Chapter 6 – I am the Gem Guild’s Wanderer, do you want to sign?
When other live streaming hosts make their weekend broadcasts, their popularity usually changes a bit.
People are free on the weekends and so fans have more time to watch the live broadcast.
But Lian Xi isn’t the same.
All year around in his broadcast room, there are only three or four fans wandering around.
If three or four fans turn into four or five fans, that really can’t be called much of a change can it?
When Lian Xi opened DouYa and saw some major hosts with millions and millions of fans, he gazed at them enviously. But then when he thought that they would have to spend seven or eight hours a night chatting with fans, his hatred of their wealth lessened significantly.
His mute broadcast room is pretty good too!
[Host you’re not on time today, you’re late by two minutes for your live broadcast.]
Lian Xi: “I ate dinner a bit late.”
After three minutes, he thought a bit then added another sentence: “Today I’ll be playing Zhu GeLiang, I’m taking requests.”
The live broadcast was very quiet, no one replied to him.
Lian Xi didn’t mind. He quietly began playing the list.
After an hour’s time, a few familiar fans appeared. They commented on the level of Lian Xi’s game and gave a few waves of “666”. After that they began using his live broadcast room as a chat room and started chatting among themselves.
[That major host Hydrogen from the neighbouring gaming room is really misfortunate!]
[What happened, bro?]
[Bro, are you still planting potatoes on Mars?]
[No ah, last week I went to take a look. That Hydrogen is a scum guy. F**ing a fan is bad enough, and he even f**ed a rich woman. But he actually cheated on her. That rich woman actually released all of their chat logs, did you see? How is he misfortunate, doesn’t everyone want to hit him?]
[What rich woman? You must be planting bananas on Mars! These couple of days people found everything out. What rich woman? She’s just a poor introverted girl. She used all the money for her school fees to buy gifts for Hydrogen instead. Then she even stole her family’s savings to give to him, pretending to be a rich woman!]
Looking at these two people chatting, Lian Xi paused.
Hydrogen?
130,000 a month Hydrogen?
Pretending to be a rich woman?
Ah! It’s the melon he forgot to eat last week!
This time Lian Xi got interested. While pretending to continue playing the game indifferently, he quietly peeked on the screen conversation. On the way he got a 4 kill streak.
[Host is 666666]
[Hydrogen is so unlucky, he actually thought he was in a relationship with a rich woman and then turns out it was fake! That girl was also really terrifying. Go look at the chat logs that Hydrogen released. This girl is a PUA. All day she tells Hydrogen he can’t do this, can’t do that. She even freaks out when he thanks female fans for their gifts. If Hydrogen mentions breaking up, she immediately says she’s going to commit suicide and even sent him photos of her harming herself. Terrifying!]
The other fan didn’t respond to this message for some time.
After 10 minutes, he finally responded.
[She’s actually dead!!!]
[Huh?]
[Bro, quickly go look at the trending news! That girl really died!!!]
Lian Xi: ??!!!
All the fans suddenly disappeared from the room.
They all went to eat melon, but Lian Xi had to keep broadcasting.
After finishing one round of games, he opened Weibo to take a look. Then he saw the no 9 trending news.
#HydrogenCatFurSauce#
After he clicked into it, the second top post was from this Cat Fur Sauce’s friend.
[QiaoQiao of Azkaban: Are you guys satisfied now! She’s gone, she’s really gone! The only thing she did was like a guy, they were in a relationship so of course if he flirts with other women she’s going to get sad! Is there something wrong with that? Cat Fur is gone and all of you guys are murderers! Please be kind and think about your morals! [Image]]
The image was a WeChat screenshot. On it was this friend asking why she hadn’t heard from Cat Fur Sauce in a long time, and if she was still sad over the scum guy.
After two hours, Cat Fur Sauce responded.
[I am her uncle, she has already left the world. She committed suicide last year by slitting her wrists.]
Below this Weibo post, 3000 netizens quickly responded.
[666, I can photoshop 80 of these pictures per minute.]
[Wow, Hydrogen is a live streamer. Making a crazy fuss just because he thanked a few fans for their gifts. Women are scary!]
[Thanking female fans for their gifts is flirting? You’re the one who should consider your morals.]
