The cheerleader sitting to Xingxing’s right, the school belle, was immediately captivated by Xingxing’s beauty and began an extremely intense pursuit of him.
Many girls in school liked Ji Xingchen, but most of them were reserved. Most of them, even if they liked him, kept it to themselves. At most, some would secretly leave love letters and small gifts in Xingxing’s desk.
There were even some who wanted to bring breakfast for Ji Xingchen, but when they found out that his seatmate, Ran Feng, brought breakfast for him every day, they gave up on the idea.
However, this school belle was different from the others. She was confident and beautiful, and her pursuit was very public.
In addition to openly declaring her love on the school’s confession wall, she and her friends would block Ji Xingchen at the school gate every day. Whenever Ji Xingchen appeared, she would loudly call out his name and give him love letters and selfies.
What’s even more amusing is that after seeing the school belle’s actions, those who liked Ji Xingchen in school began to imitate her. They would come to their classroom every day after class, crowding the door.
During that time, Ji Xingchen had to sneak into class, even to go to the restroom, to avoid the girls chasing after him. Even when he later resorted to saying he didn’t like girls, everyone assumed it was just an excuse.
Once, when Ji Xingchen was sick and couldn’t come to school, Ran Feng helped him bring back the homework in the afternoon.
As a result, as soon as he reached the school gate, he was bombarded with a stack of love letters.
Everyone at Zhongyi knew that while Ran Feng was handsome, he had a cold and aloof demeanor, making him difficult to approach. Combined with his naturally cool personality, girls who liked him were afraid of bothering him, and hardly any dared to do such a thing.
Ran Feng pinched the love letters with one hand, his brows furrowing.
“Hi, Brother Xingchen!!! Today marks the thirtieth day since we met!”
The school belle happily jumped in front of Ran Feng from behind him.
However, upon realizing who was in front of her, she became embarrassed.
“Ran Feng? Why is it you??”
The school belle was taken aback, subconsciously rubbing her eyes as if she couldn’t believe she had mistaken someone.
“I just stood behind you and thought it was Brother Xingchen…” The school belle felt a mix of disappointment and speechlessness, fanning her face with her hand to alleviate the embarrassment. Then, she couldn’t help but complain, “How come your back views are so similar?”
Without responding, Ran Feng directly threw the love letters at her and walked away with a sour expression.
However, the school belle hurriedly caught up, blocking his path.
She handed the love letters back to Ran Feng and bent down, smiling coyly, “Can you please help me deliver these love letters to Brother Xingchen? He hasn’t accepted my letters for so long. I see that you often hang out with him, so you two must be close, right? Could you put in a good word for me in front of Brother Xingchen, my good brother? If it works out, I’ll treat you to dinner~”
Without giving Ran Feng a chance to refuse, the school belle ran off happily.
Ran Feng stood still, looking at the love letters in his hand, his face tightening even more.
At that moment, he felt very unhappy, wishing he could tear the love letters to shreds.
In the end, he resisted the urge, but the school belle’s letter never made it into Star’s hands.
Ran Feng hid it away, in a corner where Star couldn’t see.
Reflecting on this, a smile crept into the corners of Ran Feng’s eyes.
He had unexpectedly been jealous in such a secretive manner before.
Thinking of Xingxing, Ran Feng wanted to visit his livestream.
He wondered if Xingxing’s contract signing had gone smoothly and if he had arrived home.
As Ran Feng opened his eyes and reached for his phone, his gaze inadvertently swept over his assistant’s phone screen.
In a flash, he felt like he saw Xingxing’s back on the assistant’s phone.
However, at that moment, there was a sudden accident on the highway, and the driver of the nanny car slammed on the brakes.
The assistant, not being properly seated, nearly had her phone fly out due to the sudden stop.
After regaining her composure and sitting back upright, Ran Feng stared at her phone and asked, “What picture were you looking at just now?”
“It’s the photo of that guy I mentioned earlier.”
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She finished speaking and swiped the screen again.
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Ran Feng: …
Not seeing the photo, he withdrew his gaze and logged into his private WeChat account.
He found Ji Xingchen’s name and sent him a message.
Wanfeng: Did the signing go smoothly? Are you home?
After sending the message, there was no reply from the other party.
—
Ji Xingchen didn’t see Boss Wanfeng’s message until the next evening.
Last night, his flight was delayed, and he didn’t board the plane until 2 a.m.
By the time he arrived home after a series of transfers from the airport, it was already daylight.
