My Livestreaming Metaphysics & Gossip Became an Internet Sensation Ch. 103

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Yuan Min shrugged. "I've already practiced for four hours, that's my limit. I'm not really here to debut. I'm just here to make some money, and whatever happens, happens."

Fan Tianze felt speechless and thought that with Yuan Min's lackadaisical attitude, he'd probably be eliminated after the first stage.

But Yuan Min was right. He wasn't aiming for debut, so Fan Tianze didn't press him any further.

What neither of them expected, however, was that after the first stage, Fan Tianze, who had been practicing for hours every day, gave a mediocre performance. Nobody paid much attention to him, while Yuan Min, with only a little practice, shone brightly on stage. His ranking was even much higher than Fan Tianze's.

In that instant, Fan Tianze's mind went blank. He couldn't understand why this was happening. He thought he should have been ahead, but instead, he was in one of the lowest positions.

Yuan Min guessed that Fan Tianze wasn't feeling great and came over to comfort him. "I think you're really strong. You definitely shouldn't be this far behind. It's probably the system. Next time, I'll definitely be behind you."

Fan Tianze felt a heavy weight in his chest, but he had no choice but to accept Yuan Min's words. From then on, he trained even harder every day.

However, once again, when it came to the stage competition, he barely managed to avoid elimination, still stuck at the bottom. On the other hand, Yuan Min surged ahead into the top rankings.

During the speech segment after the rankings were announced, Yuan Min's words were completely different from those of the other contestants, who thanked others or expressed excitement. He said that Fan Tianze was his good brother, hardworking and serious, with great talent, and he hoped the fans would support Fan Tianze instead of him. He just came to pass the time, and since school was starting soon, he would be going back to classes.

Fan Tianze felt the camera on him. He forced a smile, but only he knew how stiff his face was at that moment.

In that instant, a spark of jealousy ignited within him. Clearly, he had been the one working harder, but hearing Yuan Min seriously encourage his fans to support him made him push his jealousy deep down and continue to act as a good brother.

Yuan Min's words did have an effect, and Fan Tianze gained more supporters. However, when he looked at the comments on the online voting page, most of them said they came to support him because of Yuan Min.

Fan Tianze couldn't feel happy about it. He felt as though everything he had achieved was somehow just being given to him by Yuan Min.

Yuan Min's mention of returning to school didn't lower his popularity; it actually boosted it significantly.

Clearly, it should have been Fan Tianze with the higher popularity. After all, he had worked so hard. Why was it that even the lazy Yuan Min surpassed him?

This thought came to him, and Fan Tianze could no longer suppress the jealousy in his heart. Yes, he was jealous of Yuan Min. He was envious that Yuan Min didn't need to put in effort but still got everything he wanted. This jealousy consumed him, and he wore a mask in front of Yuan Min.

When he learned that he was about to be eliminated, he even began to entertain the idea of dragging Yuan Min down with him.

Yuan Min had only joined the show because Fan Tianze persuaded him. Besides, Yuan Min didn't even want to debut. It would be better for them both to be eliminated together.

Fan Tianze remembered reading somewhere that sow hormones could make people gain weight. He secretly bought some and began adding a little bit to Yuan Min's water every day.

Sure enough, Yuan Min started gaining weight little by little. Eventually, he gained so much that the production team couldn't accept it. With his weight gain, he couldn't appear on camera, and if he did, he'd probably be criticized.

In the end, Yuan Min had no choice but to quit the competition.

What Fan Tianze didn't expect was that, in the second round of eliminations, he ended up at the 21st position, right on the edge, while Yuan Min's departure allowed him to make it through to the next round.

At that moment, Fan Tianze's emotions were mixed. He didn't know whether to be happy or sad. He felt like this was a chance from heaven, an opportunity for him to debut and escape from Yuan Min's shadow.

Later on, Fan Tianze went to check on Yuan Min. He found him struggling with weight loss, unable to shed the pounds no matter what he tried, whether it was dieting or exercising.

Fan Tianze, of course, knew the reason, but by then, he was so obsessed with his idea of debuting that he couldn't accept Yuan Min succeeding and competing with him for the debut spot. So, he chose to hide the truth and not tell Yuan Min.

In his mind, he thought, "Yuan Min can endure a little longer. Once I debut, I'll tell him the truth."

But Fan Tianze never expected that his secret would be exposed in such a way.

Suddenly, Fan Tianze snapped out of his daze and found himself face-to-face with a familiar face—Yuan Min.

At that moment, Yuan Min was still quite overweight, and he no longer had his previous handsome appearance. His eyes were cold as he stared at Fan Tianze, almost as if he was seeing a stranger.

Fan Tianze swallowed hard, forcing a smile. "Yuan Min, what are you doing here?"

"Fan Tianze, don't you have anything to say?" Yuan Min's gaze was icy, filled with disbelief as he looked at his former friend. "Do you know how much I've suffered because of this weight gain? You knew, yet you watched me struggle, and you kept the truth from me. Fan Tianze, I never imagined you could be this kind of person!"

Yuan Min stared at Fan Tianze, who remained silent, his anger rising. "I told you I wouldn't fight for the debut spot with you, but you never believed me. I was already planning to quit, and I even thought about how I could help you gain votes before leaving. But what about you? I thought of you as a good brother. You've truly let me down!"

Fan Tianze's lips trembled as he looked at Yuan Min, disbelief and shock flooding his mind. How could this be...

"Impossible, how could this happen? How could you voluntarily withdraw from the competition?" At that moment, Fan Tianze's previously unwavering belief that he hadn't done anything wrong completely shattered. He could only desperately convince himself not to believe Yuan Min's words.

But Yuan Min's expression didn't seem like he was lying. "I already mentioned withdrawing from the competition, but the production team said they'd consider it. If you don't believe me, you can go ask the production team to verify it."

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