Chapter 9

This commanding tone, reminiscent of a leader's command, left Yu Xia momentarily speechless.

Perhaps he didn't want to be with me, which is why he urged me to leave quickly so I wouldn't get in his way?

From his tone, Yu Xia could only deduce this conclusion.

“Okay,” she said.

After finishing her sentence, Yu Xia quickly paid the bill, and then, as if afraid of being too slow, she scanned the screen with her phone. Before she could even hear the payment success notification, she hurriedly said, "Goodbye, President Gu."

By the time Gu Yubai finished packing and turned around, the livestreamer had already disappeared.

Um?

How could they disappear in the blink of an eye? What happened in such a hurry?

Gu Yubai picked up his bag, somewhat puzzled.

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When Gu Yubai returned home, Chi Ximin was sitting cross-legged on the sofa, looking at something and laughing like a fool.

Gu Yubai glanced at the TV screen; it was just another one of those pointless soap operas.

He glanced at Chi Ximin's engrossed expression, put the bag on the cabinet, and tried to think about it for a few seconds, but still couldn't figure out what magic this thing had that could make people so fascinated.

Seeing him enter, Chi Ximin's eyes lit up. She immediately paused the TV screen and jumped off the sofa, exclaiming, "Brother! You're back!"

"Hmm." Gu Yubai nodded indifferently, then picked up the bag of snacks, placed it on the kitchen counter, took out the tea he had bought, put it back in the original cabinet, and restocked.

Chi Ximin immediately started rummaging through the bags, and when she found a bag of unchanging elderly food products, the eager expression on her face instantly faded.

No, what happened to human rights? What happened to happiness? In the end, what's the difference between this and those other things that made people lose their appetite?

She shouldn't have trusted her brother so much!

Looking at the food inside, Chi Ximin couldn't find many edible items and said speechlessly, "You only bought this much?"

"Yes, what's wrong?" Gu Yubai put down the tea, turned around, glanced at the bag in her hand, and didn't see anything wrong with it. "Is it not good?"

Haha, delicious my foot! Only a boring, old-fashioned middle-aged or elderly person like you would think they're delicious!

Chi Ximin rolled her eyes inwardly.

Gu Yubai walked over and calmly pulled out the bag of cream cookies from the bottom.

"Hey!" Upon seeing this, Chi Ximin's lips, which had just shrugged, immediately turned up. She reached out to take the bag of cookies from his hand, a "I knew it" look on her face. "I knew it. How could my brother not buy me the cookies I ordered?"

But Gu Yu simply moved his hand to the side, refusing to give it to her.

ha?

Looking at the cookie that had slipped from her hand, Chi Ximin was a little stunned.

This wasn't bought for her?

What the heck?

Chi Ximin looked very confused, and after a long while, she asked uncertainly, "Do you... want to eat?"

Under Chi Ximin's gaze that seemed to be saying "I can't wait for you to say no," Gu Yubai calmly nodded again.

?

Seeing her brother nod, Chi Ximin became even more confused, her head filled with a huge question mark.

No, when did her brother start liking to eat such high-sugar foods?

Just playing around.

But then Gu Yubai showed her with his actions. He pulled out another healthy cookie brand that Yu Xia had recommended, took out the two bags of cookies, and then pushed the remaining bag of snacks that Chi Ximin had categorized as "old people's snacks" to her, saying, "These are for you."

? ? ?

Um? ? ?

What should I give her?

Are you kidding me? You took the only bag that could be called a snack. Why did you leave me with something that's so watery to eat?

Chi Hee-min looked like she really wanted to curse.

Gu Yubai ignored the murderous intent in her eyes and carried the two bags of cookies upstairs.

Halfway up the stairs, he didn't forget to remind me, "Oh, and remember to clean up after you're done eating. If I find any crumbs on the sofa, you'll be in for a world of trouble."

"I understand." Chi Ximin's angry voice came from downstairs as she tied the bag.

You bastard! You have no human rights!

Chi Ximin thought angrily.

Gu Yubai, of course, had no idea what she was thinking, and even if he had heard it, he wouldn't have cared. He leisurely went upstairs.

He went into the study, closed the door, put the cookies on the table, sat down in a chair, glanced at the time on his watch, and figured the little streamer should be starting her broadcast around this time. So he took out his phone and prepared to go online.

Just as he unlocked the door, he saw a message from Fu Ze on the screen.

【No liability】: Hey, am I seeing things? Did the sun rise in the west today? Why do you suddenly want your own things? I remember you never wanted them before, saying they were useless and just taking up space. What's wrong with you today? You're asking me for them now.

Gu Yubai gave a simple reply.

【Bai】：To ask for something on behalf of someone else.

His reply emboldened Fu Ze even more.

