Early Friday morning, Xu Lin was awakened again by knocking on the door. When he opened it, he saw Li Bin, dressed in his school uniform and wearing a strange sports cap.
“Li Bin, I’ve told you, you can co at 6 o’clock, no need to co so early, okay?”
“I can’t sleep.”
“What does your sleeplessness have to do with ? Co at 6, it’s only 5 now. Go grab so breakfast and co back.”
With that, Xu Lin pushed Li Bin out, who couldn’t resist at all.
“Xu Lin, you’re so strong, did you train for it?”
“No, I was born with this strength.”
Then Xu Lin shut the door. It wasn’t that he was bullying him, but Li Bin had gone too far.
For three consecutive days, he showed up at 5 a.m. No one could tolerate that. Maybe if he was sent out to wander for a while and not let in, he’d co at the right ti in the future.
Back in bed, Xu Lin’s drowsiness was completely gone. He picked up his phone and checked the view count on his videos.
The first croquette video had already reached 700,000 views, and the second one had hit 500,000 but wasn’t gaining much more. After all, the user base of this small platform was limited. The era of copyrighted content had just begun. Next year, when the “uncle” cos into power, the platform’s developnt would start to speed up.
Of course, many would say that this was when it started losing its original flavor. This was a comrcial choice. If you didn’t change, you might starve; if you did, you could survive, but it wouldn’t be a purely ACG platform anymore.
But after a dozen minutes, there was knocking again. Xu Lin opened the door to find Li Bin had returned.
“What’s up now?”
“I had breakfast. I ate two buns outside the neighborhood.”
“Alright then, co in and hang out for a bit.”
Xu Lin couldn’t bear to chase him away again. He led him into the bedroom and turned on the computer.
“I have League of Legends on my computer. You can play a match.”
“No, there’s not enough ti. I’ll just watch so videos. Can I log out of your Bilibili account?”
“I haven’t logged in on this computer. Just log in directly.”
Li Bin saw Xu Lin sitting down at the small table and opening his laptop, and was taken aback.
“Wow, you’ve upgraded to a fancy one? It’s an Apple, must be over 10,000 yuan, right?”
“I bought it with money from writing novels. I’m making videos lately, so I need better performance, and it’s also more convenient to take around.”
“So profitable, huh? Maybe I should try writing too.”
“Of course you can. But as I always say, it’s open to everyone, but you need long-term commitnt. And most importantly, write. Just write and see.”
“Xu Lin, I’ve noticed that in the past six months, you’ve beco more mature. No wonder you have a girlfriend.”
“I don’t have a girlfriend.”
In a sense, he was indeed single, thanks to everyone’s kindness.
When Ji Yun confessed, he wanted to accept, but she refused, thinking he hadn’t completely let go yet. After what happened with Qin Yunhe, he wanted to take responsibility and be brave for once if she wanted him to. He was even ready to be honest with the other girls, but she kindly thought of him and said there was no need, telling him to wait until he grew up.
“Hey, hey, what kind of videos are you making? Gaming? Let see.”
“Just search for ‘Traveling Gourt Chronicles.'”
“Alright.” Li Bin nodded, and five seconds later.
“Whoa! 700,000 views?”
“Yeah, but it won’t hit a million.”
“This is amazing! Let take a look.”
A few minutes later, Li Bin looked at Xu Lin seriously once more. “I think I’m more suited to cooking and making videos.”
“You are always coming up with new ideas. But you do need to start thinking about the future. After all, high school is ending soon. You need to choose a school, a major, and think about employnt.”
“There’s still plenty of ti for that.”
“You still need to think ahead. By the way, Li Bin, I heard you got into a fight with a senior from the third year? What happened?”
“Uh…”
Li Bin scratched his head and recounted what had happened that day. Xu Lin burst into laughter.
“Hahaha, well… I’m not mocking you, but why did you trust her, that little green tea, and just follow her?”
“I didn’t…”
“Is Ji Yun good-looking?”
“Good-looking.”
“Is Teacher Su good-looking?”
“Good-looking.”
“Forget about others, don’t you see these two every day? How could you fall for a girl who looks like that?”
“…”
“And besides, you’ve watched those dramas, you can’t mistake identities, right?”
Initially, Xu Lin thought Li Bin was an honest guy, but now he seed a bit naive.
“I’ll be more careful in the future. About Miss Qin…”
“Don’t even think about it. She…”
Xu Lin didn’t want to expose soone’s private life. Despite her efforts to find a boyfriend in the industry and using her body to climb up.
In the end, she didn’t gain anything, got dumped, had her photos leaked, and ended up all over the internet. It’s quite pitiful.
“What’s wrong?”
“Let tell you a story. After hearing it, if you still think she’s nice, then that’s your choice.”
In the interest of his friend’s well-being, Xu Lin briefly ntioned what happened to Qin Tiantian.
After listening, Li Bin clenched his fists. Xu Lin thought he seed uncomfortable, but Li Bin spoke up.
“That guy is despicable!”
“And then?”
“What ‘and then’?” Li Bin looked at him with wide eyes.
“Ah~ with a woman like that, do you think you could handle her?”
“I never said I was going to pursue her. I’m just a kid, she just looked pretty to . She’s not as stunning as your Ji Yun, but she’s still a bit out of my league.”
“Okay then.”
After Li Bin said that, Xu Lin didn’t say much more. Self-awareness was enough. He feared Li Bin might rush in and end up disappointed.
“Xu Lin, you just ntioned Yu Ju being a Green Tea, how co there is also a Green Tea on your phone?”
With one sentence, Li Bin startled Xu Lin, who quickly snatched his phone back.
He realized Li Bin hadn’t opened his phone; there was just a ssage on the standby screen showing a little green tea icon.
Liu Qinnuan sent a ssage. Oh, almost forgot, she’s coming this weekend!
“Who’s that, Xu Lin? Are you dating soone outside? I should tell Ji Yun~”
“No, it’s a friend from work, from the neighboring county. She is passing through Linshui and will co to visit .”
“A woman?”
“Yeah.”
“Why’d you call her little green tea?”
“Um, just joking around.”
“Since you gave her this na, I don’t doubt that you have sothing with her. After all, who would call the girl you like Little Green Tea.”
“Yeah.” Xu Lin awkwardly chuckled.
Then he unlocked his phone and checked the ssage. Liu Qinnuan had said, “Okay, big brother~ I’ll be there tomorrow.”
Xu Lin smiled. ‘This guy,’ then he replied, “I have class tomorrow, I only have the weekend off.”
“No worries, I’ll go ho first and arrive in Linshui in the afternoon.”
“Alright, will you co by bus? Give a ti, I’ll co pick you up or arrange for soone to.”
“ok, big brother~”
“Don’t disgust , little green tea. Rember to bring a gift, my mom likes them.”
Xu Lin joked, and she quickly replied, “Haha, sure thing!”
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