Edited by Noks
Yi Chen stared at the Peace and Safety charm for a while. His gaze landed on the label on the express box, and an unwelcome idea appeared in his mind.
He took a picture of the wooden tube and sent it.
Little Anchor: Already received it? Was the inside damaged at all?
1: â¦No.
Little Anchor: Okay, Iâll give the delivery person a five-star review.
1: You wanted my address just to send this to me?
Little Anchor: Yes.
Little Anchor: Ah, that⦠I originally wanted to send you some local specialties, but then I thought that since you have visited Manyang for business before, youâve probably bought them and tried them already.
Yi Chen couldnât even say what he was feeling right now.
He used to think it was very tough to deal with people who liked him. Amongst the people he had met who had chased him before, the ones who ended up beating a retreat when confronted with impossible odds were alright, but those stalkers were like dog-skin plasters that couldnât be shaken off.
So at first, when the little anchor had asked for his address, he had originally wanted to refuse, but by the time he had snapped out of his daze, he realized that he had already sent the address.
Then he thought, since the little anchor would be coming, he might as well take advantage of this duration to fatten him up a little. For young men, to be too thin wasnât good or healthy. Fortunately, although he was thin, he wasnât short, and his face looked pleasingly plump, which would probably feel nice when pinched.
He could also provide him with an updated set of livestreaming equipment while he was there. His previous setup had gotten soaked by liquid, so its performance would definitely worsen as time went by.
After sitting in front of the computer all day, exercise was also necessary.
When he said all this like that, it didnât seem like he didnât want him to come, but actually seemed like⦠He wanted to see him.
Yet in the end, not only did the little anchor not come, but he also went to climb mountains and eat out with others, even taking intimate group pictures.
The other party didnât reply even after a long time had passed. Yu Yan opened his livestream and saw thousands of fans waiting for him. He was shocked.
Usually, if there were a few hundred zombie accounts waiting for him even before he started streaming, then that already counted as a lot.
He had thought that everyone was here to congratulate him on winning the prize. He was just preparing to say thank youââ
[Damnit, are you with Tuantuan now?! When did this happen? I watch you livestream every day, why didnât I catch the slightest sign?!]
[In ancient times, there was Han Xin pretending to repair galley roads while making secret advances into Chencang, and now there is yanxyan sending secret messages.]
[No wonder Tuantuan is always praising you in her livestream. Iâm afraid you two hooked up a long time ago. Eat my sword!]
Yu Yan was wide-eyed and stared at the screen for a long time before explaining, âWeâre not. Donât imagine things, guys, Iâm not with Tuantuan.â
[You guys are taking couple photos and youâre still quibbling about details??]
âItâs not a couple photo, itâs just a picture we casually decided to take after eating.â Yu Yan chuckled and continued, âShe came to Nanqi temple to pray. As Iâm a local, I accompanied her. Weâre just friends, donât make wild conjectures. Yes, I promise not to stain your goddess⦠I have not been defiled either. No, Iâm a big man, how can I be defiled?â
Saying that, he was just about to open the game when he found that his private messages icon was flashing.
Administrator 28: Hello, yanxyan, this platform sincerely invites you to attend the StarTV annual gala, being hosted by the Main Board of StarTV, on October 3, in Jincheng. Accommodation and round-trip plane tickets shall be reimbursed by the company.
[The annual gala has started again; I always feel that time is passing very fast. The last annual gala was full of stars, it was just like watching an award party. Financier daddy is rich.]
[Will Xiao Yan go?]
This was a mass message, and Yu Yan wasnât in a hurry to reply to it. He closed the message and said, âDonât know yet⦠probably not ba.â
Opening the game, he picked up his phone again and glanced at it; 1 still hadnât replied.
He pulled up the chat record to see if he had said something wrong.
Little Anchor: â¦Or do you have a favorite local specialty you really like to eat? What kind is it, Iâll buy it for you?
1: I donât eat local specialties.
Yi Chen sat on the sofa and looked at the computer and notebook in front of him. He felt that right now, he was almost the same as Yi Ran.
Thinking about it carefully, the other party really had never said he was coming to Jincheng.
He closed the notebook and sullenly thought that it was great that he wasnât coming, that way he didnât have to go through any trouble for him.
Leaving the notebook and computer aside, he turned to look into the guest room, remained silent for a while, and then took out his cellphone.