This was the Weibo post made by Cat Fur Sauce’s friend last night.
Because she was furious with the netizens, this girl actually bought an airline ticket and took an overnight flight to Cat Fur Sauce’s hometown. Finally she obtained a death certificate from the hospital.
Lian Xi clicked on the top ranking post. The post was very long. He lowered his eyes and read for about three hours. This was the friend’s most recent post.
[QiaoQiao of Azkaban: This is proof that Cat Fur Sauce is really gone! [Picture]]
The comments on this Weibo post exceeded one hundred thousand.
Once refreshed, nearly a thousand comments are added every minute.
Clicking on the top rated posts, they partly consisted of people mourning the passing of a young girl, and partly condemning the scumbag on her behalf. There was also some objective analysis of the situation.
[Firstly, I am very sorry about Cat Fur Sauce’s passing. Ai, it’s really not worth her doing this.]
According to the host, before Cat Fur Sauce passed away, she told her parents that she had had enough of people bullying her on the internet. I went to take a look at Cat Fur Sauce’s Weibo and I saw that even up until now, there are many people scolding her.
Secondly, it must be said that she died not just because of online bullying, but also because of a scumbag. Her brain was too fixated on romance!
Is a man worth it?
Your parents worked hard to raise you up properly, they provided you with food, drink and sent you to school. Then you actually committed suicide because of some scum guy and a bunch of netizens you don’t even know. Have you thought about your parents?
Plus, this man doesn’t even love you!]
This long post was quickly “bumped” until it reached the top comment status.
Lian Xi ate melon endlessly.
So it turned out it was like this.
The live streamer Hydrogen’s forth ranking fan was a rich woman called “Cat Fur Sauce”. The two people had started dating half a year ago online. Afterwards they met up in real life. But after starting to live together, this Cat Fur Sauce’s gifts began to reduce. At the same time she started trying to control Hydrogen’s life. She didn’t let him do this, do that. If he had so much as a little bit of interaction with female fans, then Cat Fur Sauce would immediately explode.
Hydrogen couldn’t take it any more and asked to break up. But every time he brought this up, Cat Fur Sauce would throw a tantrum and would even threaten him with suicide.
Afterwards, Hydrogen cheated on her. Cat Fur Sauce was furious with this scumbag and his mistress. So she decided to expose him and curse at Hydrogen in front of the entire internet. Hydrogen retaliated by exposing his chat logs with Cat Fur Sauce, and many netizens stood on Hydrogen’s side. Most people were of the opinion that:
In the end, it was Cat Fur Sauce who went to far–
Hydrogen asked her to break up ages ago, but it was her own fault that she used suicide to threaten him to stay!
Although cheating is wrong, it wasn’t without reason. Because you wouldn’t break up with him!
After experiencing approximately a week of online bullying, Cat Fur Sauce really committed suicide.
After exiting the broadcast, Lian Xi thought about this matter again while brushing his teeth. He didn’t continue to eat melons, however he suddenly thought that….
It turns out even death needs proof nowadays ah.
***
Cat Fur Sauce committed suicide. Even though her parents told her friend that it was because of online bullying, Hydrogen’s live stream was of course still majorly affected.
Hydrogen directly posted a notice that he was taking leave: [I’m going to send her off for her final journey, I will take a week off from streaming.]
Because of this, Hydrogen’s rating dropped a lot. However his fans actually jumped 1 million. His number 1 ranking fan brother actually sent over 200,000 yuan directly and wrote a comment: [Go ba, young fellow. Be a man!]
An 130,000 a month major host. Lian Xi felt the distance between them was too far.
Also his life was too exciting.
After two days, a bus crash occurred which drew the netizens attention. The melon between Cat Fur Sauce and Hydrogen began to go off.
September came.
The real estate agent’s Xiao Liu called him again.
Seeing her name flashing on his phone screen, Lian Xi’s face changed.
Just for 300 yuan, you don’t need to do this much ba….
He bit the bullet and answered the call.
Xiao Liu said laughing: “Good morning Mr Lian, you’re up early.”
Lian Xi: “I don’t need you to return the 300 yuan.”
“…..”
