Chapter 52 After the Live Broadcast

Helan had a strange feeling, as if his backyard had been invaded by a group of uninvited guests.

She knew that the more people in the live stream, the better.

Lu Yanhe's desire to start a live stream isn't just because he's bored; as an artist, he definitely wants more attention.

However, the comments posted by those people made Helan feel inexplicably depressed. She felt that those people were speaking too recklessly and did not seem to want to have a real conversation.

"Lanlan, what are you daydreaming about?" Xu Mingyue had just finished a group report and saved the file. Because she had been sitting for too long, she stood up to stretch her arms and saw Helan staring blankly into space.

Helan snapped out of her reverie, shook her head, and said, "It's nothing, I was just thinking about something."

Her eyes darted around, and she asked, "Mingyue, are you a fan of celebrities?"

"Following celebrities? What do you mean by following celebrities?" Xu Mingyue didn't answer, but asked instead.

He Lan: "Following celebrities is just following celebrities, what else could it mean?"

"If you're talking about the kind of fan who follows him every day and gives him crazy support, I don't follow that kind of fan. But I do have some favorite celebrities. I'll watch their movies and find out about any news related to them."

"If someone says something bad about him, would you get angry?" Helan asked again.

"Not good? To smear him? Probably, I'd be a little annoyed."

"Would you argue with them?"

Xu Mingyue shook her head and said, "I never try to reason with people online, let alone refute them. It's pointless. You don't even know what kind of people those are. You can't talk about ice with a summer insect."

Helan nodded thoughtfully.

"Which celebrity have you fallen for? Are you a fangirl?" Xu Mingyue asked curiously.

Helan shook her head: "No, that's not it."

-

Lu Yanhe's live stream lasted until 11:30 p.m., but he turned it off when he heard the door open and knew that someone had returned.

The live stream was a bit more lively than usual today. I don't know why, but the number of viewers remained consistently above one hundred. People kept coming in and leaving.

The chat was filled with comments like "This streamer is so handsome" or "What is he streaming?", and occasionally someone would help answer the question.

Some viewers commented in the live stream, "Wow, this streamer is amazing! I watched him organize his notes an hour ago, and when I came back, he was still doing it. Is he really doing practice problems live? Why is he doing this? With such a handsome face, he could attract more fans by doing anything else than live-streaming himself studying."

Lu Yanhe offered no explanation.

Those familiar IDs and names from before stopped appearing, so Lu Yanhe said, "I'm logging off now, see you tomorrow," and ended the live stream.

Yan Liang returned with Li Zhibai.

"Why are you two so late coming back?" Lu Yanhe asked as he walked out of the room.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that Li Zhibai was completely drunk, his face flushed, and he was unconscious, being carried on Yan Liang's shoulders.

Yan Liang: "Quickly lend a hand."

Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang together threw Li Zhibai onto his bed.

Yan Liang broke out in a sweat.

"I'm exhausted."

Lu Yanhe asked, "How could he have drunk so much?"

Yan Liang: "Tonight, Zhou Ping'an took us to dinner with a program producer. Zhou Ping'an told us to make the producer happy so that we could get on his show in the future. Li Zhibai usually doesn't care about these things. Anyway, he's popular and programs are always coming to him. But I don't know what happened to him today. He insisted on getting the producer drunk. In the end, he hurt the enemy a thousand and himself eight hundred."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yanhe couldn't help but glance at Li Zhibai, who was fast asleep on the bed, with a puzzled look.

"Turn him over. I've seen it before. It's better to let drunk people sleep face down so they won't vomit and get stuck in their throats."

The two of them turned Li Zhibai over again.

Li Zhibai suddenly shouted, "If I don't drink you under the table today, I'm not a Li!"

Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang were completely dumbfounded.

"Does he have a grudge against this producer? Who are you drinking with today?" Lu Yanhe asked.

Yan Liang said, "Chen Biqiu."

“Ah, him?” Lu Yanhe said, “Then I know why.”

"Why?" Yan Liang asked, puzzled.

"Do you remember how Li Zhibai was chased and cursed by Luna's fans for a long time? They said Li Zhibai was trying to ride on Luna's popularity and that he was a hooligan," Lu Yanhe said.

“I remember, what does this have to do with Chen Biqiu?” Yan Liang asked.

"Have you forgotten that Li Zhibai was criticized by Luna's fans because of his performance on the show 'Let's Camp Together'? Chen Biqiu was the producer of that show. All the actions and expressions that made Li Zhibai get criticized were due to editing. Didn't he say that those actions and expressions weren't directed at Luna at all? But they were edited to make it seem like he had feelings for Luna and even called her to yell at her. Don't you remember?"

Yan Liang immediately realized, "Ah, the producer of that show is Chen Biqiu, no wonder."

He immediately understood why Li Zhibai had been unusually toasting him that evening.

Li Zhibai really wanted to use the toasting as an excuse to get Chen Biqiu drunk to death.

Definitely driven by a desire for revenge.

"Never mind him, I've had a bit to drink, my head is spinning, I'll just take a shower and go to sleep."

"Um."

Lu Yanhe returned to his room and continued reading.

There wasn't enough time; he hadn't finished his study plan for today.

He stayed up until almost 1 a.m. before washing his face and going to sleep.

-

Another rain started.

Lu Yanhe woke up to the sound of rain, opened an app called "Wen Gu" (Reviewing the Past), and listened to history audio lessons. He got dressed and packed his things while listening to the lessons.

A class is fifteen minutes long, just enough time for him to get dressed, pack his schoolbag, wash his face and brush his teeth.

History is a subject that often includes a large number of questions that are outside the syllabus in the college entrance examination every year, so Lu Yanhe searched online and downloaded this app.

The audio history lessons inside cover major events in Chinese and foreign history. Lu Yanhe uses these audio lessons to refine the historical development framework he has built in his mind.

There's a saying that history teachers often say: every period of history is interconnected and follows its own logic.

Lu Yanhe didn't know if this statement was correct or not, but connecting each historical event with this viewpoint and turning it into a whole would indeed help him remember the major and minor events in history.

Yan Liang had just come out of his room when he left.

Why did you go out so early today?

"It's raining. If we don't leave early, the buses will be crowded," Lu Yanhe said.

Yan Liang yawned and nodded. "Then be careful on the road."

Lu Yanhe said, "Aren't you going back to school? Even though you're taking the art exam, the college entrance exam doesn't require a high score, so you still have to take it."

Yan Liang said, "I will go back to prepare for the exam in October."

"Hmm." Lu Yanhe nodded when he heard that Yan Liang had a plan, and then left.

(End of this chapter)