1: Thank you.
1: Going to pray for blessings with your girlfriend, and getting me one in passing, such care.
1: [/ smile]
Little Anchor:??
Little Anchor: Itâs not like that⦠I went with a friend, I donât have a girlfriend.
Yi Chenâs expression cleared a bit, but his face still looked cold.
1: Besides Nanqi temple, where else did you guys go?
Little Anchor: Only went there.
1: You finally get to meet her in person, and you didnât take her everywhere to have fun?
Somehow, Yu Yan felt that even though 1 had replied with so many words, it seemed like⦠he didnât seem very happy.
Little Anchor: No⦠Iâm not very good at entertaining people. This time, it just so happened that both of us were going to the temple, so we went together.
1: Alright, what did you want to do by going there?
Little Anchor: Went there to get you a Peace and Safety charm.
Yi Chen raised his eyebrows. So he meant that he had only gone to the temple to get him a Peace and Safety charm.
Little Anchor: I heard before that the charms there are very effective. If you think the wooden cylinder is heavy, you can take out the paper and put it in your wallet.
Little Anchor: Although itâs a little superstitious⦠But itâs up to you to believe it or not.
1: You asked for Peace and Safety for me, what did you ask for yourself?
The other side only replied after a long time.
Little Anchor: â¦I forgot.
1: You even forgot what you asked for?
Little Anchor: No, I forgot to ask for anything for myself.
ââ¦â
The manâs frown finally loosened.
Not only was the computer new in the guest room, he had also asked the cleaner to clean it. A poster of the PUBG map was stuck to the wall, models were placed behind the computer, and even the sheets and other things had been changed.
He held the Peace and Safety charm for a long time, then tossed it into his wallet. He was just about to close it when he paused again. He opened the wallet again and smoothed out the wrinkles at one corner of the paper charm.
1: Whatâs the effect of this charm?
Little Anchor: I also donât know. Iâve only heard about it before, this was my first time climbing up there.
1: Why didnât you send it to me in person? Itâs not quite sincere to send it by express mail.
Yu Yan froze.
He had never thought of sending it himself.
After understanding his own thoughts towards 1, he always felt that he couldnât be as before and face him so purely. Usually, he was overcautious while chatting, so forget about if they were face-to-face.
Little Anchor: I was very sincere when I asked⦠should be fine ba?
1: En. Iâll try it first. If it works, Iâll go and pay my respects to the temple.
Little Anchor: Okayâ¦
1: When the time comes, youâll accompany me to climb up there ba?
Yu Yan felt that his cellphone was very hot. His fingertips started trembling at the top of the screen, and he still hadnât figured out how to reply after a while.
Little Anchor: I will.
1: En, in return, when you come to Jincheng for the annual gala, Iâll receive you.
ââ¦â
[Iâve been waiting here for a long time, but the anchor still hasnât started the game. Is he just going to stream himself playing on his phone for us?]
[The anchorâs expression has changed ten times.]
[Should be that heâs so happy that he won the prize that heâs fallen into a daze ba. Letâs all be understanding, and he will play the game soon.]
Yu Yan didnât respond for a long time. Since he hadnât replied, his cell phone vibrated again.
1: Oh, it seems that thereâs already someone else who will be receiving you, so you donât need me.
1: [/ smile]
Since this had first started, today was the day with the most emoticons 1 had ever sent.
Little Anchor: N-no, itâs not like that.
Yu Yan didnât dare say that he wasnât planning on going, fearing that 1 would think he was just perfunctorily brushing him off.
Little Anchor: Then I will trouble youâ¦
His plans had changed so suddenly that Yu Yan didnât know what he had promised until he received the second message from the administrator at dinner time.
Administrator 28: Hello, yanxyan. This time the platform hopes that the winners of each prize in the anchor competition will be present as much as possible at this annual platform gala. At that time, we will present the trophies on the spot.
The stream followers were right. This yearâs annual gala had really become an award ceremony.
He hadnât planned on going before, for fear of delaying his livestreaming time and making less money.
But now that he had already promised 1â¦.
yanxyan: I understand, Iâll go.
After sending his ID to the administrator for registration, so that the platform could book tickets and arrange for the hotel, Yu Yan threw away the take-out box. He was just preparing to continue to play the game when he was nudged on WeChat.
Yi Ran: Xiao Yan, are you still streaming? Carry just me?