Ji Xingchen, who never stayed up late, had been bustling all day. He hastily took leave from his livestream and fell asleep as soon as he hit the bed.
When he woke up, it was already 5 p.m. the next day.
Yesterday, because he wanted to go out and see Ran Feng, he barely touched the dinner he ordered. Now, hungry and with his stomach growling, he went downstairs and ordered some small dishes for dinner. After chatting with the janitor in the hallway, he returned home feeling revitalized.
Ji Xingchen had already mentally prepared himself for the worst after yesterday’s slight mood disturbance caused by Ji Lintian.
But come what may, if Ji Lintian was like a cockroach, he could just squash him directly.
Star had already prepared for the worst. Even if Ji Lintian, as the manager of MeowMeow TV, could cover the sky with one hand, so what? If worst comes to worst, he would just grit his teeth for another four months, wait until the contract expires, and then switch platforms.
After all, when he signed with MeowMeow TV, it was just a rookie contract. The platform said they would assess him for six months, and then based on his development, they would renegotiate a profit-sharing contract for official streamers.
Four months from now, all would be settled.
He didn’t believe that if he switched platforms, Ji Lintian could still chase him down and block him from other platforms.
After understanding all this, Ji Xingchen opened his livestream without much psychological burden.
Because he took a day off yesterday, plus he was late to start today by about ten hours, when he started the livestream, many fans were already waiting for him in the chat room.
[Ah! Star, you’re finally back. I’ve been waiting for you for two days…]
[If you don’t livestream soon, I’ll wither away. You’re my spiritual sustenance, Star.]
[Star, you have no idea how many times Boss Wanfeng visited your livestream room in these two days when you weren’t streaming.]
“Boss Wanfeng?” Ji Xingchen exclaimed, “Didn’t I tell him I was going to sign a contract?”
[Yes, yes! Didn’t you exchange WeChat contacts? But when we asked Boss about your situation yesterday, he said he had no idea.]
After being reminded by fans, Ji Xingchen remembered that he hadn’t logged into WeChat yesterday.
“Just a moment, I forgot to check WeChat yesterday. Let me go report to Boss first.”
[Haha, Boss is so miserable being forgotten by Star.]
[Star, you should apologize to Boss properly.]
Upon logging into WeChat, he found that Boss had sent him three messages.
One at ten o’clock last night, three in the morning, and one at six in the morning.
The message at three a.m. read: Haven’t you arrived home yet?
The one at six a.m. said: Have a good sleep and don’t rush to livestream. Don’t buy such late flights in the future.
Ji Xingchen read Boss’s messages one after another and realized that Boss seemed to have been worried about him all night yesterday!
It was no wonder Boss was worried about him. He took a midnight flight and didn’t reply to Boss’s messages all night.
If it were Jiang Mu, he would have been worried all night and unable to sleep, too.
Seeing that Boss was still worried at three in the morning and only felt relieved after seeing the sick leave he requested, Ji Xingchen felt guilty and moved.
Boss treats him like a real brother, sobbing.
Star: The signing went smoothly, Brother Wanfeng, don’t worry.
After replying to Boss, he returned to the livestream room.
At this moment, there were more people watching his livestream, and the bullet comments became lively.
“I was too tired from flying yesterday, let’s play some casual matches tonight. Let’s duo with a few viewers, let’s draw one first.”
Ji Xingchen opened the lucky draw for bullet comments. Sixty seconds later, the first lucky viewer was chosen.
Looking at the name of the lucky viewer, Ji Xingchen realized that it was actually someone he knew.
[Flying Moth Hits Cow: Wow, I got picked on my first try??]
[Flying Moth Hits Cow: It was worth staying in the livestream room for two days.]
[Flying Moth Hits Cow: Ah, isn’t my luck a bit too good? Haha.]
[There’s nothing we can do, fools have all the luck, sob sob sob.]
[I’ve been here for so long and never got picked. I bet you’re blessed by the luck god, crying while eating lemons, sob sob sob.]
This Flying Moth Hits Cow is the person who shouted “Giving so many skins, your husband, is indeed more awesome than me!!” when Ji Xingchen received the skin from Boss Wanfeng that day.
Seeing that he knew he was a male streamer, Ji Xingchen greeted him actively, “Hello, Dun Dun, didn’t expect you to come to my livestream room…”
Flying Moth Hits Cow: Don’t call me Dun, call me Niu Niu (Cow cow).
Flying Moth Hits Cow: Of course I had to come. You’re special. I always thought you were a girl when you said you had a husband.
