Chapter 28
Chapter 28
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 28
Chapter Title: Ma-sam Tries to Check but Ends Up Panicked Instead
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Somehow the studio looked dimly lit.
In that space, Ma-sam was grinning slyly.
"Heh heh heh, so you finally turned on your stream, huh?"
He'd been forced to stream at night lately due to a backlog of content, which meant he couldn't keep tabs on Jae-ho.
But not anymore. Starting today, he could stream during the day without issue.
Of course, he'd been waiting for Jae-ho to go live. He'd been looking forward to this moment more than anything.
And finally, he spotted that Jae-ho had started his stream.
"You're totally screwed."
Lately, he'd been seething with anger toward Jae-ho.
Especially after Heyni had firmly rejected him—his rage had only grown.
'Ugly, my ass?'
He'd never once thought of himself as ugly.
Sure, he'd never dated. But that wasn't because of his looks. He'd just been too busy with streaming all this time.
Either way, Heyni had wounded his sky-high pride.
That's why he was this furious.
'It's all because of Park Jae-ho's lackey(?) Heyni... Everything's Jae-ho's fault!'
He directed all his anger at Jae-ho. It was all Jae-ho's doing. Just thinking of his face now made his blood boil.
He hurriedly prepped to go live.
Of course, rushing like this meant no proper content was ready.
But as he'd said before, it didn't matter.
He had over 30,000 fixed viewers. Turning on the stream alone guaranteed at least that many.
Daytime wouldn't hit those numbers, sure—fewer viewers overall. But it didn't matter. Even if it was a bit lower, as long as he crushed Jae-ho, he'd be satisfied.
'Around 20,000 maybe? Jae-ho won't even hit 500. Heh heh.'
Jae-ho's room currently had 2,000 viewers—a pretty high number for a fresh stream.
But if he went live right now?
Viewers would definitely drop off hard. No doubt about it. Most would probably flock to his room.
'They know I used to be his manager—they'll tune in out of loyalty. All those viewers heading back to me.'
Grinning slyly, he hit go live.
💬 Chat — Viewer Ma-ha! — Viewer Mha! — Viewer What’s up? Daytime stream? — Viewer Something happen? Most viewers were curious. Fair enough—it'd been ages since his last daytime stream.
But he couldn't tell the truth.
Instead, he threw out some vague excuse.
"Ah, just felt like going live during the day. And I'll be doing daytime streams pretty often from now on."
💬 Chat — Viewer ??? — Viewer What happened? — Viewer Dude's acting weird? — Viewer Hiding in daytime 'cause afraid of getting wrecked by Tangguri again? A chat that pissed him off flashed by, but Ma-sam kept his cool.
He took a deep breath and kicked the viewer.
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ Washed-up Ma-sam has been kicked. He'd crush Jae-ho soon enough. No way he'd lose his temper over a single chat.
Forcing a smile, he pushed on with the stream.
Today's content was a casual gaming session. Battlegrounds—a game that had been super popular for a while.
It was still going strong, which was why he'd picked it.
"Gonna show you my real skills today. Any chicken mission requests?!"
By now, his presence should've hit Jae-ho's chat.
His fans were scattered all over Express. Naturally, some were in Jae-ho's room too. They'd definitely announce he was live.
That's why he'd gone live at the same time—to snipe him.
Grinning slyly, he waited.
His viewer count was already at 10,000.
He'd already surpassed Jae-ho. As expected, the guy was no match.
But then it happened.
💬 Chat — Viewer OMG! Heyni just showed up in Jae-ho's room! — Viewer Ho-ni couple drama episode 2 incoming! — Viewer Head to Jae-ho's NOW — Viewer Heyni's there? Can't miss that Weird chats promoting Jae-ho's stream started flooding in.
And it didn't stop there.
Viewers were dropping in real-time—over a thousand gone in seconds.
'Wh-what the hell?!'
His face twisted in panic.