Yu Yan: Okay, you login.
Yi Ran hadnât played the game for a long time. During this period, he and his family had made up, and he had recovered his funding. All day long, all he did was mess around outside.
âXiao Yan,â As soon as Yi Ran entered the room, he shouted, âCan you hear me?â
âCan hear you.â Yu Yan replied, âOpening up Sanhok, squad match with random pairing, okay?â
âAlright, alright. I didnât get online very much in this period, hands have dulled, I canât carry you in a duo match.â
Yu Yan laughed and went straight into the game.
Yi Ran wasnât being modest, his skill level was just about average. If he hadnât touched the game for a while, his technique would really fall a lot. In Bootcamp, where they had jumped to, Yi Ran managed to snatch up guns faster than others, but he was finally knocked down on the ground by the person in the neighbouring house.
âFuck, this guy is running a bot ba!â Yi Ran said angrily, âThree shots, all of which hit my head. Just playing, my ass.â
âYouâre not far away from them, and three headshots arenât impossible.â Yu Yan cleaned out the enemies on the floor and asked, âWhat color were the clothes that person was wearing?â
âBlack suspenders, yellow skirt, and also, I think, wearing a pair of glasses.â Yi Ran cursed, âVery coquettish.â
Yu Yan finished looting and ran to the area where Yi Ran had been killed. Just as he was about to enter the room, a figure suddenly appeared on the second floor and started shooting at him.
It was the person who had killed Yi Ran.
He lost a lot of health. Having just landed, no one had many supplies. Even if Yu Yan had already looted two lootboxes, he still didnât have a first-aid kit. He crouched at the corner of the wall, and just after applying a bandage, heard footsteps from behind him, someone was coming downstairs.
âThis person is pretty good,â Yu Yan changed to his S686 as he continued, âLife or death depends on these two bullets.â
Just as he finished speaking, he heard footsteps come from the left window. Yu Yan immediately stood up and quickly pressed the spacebar to jump. He dodged three bullets from the enemyâs M16, turned around, fired a blind shot, which didnât hit.
He still didnât worry. Instead, he stepped back two steps and stuck himself against the wall, positioning himself in the other sideâs blind spot. When the enemy changed the angle of their gun to shoot once more, he listened for the sound of the shot before standing up and looking back again.
Bangâ
[You knocked down nilly919 with a S686]
Yu Yan said with a laugh, âIâve avenged you.â
Too damn handsome!
Worthy of being my sister-in-law!!
After so many days, his sister-in-law still had such appeal when playing games.
It wasnât good for him to say all that in the livestream, so Yi Ran could only praise him in his heart.
âToo awesome.â He said, âXiao Yan, when are you coming to Jincheng ah? Iâll treat you to dinner, and then how about we go to an Internet cafe to have a game directly after we finish eating? I think if you sit next to me, I will get some buff.â
Yu Yan was taken by surprise. He had just promised 1, and now even Yi Ran knew?
âMaybe on October 2nd.â
Yi Ran was shocked. âSo long from now? Werenât you in a hurry to come over?â
Yu Yan also froze. âWho said that?â
âMy Ge ah.â
His Ge⦠1 said that?
Yu Yanâs eyes went silly, and now, he understood.
No wonder 1 was speaking so strangely today.
â¦had 1 actually thought he was going to go and seek him out in Jincheng?n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âHow about you come earlier?â Before he could respond, Yi Ran continued, âLast time my Ge was there, so I couldnât properly greet you. This time, Iâll make up for you with good wine and good dishesâ¦â
âNo⦠Wait,â Yu Yan was even more confused as he asked, âLast time? What time?â
âThat time in Manyang ah.â
Yu Yan felt that his heart was about to jump out of his throat, and even his back was numb. After a while, he asked, ââ¦what time in Manyang?â
[Are you guys guessing riddles? Iâm going to faint from hearing this.]
[If I remember correctly, this bossâ Ge seems to be 1?? Is the anchor going to go find 1??]
Yi Ran explained, âJust the time when you had too much to drink at your classmateâs party, and my Ge sent you back. You have to say, we really are fated to meet, I recognized you at first sight. It looked like you drank a lot, though you were fine after baâ¦â
At this point, Yu Yan was completely and utterly frozen.
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Juurensha: Yessss, yanyan finally found out! And hahaha, Boss Yi suddenly sounding like the needy one in the relationship.
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