To support the latest batch of university student streamers, the Xingyao platform gave them a prominent spot on the homepage’s rotating recommendations.

For university student streamers, their first live broadcast receives an automatic homepage recommendation!

As soon as Luo Yu started streaming, he was immediately promoted in the platform’s most trafficked area!

The viewers, 99% of whom are “face enthusiasts,” immediately couldn’t resist clicking on Luo Yu’s stream the moment they saw the thumbnail.

Within a minute, the number of viewers surged into the hundreds!

In front of a clean background with deep blue curtains, Luo Yu’s skin appeared even fairer.

Lightly propping up his rounded cheek with his right hand and tilting his head a little, his youthful eyes stared with a gentle smile at the rising viewer count:

“Hey, is this platform trying to comfort me, a newbie streamer, by sending a lot of numbers for my first broadcast? Otherwise, why is the viewer count only going up, with no one talking?”

The “face enthusiasts” couldn’t resist; the comments started flying in:

[These aren’t fake numbers! We’re all real people!]

[The moment I joined, I was already lost in the streamer’s collarbone and totally forgot to type.]

[I stayed up all night watching this new college channel and finally found a truly sexy yet innocent college guy!]

[The streamer’s face looks like a fluffy cotton candy. I’m in elementary school, but let me take a bite first.]

[Do the streamer’s eyes have some kind of electric charge? Why else did my phone instantly feel fully charged?]

Luo Yu’s lips curved into an even higher smile, as though amused by the cheesy comments:

“Alright, alright, I’m not a power generator.”

Then, as if having a sudden realization, he chuckled, “Do you say this to every streamer’s room? I won’t be fooled.”

[Hey, hey, hey, let’s not bring up the past (shifty eyes)]

[Hubby, my love is as true as the sun and moon.]

[With a new wife here, I can’t stay in the past.]

Comments calling him “hubby” or “wife” flooded in.

Luo Yu wasn’t surprised; he’d learned that in this world, same-sex marriage is common, and sexual orientations are diverse.

With his eyes lowered, he watched the comments scroll, chuckled softly, then, as if unconsciously, licked his lips, appearing a bit parched, and turned to take a sip from his glass.

The water trickled down his lips, and after setting the glass down, he pressed his cool, moist lips together before addressing the viewers:

“Since you all assure me, I’ll reluctantly trust you once more.”

[The streamer’s lips look so soft and kissable. Why can’t I reach him? Going crazy.]

[It’s depressing—why doesn’t my school have a junior this good-looking? All we have are duds!]

[Sis, don’t be sad. I go to University A, and even I haven’t seen my ‘wife’ in real life yet.]

“Exactly, don’t be sad.” Luo Yu lowered his voice, his usual clear tone turning soft and gentle, “You can’t see me, so I came to see you instead.”

[Ahhh, hubby, you’re too good at flirting.]

The comments started flowing in even faster!

Luo Yu had long been experienced in handling these appearance-focused comments.

When the viewer count finally broke four digits, someone finally asked:

[??? Why is everyone only here for the looks? Am I the only high schooler here for the actual learning content?]

[The streamer’s research area is… sleeping? Shocked! Never heard of that…]

[Come on, streamer, start the lecture. I’m here for history!]

The “College Channel” advertises itself as university students from prestigious schools sharing knowledge about their fields.

“Yeah, that’s right, my research focus is sleep.”

Taking the hint, Luo Yu smoothly transitioned into the main topic.

“Alright, my dear viewers, if you’ve ever experienced sleep, type 1. If you’ve never slept, type 2. Let’s get a quick understanding of everyone’s sleep history.”

The sleep experience survey was really just a way of gauging age.

After all, since anti-sleep medications became globally popular thirty years ago, very few people have experienced real sleep.

The comments were filled with [2], along with explanations like [My parents experienced it, but I was born after sleep was unnecessary].

Even the few [1] comments admitted [I barely remember it].

Just as Luo Yu expected.

“Alright, I got all your answers!”

He winked at the camera, and his eyelashes could be seen fluttering on screen.

“Although none of us need sleep anymore, sleeping is still an important part of human history. Today, I’ll take you through what sleep was really like.”

No matter what he said, the comments were filled with [Yes!] and [Listening to you, streamer!].

Luo Yu took another sip of water:

“We run on 24-hour days now, but just thirty years ago, people had to spend seven or eight hours sleeping every day.”

“College students back then never got enough sleep, even dozing off in class.”

[I always thought people back then were so pitiful.]

[Exactly! They lost a whole third of their lifespan to sleeping!]

[We really have to thank the invention of anti-sleep meds.]

Sleeping was such a blissful experience—those who hadn’t tried it were the pitiful ones!

Luo Yu’s mouth twitched slightly as he sighed insincerely: “Yes, yes, people back then were so pitiful.”

“Today, I’ll be demonstrating for everyone how those poor college students used to secretly sleep in class.”

This was Luo Yu’s performance during his interview.

But unlike the interview, today is a deluxe version of sleeping in class!

Luo Yu reached out and turned on the sound system he’d prepared, playing an audio clip he downloaded online:

“How to solve this problem? First, draw an x-axis and y-axis at the center of the circle—”

[Oh my god, what is that sound?]

[Is that… math? Why am I watching a good-looking streamer and suddenly hearing math problems!]

[A handsome streamer, but college edition.]

“That’s right, it’s math! Now let’s pretend we’re in an 8 a.m. math class thirty years ago.”

Luo Yu picked up a math textbook he had borrowed earlier that day from the high school affiliated with University A, flipping to the page with the circle discussed in the audio.

Staring at the densely packed diagrams, Luo Yu’s mouth unconsciously fell open as his chest filled with air.

Did he just… yawn?

Luo Yu froze for a moment, then quickly exhaled.