“Okay, Niu… Niu Niu.” Ji Xingchen quickly corrected himself to meet the other’s unique request. “Do you want to duo now? Should you add me or should I add you?”
Flying Moth Hits Cow: I added you as a friend a few days ago, but you haven’t accepted me yet.
Seeing Dun feeling so wronged, Ji Xingchen remembered that they had played together before, although they were on opposing teams, they could still add each other directly.
“Did you add the account named Delicate Little Nezha? Wait for me to go online.”
After logging in, Ji Xingchen indeed saw the friend request Dun sent a few days ago. After accepting the friend request, he immediately invited him to duo.
Starting the game, Ji Xingchen continued to act like a girl.
Delicate Little Nezha: Brothers, can you let me play mid lane?
Delicate Little Nezha: I really like playing mages, sob sob.
As soon as Ji Xingchen finished typing, he heard Dun in the team chat.
“Wow, the way you act like a girl is similar to my wife’s, it’s kinda cute.”
Dun’s typing was a bit clumsy, but his voice on voice chat was quite pleasant.
However, his voice carried a hint of youthfulness, sounding like a boy around eighteen.
Ji Xingchen was startled by Dun’s words and quickly turned on his mic. “I suspect you’re hitting on me, and I have evidence.”
“I was clearly praising your flawless girl acting skills.”
[Damn, flawless acting skills, hahaha.]
[This Niu Niu, oh no, Niu Niu, silly and cute, but just has poor taste in women.]
[Yeah, that Wu Zetian is so manipulative and vain. Niu Niu, wake up, how could you think she’s cute?]
Dun also saw the barrage and quickly clarified for his wife, “Everyone, don’t scold her. She does have a bit of a temper, but she’s very cute. Of course, it’s wrong to curse at people. I apologize on her behalf to the streamer again. I told her not to curse in the game that day.”
While Dun was talking to Ji Xingchen, their teammates had already chosen their heroes.
The roles were clearly defined this game, with no duplicate compositions. Ji Xingchen smoothly secured the mid lane with Diao Chan.
When it was Dun’s turn to pick a hero on the fifth floor, without hesitation, he picked Dun again.
Ji Xingchen had seen his frequently used heroes before, noticing besides Dun, there were Hua Mulan and Zhao Yun.
Ji Xingchen: “Why did you pick Dun again? Can you play something else?”
Dun: “Why?”
Ji Xingchen: “I don’t like him.”
Dun: “But my wife says the Gundam skin for Dun looks great.”
Ji Xingchen: “The Gundam skin does look good, but it’s more favored by guys. Generally, girls would prefer their boyfriends to play jungle kings, like Li Bai or Han Xin… Niu Niu, your wife’s taste is quite unique.”
At this point, Ji Xingchen added, “And I’m not your wife, so you don’t need to dress up for me.”
Dun smiled, “You’re right.”
After saying that, he switched to Hua Mulan.
“It’s more fun to play Hua Mulan. But my wife doesn’t like jungle kings; she’s really good at jungling herself. She can play any jungle hero and often carries me.”
Three sentences couldn’t go without mentioning his wife, and Dun started talking about his wife again.
[Don’t like jungle kings??? Can it be true? Are there really girls who don’t like Jungle King?]
[His wife is a jungle king herself… this…]
[Oh my, why do I feel like Niu Niu is falling for an online scam the more we talk…]
Not only the barrage, Ji Xingchen felt the same way.
With his years of experience in online scams, Wu Zetian, Dun’s wife, seemed strange in every aspect.
“Wu Zetian asked you to buy skins?”
“I asked, if I don’t buy, she’ll get mad. Her Wu Zetian and Nyx Oracle were part of the package I bought for her on Taobao.” Dun hesitated, “But the skins I bought for her are not as many as what your husband, I mean, what that boss gave you.”
[Two Honor Crystals aren’t enough???]
[Wuwuwu Niu Niu, look at me, I only want one skin…]
After clearing the mid lane, Ji Xingchen’s Diao Chan went to the top lane to support Dun. While walking, he said, “Niu Niu, don’t be angry, but honestly, based on my years of online scam experience, I suspect you’ve encountered a catfish…”
“Huh? No way…” Dun clearly didn’t believe it.
“We’ve been on voice chat, her voice is really sweet, loli-like.”
Ji Xingchen chuckled.
“Loli voice… I can do that too, just wait a moment.”
After saying that, he turned on the voice changer.
Soon, a cute loli voice sounded.
“Hello hello, Brother Dun, I can do a loli voice too~ Do I sound cute~”
Poor naive guy
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