“Cough, it’s not about that. Actually Mr Lian, do you remember me telling you that the house you rented is actually a four bedroom house, it’s 160 square metres. Previous to that incident, the location was very good and the rent was high. There were also a lot of people interested in it.”
“…..”
Lian Xi: “I think I remember.” Although he actually forgot.
“It’s good that you remember. So actually what you rented is actually the master bedroom. The living room and kitchen are shared. There are still three empty rooms, you haven’t used them right?”
Lian Xi: “It’s been locked by the landlord.”
Xiao Liu: “Oh. It’s like this. Previously I thought no one would want to rent this place but who knew that someone actually does.”
Lian Xi: “???”
“Don’t worry, this person is very reliable. He is a graduate student of Su City University and just got admitted this year. He just came to report to the school. He’s brave like you and doesn’t mind living in a murder house. So he wants to rent it. Do you mind sharing with someone else?”
“…….”
“I don’t mind.”
“That’s good!” Xiao Liu breathed a sigh of relief. “I already discussed it with the landlord. Your rent will be reduced by another 400 a month. In the future, you only need to pay 1200.”
“……”
“Let me know when it’s convenient for me to bring that person to look at the room. He needs to see it before signing.”
“Anytime is okay.”
“Then I’ll come now.”
Lian Xi: “????”
One minute later, the doorbell rang.
Lian Xi opened the door.
The short-haired female agent wore a suit and thanked Lian Xi multiple times: “Thank you Mr Lian. It’s so good that you’re home. You’re doing me a big favor.”
Lian Xi nodded at her then took a look at the person behind her.
In the corridor behind her stood a young man wearing a T-shirt with brightly colored print. Around his neck he wore a skull necklace and he had single-lidded eyes. Right now he was looking curiously at Lian Xi.
The new tenant was pretty good looking. If you put him in a middle school he could probably muddle his way into being the “class idol”. It was just that he was a bit short.
Lian Xi glanced at him a second time.
He was at most 168cm.
“Let me introduce you guys. Mr Lian, this is Su Jiao. He’s a graduate student at Su City University. He’s in the advanced course. Right, you two are probably alumni of the same school right? Mr Su, this is Mr Lian. He moved in last month.”
The cheerful looking young man extended a hand. “Hello. I’m Su Jiao. It’s the “Jiao” from “Heavens Pride”.
Lian Xi shook his hand back: “…. Lian Xi.”
Xiao Liu: “Then Mr Su, should we take a look at the house?”
“Okay!”
After speaking, Su Jiao rolled his suitcase inside.
Lian Xi: “…..”
He came prepared!
Xiao Liu took Su Jiao to the kitchen and living room to take a look. Then she used the key to open the door to let him look at his room. Su Jiao was very satisfied and immediately signed the contract.
Xiao Liu: “Then I’ll be going first la, thank you Mr Lian, Mr Su. If you guys need anything you can call me anytime.”
Su Jiao waved his hand: “Take care ah.”
Lian Xi: “Take care.”
Ka-la, the door closed.
In the sparsely furnished room, everything returned to silence.
“……”
“……”
Lian Xi felt so awkward his skull felt numb. He completely didn’t know what to say. He quickly threw out a, “Take your time unpacking” and then ran back to his room and closed the door.
Leaning against the door, Lian Xi’s brain slowly calmed down.
Luckily.
Luckily he had made a difficult decision back when he felt he was quite rich, and decided to spend money to rent the master bedroom which had its own ensuite.
Otherwise….
How would he be able to live!
***
Of course life kept going.
Lian Xi’s only stroke of fortune was that this new tenant was a graduate student with an intense course. As soon as he went to do his admissions procedures at school, he was immediately trapped by his professors and senior sisters and brothers and given chores to do. Thus the two people didn’t see each other often. Only when Lian Xi went to the kitchen early to make powdered soy milk in the morning, did he occasionally run into Su Jiao leaving to go to class.
“You’re up early ah.”
“…. you’re pretty early too.”
“I’m going to class ah.”
“Is that so.”
The atmosphere became awkward again.
Returning to his room, Lian Xi buried his head in paid playing jobs.
Even if he didn’t open his livestream, he still needed to play. It was his job.