“Attention, everyone! The action the streamer just performed is called ‘yawning.'”

“This was a common physical reaction for people thirty years ago when they wanted to sleep.”

“You can follow along with me: take a deep breath, open your mouth wide, then exhale slowly…”

[This is amazing; I’ve never yawned before, but as soon as I saw the streamer yawn, I couldn’t help myself!]

[Same here, and right after I yawned, my dog yawned too…]

[Now my whole family is yawning—this is too much!]

After finishing his yawn, Luo Yu unconsciously licked his lips, saw the comments, and laughed. “Don’t worry, yawning has no side effects.”

[Watching the streamer yawn is so cute, but I look like a hippo when I yawn!]

Luo Yu tapped his lips with his finger. “No hippos allowed! You’re my adorable cutie.”

[Ahhh, what about me?]

[And me?]

[And me?]

Luo Yu laughed, adding “cutie” after each commenter’s name, one by one, before lazily yawning again.

“Alright, alright, back to our math class.”

“Falling asleep in class usually isn’t intentional. Those students who dozed off didn’t mean to!”

“Back then, students were just like me now, yawning one after another, until their vision started to blur—”

Pointing to the circle in the math problem, Luo Yu continued:

“Then, they’d see this circle start to waver, growing larger, then shrinking.”

“If you hear the circle say, ‘Haha, I’m actually a square!’ or you try double-tapping the textbook to zoom in on the circle…”

“Then you’re not far from falling asleep.”

[Isn’t that like eating a poisonous mushroom?]

[So scary! Good thing we don’t need to sleep anymore.]

[Fun fact: not sleeping doesn’t mean paying attention, and not sleeping doesn’t mean understanding.]

[You’re crossing a line, we’re just viewers…]

Luo Yu laughed at the comments. “Actually, sleeping in class isn’t even the scariest part. The worst part is…”

“…when you’re just about to fall asleep, and the teacher suddenly calls on you to answer a question!”

[Even without sleeping in class, I’m still afraid of being called on!]

[I’m already terrified.]

[Didn’t know this was a horror stream.]

But Luo Yu suddenly perked up, his eyes bright as he looked at the camera. “Once, a student in my class…”

He then corrected himself, adopting a serious tone, “A student recorded in carefully maintained historical data once experienced this.”

“Once, a student was suddenly called on in class by the Chinese teacher to complete the phrase ‘The lotus bud has just revealed its pointed tip…’”

“The student, who was half-asleep, only heard ‘pointed tip.’”

“So, they answered… ‘acute angle.’”

[Hahahahahaha]

[This reminds me of the time I laughed out loud in class while reading a novel, and the teacher made me share what was so funny…]

[What novel was it? Share with me!]

“Share with the streamer, too, please,” Luo Yu responded casually, though his gaze settled on the live stream timer.

Almost half an hour had passed.

In the remaining hour and a half, he had one important task to complete.

—He planned to actually sleep on-stream, under the guise of “performing sleep.”

Luo Yu had already thought it through: if he tried sleeping at any other time, he couldn’t guarantee that he wouldn’t be accidentally discovered, like when Qin Li and Wen Li had caught him before.

If he were taken to the hospital again due to “fainting” and discovered not taking his anti-sleep meds, he’d be done for!

But performing sleep in front of the camera, making everyone believe he was “pretending,” could be the safest way to actually sleep!

Even if some viewers suspected he was truly sleeping, he could just deny it.

Seeing the time approaching, Luo Yu excused himself to get a glass of water, leaving the camera briefly to quickly slip a sleep tablet under his tongue.

A refreshing peppermint flavor spread through his body.

When Luo Yu returned to his desk:

“Alright, let me share one more important fact about sleep.”

“Research shows that, though people used to need eight hours of sleep to feel refreshed, most of that time was actually wasted. Real deep sleep only took 90 minutes.”

“Now, let me show everyone how to get your daily dose of deep sleep in two back-to-back 90-minute math classes.”

“Attention, attention—this performance should only be attempted by professionals. Do not try this at home.”

After Luo Yu solemnly announced this, a PK invitation suddenly popped up on his phone screen!

Challenger: University Channel – Physical Education Major, Streamer Sapo
PK Duration: 15 minutes

Luo Yu, already dizzy with sleepiness, was about to tap Reject when he noticed a line of small text below:

Note: Complete your first PK match, win or lose, and receive a 100-yuan reward!

That’s enough for a day’s rent.

Might as well take it.

With his eyelids drooping, he quickly changed the PK duration to 90 minutes, egged on by the chat’s encouragement.

On the other end, Sapo anxiously waited, afraid Luo Yu would decline again. When he saw the notification that the match time had been extended, he was thrilled!

The handsome freshman thought 15 minutes wasn’t enough and wanted to chat for a full 90?

Without a second thought, Sapo clicked Accept!

Luo Yu’s live stream screen immediately appeared on the right side of Sapo’s screen.

Sapo was, as usual, wearing his bright red sports tank top, holding his basketball, and streaming from the court.

Seeing Luo Yu join, he gave a devilish smile to the camera:
“Nice to see you again, freshman! Last time, the interview space was too small, so I couldn’t show off my smooth basketball moves. Today, let me show you a classic three-step lay up!”

Luo Yu: …

With his eyelids growing heavier, his vision blurred, and his smile turning almost serene, Luo Yu muttered,
“Go ahead, bro. I’m going to show everyone how to sleep in class.”

Sleep?

Sapo didn’t quite get it.

Focused on his performance, he turned around and struck a cool pose, jumping up for a slam dunk!

With a “thud,” Luo Yu’s head dropped straight down onto his folded arms, sound asleep.

Chat: 【???】

Sapo, landing his slam dunk and turning back to boast: ???

Where’d he go?