary to tell you…”

Her tone was soft and modest.

But her fans in the chat had already spilled everything about her record to Yan Ri.

She might’ve been two years younger than him, but she had debuted as a streamer earlier. By all rights, she was his senior.

And in both fame and skill, she far surpassed Yan Ri, who had only recently started playing MOBAs.

The thought of how he’d once shamelessly challenged her to a solo PK made him want to dig a hole and bury himself alive.

She was so good, yet she didn’t act superior at all—her soft, sweet voice was so obedient it made his heart melt.

“Sorry, are you mad at me?”

Yan Ri’s face turned red in panic.

“No! Of course not! How could I be mad! I—”

He suddenly remembered the voice message he hadn’t finished sending yesterday.

After a long moment of hesitation, he blurted out:

“I like you!!!”

【Holy crap, Brother Yan’s going all in!】
【Yes!!! At the critical moment, you still came through!】
【Is the CP I ship actually coming true?! I’m so nervous!!】

But the comments in Ruan Tang’s chatroom were of a completely different flavor:

【Yan Ri, are you out of your mind? Did you forget how you’re supposed to address Tangtang?! She’s your mom!!!】
【“Motherly love, filial son”】
【I’m dying, forbidden love!】
【This whole step-mom romance thing… damn it, I’m hooked!!!】
(t/n: Viewers are joking because in a previous game, Ruan Tang had jokingly been called Yan Ri’s “mom.” They’re teasing him for confessing.)

Ruan Tang, a little dazed, didn’t quite get it.

Since countless fans in her chat confessed their “love” to her daily, her first instinct was—

“Thank you for liking me. Do you want me to sign something for you?”

Yan Ri: “…Ugh.”

【I’m crying, Tangtang’s brain circuits are killing me.】
【Brother Yan, wrong move hahaha!】
【Looks like our Brother Yan’s got a long road ahead of him.】

Amidst the teasing comments, one suddenly stood out—a highlighted, paid message.

It came from one of Yan Ri’s female fans.

【Brother Yan, wake up! Don’t be fooled—Ruan Tang must be ugly, otherwise why won’t she show her face?】

Yan Ri’s expression instantly darkened.

For the first time, all the fans watching his stream saw him reveal such a grim face.

Afraid Ruan Tang might notice, he muted his joint mic with her and spoke only to his own stream.

In a low, cold, furious voice, he read out the fan’s ID.

Then, icily:

“You. Get out of my stream right now.”

His long, narrow eyes narrowed further, his voice dripping with restrained rage.

“Mods, ban her.”

The moderators hadn’t even reacted yet when the fan herself cracked.

【Yan Ri! I’ve supported you since your debut! How could you ban me?!】

Unmoved, Yan Ri’s handsome face looked even sharper and colder when expressionless. Shaggy black hair couldn’t hide the chill in his eyes.

His lips parted slightly, voice magnetic yet cutting:

“Because you insulted the person I like.”

Then, he addressed the rest of his viewers calmly but firmly:

“I’m not an idol, and I’m not some celebrity. I won’t hide the fact that I like someone, and you have no right to dictate who that person is.”

“If anyone dares insult Ruan Tang again, my stream won’t welcome you.”

“Also—what I like is Ruan Tang herself, not just her appearance. Whether she’s beautiful or not doesn’t change how I feel.”

“Even if she’s a man, I’d still like her.”

The stream went dead silent for a moment.

And then the chat exploded.

【Holy crap!!! Brother Yan’s protective rage is so hot!!】
【Oh my god, my ship is REAL!!!】
【Why aren’t they together already?!】
【I recorded this! Tangtang has to see it!!!】

Yan Ri unmuted the joint mic again, slipping smoothly back into his roguish, cocky persona.

He gave Ruan Tang an apologetic smile.

“Sorry, there was a small issue in my stream just now.”

Ruan Tang had been waiting, nibbling on an ice cream cone in the meantime.

On camera, her tiny pale hand held the delicate cone, and each time she lifted it away, a little pink tongue mark was left on the ice cream.

The sight made Yan Ri’s throat tighten.

He wished he could turn into that ice cream cone in her hand and—

Cough.

Realizing his thoughts, he cursed himself inwardly.

What kind of beast gets turned on by watching someone eat ice cream?!

With the ice cream in her mouth, Ruan Tang’s voice came out even softer, stickier:

“It’s fine. Mmm… if you’re busy, go ahead, I’m not in a hurry.”

Yan Ri was just about to reply when suddenly—knock, knock.

A knocking sound came from Ruan Tang’s side.

Startled, she flinched and dropped her cone onto the desk.

She let out a small gasp.

The person outside, thinking something had happened, immediately opened the door and rushed in.

In her panic, Ruan Tang scrambled to shut off her screen.

She then stood up abruptly, flustered—accidentally knocking her camera askew.

The livestream screen spun wildly for a moment, and when it stabilized, a small, delicate figure appeared in the center.

A girl in a light camisole nightdress, skin pale as snow.

Her figure was slender, yet with just the right curves where they mattered—sensual, alluring lines impossible to ignore.

She was turned away from the camera, her long black hair cascading down her back like a waterfall. Even just that back view was breathtaking.

The chat erupted like fireworks.

【Who the hell said she didn’t show her face because she wasn’t pretty?! That back alone is STUNNING!!!】
【Please, please, I’m begging—turn around, beauty…】
【Tangtang really IS a goddess!!!】
【I’m going insane, prprprprpr】
(t/n: “prprpr” is an onomatopoeia for “licking,” used by fans to express how much they adore someone’s beauty.)