Just like this, an entire day passed.
The sky slowly darkened. It was 6PM. Lian Xi bought some take out and after eating, prepared for his live-stream.
Of course it was continuing to play games.
After finishing one round, Lian Xi stretched lazily and went to the kitchen to pour himself a glass of water. He was still in the middle of pouring when suddenly the door rang.
“Dong dong dong—–”
Lian Xi’s footsteps stopped.
He looked towards the black-colored door.
“Dong dong dong—-”
The knocking was rhythmic, depressing, methodical. Each knock was exactly the same.
It wasn’t slow nor was it fast. Each sound was very precise.
The doorbell was not rung.
“Dong dong dong—-”
Lian Xi walked over and looked through the peephole, then-
“…..”
If I pretend to be dead you can’t see me, if I pretend to be dead you can’t see me!
However this time, pretending to be dead didn’t work.
Xu Lang, who was outside, was extremely patient.
He knocked over and over again. However he didn’t speak, nor did he make any other movements.
His face was as white and as pale and ice, there was no expression on his face.
He raised his hand.
Knocked on the door.
Raised his hand.
Knocked on the door.
……
This continued for nearly half an hour.
Lian Xi couldn’t stand it any longer so pulled open the door: “I don’t want to sign! Go away, if you keep doing this I will call the police……”
His voice suddenly stopped.
Lian Xi opened his eyes wide. His mouth opened and his gaze fixated on the large and bloody hole on the man’s forehead.
Just now he had only glanced briefly through the peephole. It was too dark and he couldn’t see clearly.
But right now, he could see clearly.
Xu Lang’s stiff hand was still raised mid-air. He seemed to not understand the door had opened. After a long time, he rotated his neck and looked at Lian Xi.
Ku-chi-ku-chi.
The bones on his neck made a dull noise.
“I am Wanderer, a super manager of the Gem Guild.”
The black pupils slowly expanded, and the whites of eyes disappeared.
He used his totally black eyes to stare at Lian Xi woodenly.
He opened his mouth and there was a weird smile on his face.
“…. Do you want to sign?”
***
Chapter 6 – I am the Gem Guild’s Wanderer, do you want to sign?
When other live streaming hosts make their weekend broadcasts, their popularity usually changes a bit.
People are free on the weekends and so fans have more time to watch the live broadcast.
But Lian Xi isn’t the same.
All year around in his broadcast room, there are only three or four fans wandering around.
If three or four fans turn into four or five fans, that really can’t be called much of a change can it?
When Lian Xi opened DouYa and saw some major hosts with millions and millions of fans, he gazed at them enviously. But then when he thought that they would have to spend seven or eight hours a night chatting with fans, his hatred of their wealth lessened significantly.
His mute broadcast room is pretty good too!
[Host you’re not on time today, you’re late by two minutes for your live broadcast.]
Lian Xi: “I ate dinner a bit late.”
After three minutes, he thought a bit then added another sentence: “Today I’ll be playing Zhu GeLiang, I’m taking requests.”
The live broadcast was very quiet, no one replied to him.
Lian Xi didn’t mind. He quietly began playing the list.
After an hour’s time, a few familiar fans appeared. They commented on the level of Lian Xi’s game and gave a few waves of “666”. After that they began using his live broadcast room as a chat room and started chatting among themselves.
[That major host Hydrogen from the neighbouring gaming room is really misfortunate!]
[What happened, bro?]
[Bro, are you still planting potatoes on Mars?]
[No ah, last week I went to take a look. That Hydrogen is a scum guy. F**ing a fan is bad enough, and he even f**ed a rich woman. But he actually cheated on her. That rich woman actually released all of their chat logs, did you see? How is he misfortunate, doesn’t everyone want to hit him?]
[What rich woman? You must be planting bananas on Mars! These couple of days people found everything out. What rich woman? She’s just a poor introverted girl. She used all the money for her school fees to buy gifts for Hydrogen instead. Then she even stole her family’s savings to give to him, pretending to be a rich woman!]
Looking at these two people chatting, Lian Xi paused.
Hydrogen?
130,000 a month Hydrogen?
Pretending to be a rich woman?
