Chapter 284 - I Didn’t Mean to Hurt You (4)

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Qiao Lian felt embarrassed when their eyes met, much like a guilty voyeur caught in the act.

She immediately shifted her gaze, gave a deliberate yawn and stretched to relief the awkwardness.

Then she sat up, rubbed her face and headed into the restroom.

By the time she came back, Song Cheng had arrived with breakfast. After having breakfast together, Song Cheng accompanied Shen Liangchuan to complete the discharge process while Qiao Lian went to work.

Because of some delay, it was almost nine by the time Qiao Lian got into the office—half an hour late.

The workers in the office looked nosey, like they had heard news of something.

Shi Nianyao came running over the moment Qiao Lian stepped into her office. “There’s news! You know how female casters have been quite a trend these days? And what is more, eSports is also in the limelight... so the eSports livestream department launched an event to select a female livestream host by popular voting. All the female anchors will be ranked! They’ll host this event for a week, and eventually the top three most popular female anchors will be announced.”

As a reporter, Qiao Lian would normally be quite sharp to find out about this sort of news, but this time she had failed to realize that this matter had something to do with herself.

She nodded as she took her cup and stepped out for a coffee.

She had taken just a few steps when she overheard the discussion among a group of workers.

“... At the moment the top three are Purple Fairy, Little Miss Sprite and Forget Chuan! Make a guess, who do you all think will win?”

Qiao Lian came to a halt when they mentioned... Forget Chuan?

Since when was she shortlisted?

“Do we even need to guess?” Someone laughed. “Of course, Purple Fairy. After all, she’s the number one beauty in the eSports industry!”

“But I think Little Miss Sprite is not too far behind. Plus, I prefer Little Miss Sprite because she is refreshingly frank and straightforward!”

“Actually Forget Chuan’s votes are very close too. When it comes to understanding eSports, her analysis is still the most passionate!”

“When it comes to this, Forget Chuan won’t get the highest votes for sure!”

“Why?”

“For an ugly duckling who doesn’t even show her face, there’s no way she’ll win!”

“That’s true too.”

These ongoing multiple discussions stunned Qiao Lian as she walked back to her office, holding her cup of coffee. She quickly turned on her computer and looked up related news. Then she discovered that the statistics were from a random internet site and weren’t even official figures.

In first place was Purple Fairy, who had gathered more than 9000 votes. While she herself had come in third, with around 5000 votes.

The female anchor Forget Chuan had an attractive voice. That, together with her unique perspective on eSports, had gained her very loyal followers, even though her fanbase wasn’t huge. The number of people who had voted for her was considerable.

Since she was on this website, she thought she would take a quick look at her own Weibo page as well.

Very quickly, she relegated the voting issue to the back of her mind.

Two hours later, something unexpected happened.

Shi Nianyao shouted at her, “Chief Editor Lian Lian, hurry up and take a look at Purple Fairy’s Weibo page! She is suggesting that Forget Chuan is manipulating the votes!”

Qiao Lian was stunned. She reloaded the statistics website she had visited earlier and found that Forget Chuan had reached 12000 votes, overtaking Purple Fairy.

Then she entered Weibo and found the content that Purple Fairy had posted.

[Purple Fairy: Certain human interference has caused us to fall behind on votes. I hope that our friends will work hard to ensure my leading position.]