He was supposed to steal Jae-ho's viewers. Instead, he was losing his own. This was completely unexpected.
'What... what is this...?!'
Yeah.
Ma-sam had never done anything like a fake couple collab. Never even sweet-talked with a female streamer.
For some reason, no female streamers ever wanted to collab sweetly with him.
So maybe that's why?
He had no clue just how devastating sweet couple content could be.
And today, he learned the hard way.
"H-hold on, bros? Kick all the weird chats for now!"
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ I slipped into the hanok where Heyni was and changed into hanbok. It was a spot where you could rent them.
Naturally, we'd booked it ahead.
I went with sky-blue hanbok—like a young nobleman heading out for a stroll.
Then I headed over to Heyni.
Today, she wore a white jeogori embroidered with gold thread and a pale pink skirt. Stunning.
"It really suits you. You look gorgeous right now."
"You too, oppa. You look just like a noble house young master!"
"Yeah? Thanks."
We stood side by side, complimenting each other.
Maybe it was the pretty backdrop?
Or our looks?
On screen, we matched perfectly.
A match made in heaven was the word.
Viewers seemed to think the same.
💬 Chat ⭐ Top Comment — Viewer Kyaaaaaaa!!! — Viewer Insane. They match so damn well — Viewer Marry! Marry! Marry! Marry! — Viewer Background matches them perfectly ㄷㄷ — Viewer Both come here!! — Viewer I came for Jae-ho. Hanbok suits him crazy well? — Viewer Heyni goddess ㄷㄷ Everyone was going nuts. Chats flew up fast, praising how we looked.
'Sweet stuff like this really hits hard.'
I'd mentioned filming episode 2 of our sweet drama with Heyni before. And today, I kept that promise.
Judging by the vibe, it was the right call. Viewer count proved it.
Real-time Viewer Count: 5,122 We'd barely started. No real content yet.
Still, already over 5,000 watching.
Might even break the cursed 10,000 today if things went well.
Anyway, for this stream, I planned to go full sweet mode. Tooth-rottingly so.
Think of it as finally doing the date we couldn't normally, using the stream as an excuse. Bound to be sweet.
'Of course, if anyone asks if it's a fake couple thing... nah, it's not.'
Going fake couple would make us "dating" on stream. Restrictions would pile up.
Probably couldn't even collab with An Young anymore. The fake-couple stans would riot.
Our solution?
'Just insist it's all scripted, no matter what.'
No choice.
All for our streams.
Time to kick off the real sweet content.
I held out my hand to Heyni.
"Here."
"Huh?"
She looked flustered at my sudden move—I hadn't told her ahead.
I gave a small smile and slid my hand near hers.
Then gently took it.
Squeeze.
Sweetness scattering from the jump.
Heyni's face flushed red instantly.
But she didn't pull away. Just shyly ducked her head a bit—like a proper noble lady.
Viewers lost it.
💬 Chat ⭐ Top Comment — Viewer Whaaaaaaa!!! — Viewer Already tooth-rotting! — Viewer Insanely sweet! — Viewer Waited 2 weeks for this drama! — Viewer Wish they were really dating. — Viewer Fr lol — Viewer They really match — Viewer Nah? He's dating An Young tho? I chuckled at the chat. Their reactions were kinda cute.
"Shall we go?"
"Yes."
Holding Heyni's hand tight, we started walking.
Not just wandering, of course. I'd mapped out the full date route ahead.
Walking hand-in-hand like this, we totally looked like a couple.
Heyni seemed to think so too—her face was beet red.
Seeing her like that made me suddenly want to peck her cheek. She was that adorable.
But not yet. That could wait a bit.
Instead, as we walked, I spoke up.
"Cold? Your face is red."
"N-no, not cold at all."
"Silly. You should say yes when it is."
"Huh?"
With that, I slipped our clasped hands into my pocket. Mine too, naturally.
Now both our hands were tucked in one pocket.
"Better? Warm, right?"
"Y-yes... w-warm..."