Ah! It’s the melon he forgot to eat last week!
This time Lian Xi got interested. While pretending to continue playing the game indifferently, he quietly peeked on the screen conversation. On the way he got a 4 kill streak.
[Host is 666666]
[Hydrogen is so unlucky, he actually thought he was in a relationship with a rich woman and then turns out it was fake! That girl was also really terrifying. Go look at the chat logs that Hydrogen released. This girl is a PUA. All day she tells Hydrogen he can’t do this, can’t do that. She even freaks out when he thanks female fans for their gifts. If Hydrogen mentions breaking up, she immediately says she’s going to commit suicide and even sent him photos of her harming herself. Terrifying!]
The other fan didn’t respond to this message for some time.
After 10 minutes, he finally responded.
[She’s actually dead!!!]
[Huh?]
[Bro, quickly go look at the trending news! That girl really died!!!]
Lian Xi: ??!!!
All the fans suddenly disappeared from the room.
They all went to eat melon, but Lian Xi had to keep broadcasting.
After finishing one round of games, he opened Weibo to take a look. Then he saw the no 9 trending news.
#HydrogenCatFurSauce#
After he clicked into it, the second top post was from this Cat Fur Sauce’s friend.
[QiaoQiao of Azkaban: Are you guys satisfied now! She’s gone, she’s really gone! The only thing she did was like a guy, they were in a relationship so of course if he flirts with other women she’s going to get sad! Is there something wrong with that? Cat Fur is gone and all of you guys are murderers! Please be kind and think about your morals! [Image]]
The image was a WeChat screenshot. On it was this friend asking why she hadn’t heard from Cat Fur Sauce in a long time, and if she was still sad over the scum guy.
After two hours, Cat Fur Sauce responded.
[I am her uncle, she has already left the world. She committed suicide last year by slitting her wrists.]
Below this Weibo post, 3000 netizens quickly responded.
[666, I can photoshop 80 of these pictures per minute.]
[Wow, Hydrogen is a live streamer. Making a crazy fuss just because he thanked a few fans for their gifts. Women are scary!]
[Thanking female fans for their gifts is flirting? You’re the one who should consider your morals.]
This was the Weibo post made by Cat Fur Sauce’s friend last night.
Because she was furious with the netizens, this girl actually bought an airline ticket and took an overnight flight to Cat Fur Sauce’s hometown. Finally she obtained a death certificate from the hospital.
Lian Xi clicked on the top ranking post. The post was very long. He lowered his eyes and read for about three hours. This was the friend’s most recent post.
[QiaoQiao of Azkaban: This is proof that Cat Fur Sauce is really gone! [Picture]]
The comments on this Weibo post exceeded one hundred thousand.
Once refreshed, nearly a thousand comments are added every minute.
Clicking on the top rated posts, they partly consisted of people mourning the passing of a young girl, and partly condemning the scumbag on her behalf. There was also some objective analysis of the situation.
[Firstly, I am very sorry about Cat Fur Sauce’s passing. Ai, it’s really not worth her doing this.]
According to the host, before Cat Fur Sauce passed away, she told her parents that she had had enough of people bullying her on the internet. I went to take a look at Cat Fur Sauce’s Weibo and I saw that even up until now, there are many people scolding her.
Secondly, it must be said that she died not just because of online bullying, but also because of a scumbag. Her brain was too fixated on romance!
Is a man worth it?
Your parents worked hard to raise you up properly, they provided you with food, drink and sent you to school. Then you actually committed suicide because of some scum guy and a bunch of netizens you don’t even know. Have you thought about your parents?
Plus, this man doesn’t even love you!]
This long post was quickly “bumped” until it reached the top comment status.
Lian Xi ate melon endlessly.
So it turned out it was like this.
The live streamer Hydrogen’s forth ranking fan was a rich woman called “Cat Fur Sauce”. The two people had started dating half a year ago online. Afterwards they met up in real life. But after starting to live together, this Cat Fur Sauce’s gifts began to reduce. At the same time she started trying to control Hydrogen’s life. She didn’t let him do this, do that. If he had so much as a little bit of interaction with female fans, then Cat Fur Sauce would immediately explode.
