Picking Up Fragments in PUBG
Chapter 18: Tuantuan’s Crying

"Sigou said it well!"

"Nicely put! The whole family of cheater! Trying to earn money by cheating, pah!"

"Sigou is real men. When you compare both sides, Tuantuan, don't you see it clearly in your heart?"

"Just checked the likes, the ratings have been dropped below 3.0. Haha, feels good."

"Not just that, there's a bunch of people below the comments, insulting him. How dare they bully our Tuantuan, thinking they can get away with it!"

"This guy is probably crying in the toilet now, haha, feels good!"

...

Seeing the comments from fans, Tuantuan immediately checked the likes.

Sure enough, under Jiang Siming's gaming companionship list, it was all negative reviews.

Loads of abuse, even catching the attention of the higher-ups at Bixin, who immediately removed Jiang Siming's recommended status and banned the account.

Seeing all this, Tuantuan felt immensely guilty.

Although Jiang Siming cheated, he didn't cause her any harm.

In fact, he had been very nice. Even when she scolded him, he didn't resist or argue back, and he refunded the fees.

But she completely ruined his work...

Tuantuan felt muddled and conflicted, not knowing whether to feel sour, sweet, bitter, or spicy.

Just then, a response came from the monitoring station.

In front of all the audience, Tuantuan opened the email and was completely stunned.

The email read: "This account has no anomalies."

This was the reply from the monitoring station, with the chance of a detection error being one in a million.

So far, no one had been wrongfully accused after being checked.

Furthermore, Tencent announced that in case of a detection error, they were willing to pay ten million compensation to the account owner!

When this news broke, countless hackers and cheat-making teams started acting, trying to create extremely hard-to-detect cheats to claim the ten million.

However, sadly, a year had passed, and no one had received the compensation.

No anomalies whatsoever. This meant the other party hadn't used any cheats, not even macros on their mouse!

The scene fell silent. The usually lively Tuantuan's live broadcast was unprecedentedly quiet.

From the broadcaster to the viewers, not a single person spoke.

Finally breaking the silence was Tuantuan's crying.

After six months of live streaming, both old and new followers witnessed Tuantuan so emotionally broken for the first time.

Always carefree, constantly cheerful and laughing, today she cried, and cried so sadly.

This was the first time in Tuantuan's memory that her emotions were so out of control, crying like a child.

She loves to laugh, loves to joke around, loves to be goofy, but she never loves to cry.

Fans rushed to comfort her.

"Tuantuan, don't cry. It's hard to hear you cry."

"We misunderstood, turns out he wasn't cheating after all."

"Strong and capable but criticized as a cheat, shame on those who did it, I've lost faith."

"Tuantuan, don't cry. Let's go give him positive likes to boost his ratings back up and then apologize."

"His work was ruined by all of you. Is an apology useful now?"

"People who judge hastily without understanding the situation, can't you hold back until things are clear?"

...

Fans' comforting words didn't work; Tuantuan continued crying, deeply saddened.

Though the webcam wasn't on, everyone could imagine Tuantuan on the other side of the screen with tears streaming down her face.

Her devoted fans felt extreme pity but were helpless.

Chen Sigou, who had remained silent since reading the email, finally spoke up.

"Tuantuan, please don't cry. This isn't your fault. I..."

Before finishing his sentence, Chen Sigou was permanently banned from Tuantuan's YY channel.

Not only that, Tuantuan rushed into Chen Sigou's livestream, returning all the gifts he had intentionally given her to please her during this period.

When leaving, Tuantuan left a barrage message that left Chen Sigou looking ashen-faced after reading it.

"Starting today, our friendship ends here. I'll say it one last time: I never liked you. It was all in your imagination."

After sending the message, Tuantuan apologized tearfully to everyone and ended the stream.

Suddenly, in the late night, the Douyu Forum became lively once again.

Tuantuan, the newly popular Douyu streamer with nearly ten million TikTok followers, cried out of regret for blaming the wrong person.

She publicly clarified and cut ties with another minor streamer, Chen Sigou.

This news, akin to a celebrity scandal, became a sensation in the Douyu community.

Before the heat from the previous news settled, with Dumb Little Sister's love affair scandal, now Tuantuan was involved in another incident.

But this was more serious than Dumb Little Sister's, as she had cried on the live broadcast, unlike Dumb Little Sister.

Many were curious about the reason, and fans who were watching the live broadcast revealed the truth.

Upon investigation on the likes platform, some sharp-eyed netizens found something unusual!

From Jiang Siming's gaming assistance information, they discovered a screenshot of Jiang Siming's main account ID data.

The data seemed ordinary, even a bit low.

However, what caught everyone's attention wasn't the scores or KDA; it was the ID name in the screenshot!

[Ming]

Many recognized this ID right away!

Wasn't this the rumored boyfriend of Dumb Little Sister, the sharpshooter known as the Sniper God that Weishen wanted to recruit into his team?

This discovery was like a bombshell in the Douyu community, instantly increasing the hype.

These past few days' news on Douyu, all seemed to originate from one person, and that person was just an ordinary user!

With a few stories combined, the hype naturally escalated.

A super skilled player, Dumb Little Sister's rumored boyfriend, Weishen's recruitment, and now a voice actor heartthrob with Tuantuan in tears for him—these hot topics all stemmed from the same ordinary user.

Suddenly, the ID "Ming" became the hottest unknown user on Douyu, even hotter than the previous incidents involving certain accountants or the boredom-induced fish fin theft.

The other two ordinary users had long exhausted their means and were already languishing in trouble, relying solely on crazily gifting.

However, "Ming" took a completely different path. His popularity was purely wholesome and positive.

Even the higher-ups at Douyu couldn't stay still, considering bringing Jiang Siming to Douyu as a streamer.

If it were a tycoon, they wouldn't be so confident, but given that the person was a gaming companion.

If they offered substantial compensation, they believed the other party would likely agree, especially when they were willing to work for twenty yuan per hour.

Dumb Little Sister, who was streaming that night, naturally received this news.

She couldn't ignore it because the barrage of messages filled her screen...

"Old woman, your boyfriend's been found!"

"Old woman, your husband was wronged and lost his job!"

"You've been down these past few days, now your boyfriend's found. Aren't you happy?"

"Match made in heaven, your boyfriend's bullied by Tuantuan. Go take revenge!"

"Your boyfriend's wrongly accused by Tuantuan and her fans, lost his job!"

...

Initially skeptical of these messages, Dumb Little Sister confirmed it with her bestie, Erqian, who immediately verified it. She then checked the likes platform on her phone and indeed found Jiang Siming.

These past days, Erqian, who knew Dumb Little Sister's state best, noticed she was barely present, lost in thoughts, a walking zombie. Eating, walking, even going shopping with her turned into short-circuit episodes, a clear lovesick condition.

Now, replaceing Jiang Siming, a long-lost smile returned to Dumb Little Sister's face, but it quickly faded.

Jiang Siming's likes account had been suspended, leaving Dumb Little Sister unable to contact him or place an order.

Thankfully, she was on good terms with the customer service at the likes platform. She managed to obtain Jiang Siming's phone number from them.

However, upon calling, she discovered that he was already on another call...