[No liability]: Oh, that's even stranger. Someone who usually doesn't even glance at their own belongings is not only asking for merchandise today, but also asking for it for others. Who is it? Who's such a big shot?

【Bai】：……

Fu Ze had no intention of letting him off the hook and was determined to find out what had happened to him.

[No liability]: Tell me, tell me, who is it? I'm really curious, bro. Who is this person who could make you change from someone who's usually too lazy to even say a word, to condescend to ask for the whole set of merchandise you gave me before that you didn't even want? Tell me, who is it?

Gu Yubai couldn't understand why there were so many problems when he just wanted a set of his own merchandise.

【Bai】：You talk too much.

[Bai]: Is there a problem with my own surroundings?

Besides, the merchandise is for his fans to use as souvenirs. He's not that narcissistic to display a bunch of his merchandise at home as an ita-ya (decorated room).

However, Fu Ze clearly wanted his own answer now and wasn't going to listen to what he was saying.

[No liability]: You're not telling the truth, are you? Well then I'm going to go to the studio and spread rumors tomorrow.

Gu Yubai: "..."

[Bai]: Is there something wrong with you?

Gu Yubai was speechless.

[No liability]: Since you didn't tell me the truth, I have no choice but to take some necessary measures. After all, life is too boring, and we have to find some fun to amuse ourselves.

Fu Ze acted as if he hadn't seen his words, immersed in his own world, when suddenly he was startled, as if he had thought of something terrible, when his phone received a long string of messages from him.

【No liability】: Oh my god, you didn't contact your fans privately, did you? And you're trying to curry favor with them this way? Seriously, you can't do something so unethical! Do you know how much damage this will do to your image, and how much clarification our studio will have to do for you?

As Fu Ze spoke, his words became increasingly agitated, as if he had already imagined the miserable scene of his own miserable overtime work, and thus he righteously warned Gu Yubai.

【No liability】: You should just hurt yourself instead of causing trouble for us. We're already exhausted from working every day, please don't add to our workload. Don't you have any conscience?

Gu Yubai had only one word to describe such rich and illogical neuroimagination.

【Bai】: Get lost.

【No liability】: You're angry because I hit the nail on the head?

【Bai】: Go see a neurologist tomorrow. Our studio doesn't employ sick people.

After rambling on for so long, that lunatic Fu Ze hadn't said anything useful. Gu Yubai was too lazy to argue with him anymore; if they kept going, they'd miss the live stream.

[Bai]: Put the surrounding items on my desk before I go to work tomorrow.

[No liability]: Pay money.

Gu Yubai laughed in exasperation.

[Bai]: I have to pay for my own merchandise?

Fu Ze didn't feel there was anything wrong with it at all, and was quite self-righteous.

【No liability】: That's right, you have to pay for the merchandise, no matter who you are. Didn't you say that everyone is equal? ​​What's the problem?

【Bai】: Okay, I'll deduct it from your salary.

Fu Ze immediately launched into an angry question.

[No liability]: On what grounds?!

Gu Yubai readily agreed.

【Bai】：To verbally abuse the boss and disobey employee rules.

Fu Ze: "......"

[No responsibility]: Fine, you win.

After ending this long and pointless conversation, Gu Yubai finally got some peace and quiet and opened the social media platform he had been using.

As soon as I clicked on it, a notification popped up on the screen.

[Summer, whom you are following, is currently live streaming. Click to enter the live stream room and check it out!]

What a coincidence, I just made it in time.

Gu Yubai clicked in and just happened to see the little streamer's face as she left the screen, probably from a fixed camera position.

The young streamer had just finished setting it up when she saw the ID and her eyes lit up: "Sister Bai, it's you! You came so fast!"

【Bai and Bye】: Just happened to run into each other.

Gu Yubai was telling the truth.

"Really?" The young anchor smiled, revealing two shallow dimples at the corners of her lips. Her smile was very sweet. She said, "Then we really are quite destined to meet."

Gu Yubai recalled his chance encounters at the studio and convenience store earlier that day and nodded. He and the young livestreamer did indeed have a bit of a connection.

【Bai and Bye】: Hmm.

He accidentally clicked on a live streamer's link and found out that the streamer was the artist his studio had been commissioning, and the one he was very satisfied with.

As a result, Gu Yubai's recognition of the word "fate" deepened.

【Bai and Bye】: It's quite a coincidence.

"Right? I think so too. We're still on the same page." The young streamer laughed even harder, her dimples becoming more pronounced, and her eyes curving like two little crescent moons, seemingly very infectious.

It draws people's attention without them even realizing it.

The young streamer has a lovely smile; I wish I could always see that smile.

Suddenly, a sentence popped into Gu Yubai's mind.