Hydrogen couldn’t take it any more and asked to break up. But every time he brought this up, Cat Fur Sauce would throw a tantrum and would even threaten him with suicide.
Afterwards, Hydrogen cheated on her. Cat Fur Sauce was furious with this scumbag and his mistress. So she decided to expose him and curse at Hydrogen in front of the entire internet. Hydrogen retaliated by exposing his chat logs with Cat Fur Sauce, and many netizens stood on Hydrogen’s side. Most people were of the opinion that:
In the end, it was Cat Fur Sauce who went to far–
Hydrogen asked her to break up ages ago, but it was her own fault that she used suicide to threaten him to stay!
Although cheating is wrong, it wasn’t without reason. Because you wouldn’t break up with him!
After experiencing approximately a week of online bullying, Cat Fur Sauce really committed suicide.
After exiting the broadcast, Lian Xi thought about this matter again while brushing his teeth. He didn’t continue to eat melons, however he suddenly thought that….
It turns out even death needs proof nowadays ah.
***
Cat Fur Sauce committed suicide. Even though her parents told her friend that it was because of online bullying, Hydrogen’s live stream was of course still majorly affected.
Hydrogen directly posted a notice that he was taking leave: [I’m going to send her off for her final journey, I will take a week off from streaming.]
Because of this, Hydrogen’s rating dropped a lot. However his fans actually jumped 1 million. His number 1 ranking fan brother actually sent over 200,000 yuan directly and wrote a comment: [Go ba, young fellow. Be a man!]
An 130,000 a month major host. Lian Xi felt the distance between them was too far.
Also his life was too exciting.
After two days, a bus crash occurred which drew the netizens attention. The melon between Cat Fur Sauce and Hydrogen began to go off.
September came.
The real estate agent’s Xiao Liu called him again.
Seeing her name flashing on his phone screen, Lian Xi’s face changed.
Just for 300 yuan, you don’t need to do this much ba….
He bit the bullet and answered the call.
Xiao Liu said laughing: “Good morning Mr Lian, you’re up early.”
Lian Xi: “I don’t need you to return the 300 yuan.”
“…..”
“Cough, it’s not about that. Actually Mr Lian, do you remember me telling you that the house you rented is actually a four bedroom house, it’s 160 square metres. Previous to that incident, the location was very good and the rent was high. There were also a lot of people interested in it.”
“…..”
Lian Xi: “I think I remember.” Although he actually forgot.
“It’s good that you remember. So actually what you rented is actually the master bedroom. The living room and kitchen are shared. There are still three empty rooms, you haven’t used them right?”
Lian Xi: “It’s been locked by the landlord.”
Xiao Liu: “Oh. It’s like this. Previously I thought no one would want to rent this place but who knew that someone actually does.”
Lian Xi: “???”
“Don’t worry, this person is very reliable. He is a graduate student of Su City University and just got admitted this year. He just came to report to the school. He’s brave like you and doesn’t mind living in a murder house. So he wants to rent it. Do you mind sharing with someone else?”
“…….”
“I don’t mind.”
“That’s good!” Xiao Liu breathed a sigh of relief. “I already discussed it with the landlord. Your rent will be reduced by another 400 a month. In the future, you only need to pay 1200.”
“……”
“Let me know when it’s convenient for me to bring that person to look at the room. He needs to see it before signing.”
“Anytime is okay.”
“Then I’ll come now.”
Lian Xi: “????”
One minute later, the doorbell rang.
Lian Xi opened the door.
The short-haired female agent wore a suit and thanked Lian Xi multiple times: “Thank you Mr Lian. It’s so good that you’re home. You’re doing me a big favor.”
Lian Xi nodded at her then took a look at the person behind her.
In the corridor behind her stood a young man wearing a T-shirt with brightly colored print. Around his neck he wore a skull necklace and he had single-lidded eyes. Right now he was looking curiously at Lian Xi.
The new tenant was pretty good looking. If you put him in a middle school he could probably muddle his way into being the “class idol”. It was just that he was a bit short.
Lian Xi glanced at him a second time.
He was at most 168cm.
“Let me introduce you guys. Mr Lian, this is Su Jiao. He’s a graduate student at Su City University. He’s in the advanced course. Right, you two are probably alumni of the same school right? Mr Su, this is Mr Lian. He moved in last month.”
The cheerful looking young man extended a hand. “Hello. I’m Su Jiao. It’s the “Jiao” from “Heavens Pride”.
Lian Xi shook his hand back: “…. Lian Xi.”
Xiao Liu: “Then Mr Su, should we take a look at the house?”
“Okay!”
After speaking, Su Jiao rolled his suitcase inside.
Lian Xi: “…..”
He came prepared!
Xiao Liu took Su Jiao to the kitchen and living room to take a look. Then she used the key to open the door to let him look at his room. Su Jiao was very satisfied and immediately signed the contract.
Xiao Liu: “Then I’ll be going first la, thank you Mr Lian, Mr Su. If you guys need anything you can call me anytime.”
Su Jiao waved his hand: “Take care ah.”
Lian Xi: “Take care.”
Ka-la, the door closed.
In the sparsely furnished room, everything returned to silence.
“……”
“……”
Lian Xi felt so awkward his skull felt numb. He completely didn’t know what to say. He quickly threw out a, “Take your time unpacking” and then ran back to his room and closed the door.
Leaning against the door, Lian Xi’s brain slowly calmed down.
Luckily.
Luckily he had made a difficult decision back when he felt he was quite rich, and decided to spend money to rent the master bedroom which had its own ensuite.
Otherwise….
How would he be able to live!
***
Of course life kept going.
Lian Xi’s only stroke of fortune was that this new tenant was a graduate student with an intense course. As soon as he went to do his admissions procedures at school, he was immediately trapped by his professors and senior sisters and brothers and given chores to do. Thus the two people didn’t see each other often. Only when Lian Xi went to the kitchen early to make powdered soy milk in the morning, did he occasionally run into Su Jiao leaving to go to class.
“You’re up early ah.”
“…. you’re pretty early too.”
“I’m going to class ah.”
“Is that so.”
The atmosphere became awkward again.
Returning to his room, Lian Xi buried his head in paid playing jobs.
Even if he didn’t open his livestream, he still needed to play. It was his job.
Just like this, an entire day passed.
The sky slowly darkened. It was 6PM. Lian Xi bought some take out and after eating, prepared for his live-stream.
Of course it was continuing to play games.
After finishing one round, Lian Xi stretched lazily and went to the kitchen to pour himself a glass of water. He was still in the middle of pouring when suddenly the door rang.
“Dong dong dong—–”
Lian Xi’s footsteps stopped.
He looked towards the black-colored door.
“Dong dong dong—-”
The knocking was rhythmic, depressing, methodical. Each knock was exactly the same.
It wasn’t slow nor was it fast. Each sound was very precise.
The doorbell was not rung.
“Dong dong dong—-”
Lian Xi walked over and looked through the peephole, then-
“…..”
If I pretend to be dead you can’t see me, if I pretend to be dead you can’t see me!
However this time, pretending to be dead didn’t work.
Xu Lang, who was outside, was extremely patient.
He knocked over and over again. However he didn’t speak, nor did he make any other movements.
His face was as white and as pale and ice, there was no expression on his face.
He raised his hand.
Knocked on the door.
Raised his hand.
Knocked on the door.
……
This continued for nearly half an hour.
Lian Xi couldn’t stand it any longer so pulled open the door: “I don’t want to sign! Go away, if you keep doing this I will call the police……”
His voice suddenly stopped.
Lian Xi opened his eyes wide. His mouth opened and his gaze fixated on the large and bloody hole on the man’s forehead.
Just now he had only glanced briefly through the peephole. It was too dark and he couldn’t see clearly.
But right now, he could see clearly.
Xu Lang’s stiff hand was still raised mid-air. He seemed to not understand the door had opened. After a long time, he rotated his neck and looked at Lian Xi.
Ku-chi-ku-chi.
The bones on his neck made a dull noise.
“I am Wanderer, a super manager of the Gem Guild.”
The black pupils slowly expanded, and the whites of eyes disappeared.
He used his totally black eyes to stare at Lian Xi woodenly.
He opened his mouth and there was a weird smile on his face.
“…. Do you want to sign?”
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