Chapter 52 Overnight Popularity
When the door of 1021 opened, Xia Xubai was making breakfast.
Xia Xubai's eyesight gradually deteriorated until he became blind. He was used to being alone and didn't like to bother others. He had mastered life skills since he was a teenager.
Xia Lili and her parents also bought Xia Xubai an electrical appliance with voice prompts and put Braille embossed stickers on various daily necessities.
It is not a problem for Xia Xubai to cook or go out by himself.
At this time, Xia Xubai was frying shrimp and egg pancakes. Hearing Xia Lili's movements, he called her gently: "Lili, you came just in time. The egg pancakes are almost ready. Come and have breakfast."
"We'll talk about breakfast later!"
Xia Lili looked around after entering the room: "Have you checked your phone? Where is your phone?"
"It's on the coffee table." Xia Xubai looked bewildered. "It started beeping every now and then last night. Then the message notification sounds became continuous, so I muted it."
Xia Lili quickly found his cell phone and entered the password quickly.
The passwords for Xia Xubai’s phone lock screen and bank card are his sister’s parents’ birth dates: 07, 23, 19.
When Xia Lili opened the musical note software and saw the red dots with 99+ likes, followers and comments in the background, she gasped.
Xia Xubai's first singing and playing video received over 300,000 likes overnight!
The current figure is 321,000. After Xia Lili exited for a while and clicked on the video again, it suddenly became 326,000!
The number of likes increased by thousands!
The comments section was also filled with comments:
[This is a voice kissed by God! This is a beauty blessed by Nuwa!]
[Please debut, brother. Please don't stay in this small studio anymore. We'll send you to the big stage!]
[Wow, such a handsome and talented little brother is blind...it's even more heartbreaking!]
[I heard this handsome guy has a rare eye disease that makes him blind. Is it too late for me to study medicine now?]
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Xia Lili looked at the comments in the comment section, each of which had nearly ten thousand likes. Most of them were netizens expressing their love and regret for his brother. Xia Lili burst into tears of joy.
Of course, there were a few people who felt jealous and that it was a show-off. Xia Lili was just glad that her brother couldn't see those vicious words.
The current number of fans on Xia Xubai’s backend fan interface is 51,000.
Xia Lili refreshed and it became 52,000!
After another 10 seconds, it refreshed to 54,000!
The number of fans increases by hundreds in one second!
Oh my God!
So this is what it feels like to be famous!
Xia Lili was so excited that tears welled up in her eyes, and she was crying and laughing at the same time.
Xia Xubai put the shrimp and egg pancakes on a plate. He had good hearing and asked suspiciously, "Lili, what are you doing over there laughing like an idiot?"
"elder brother!"
Xia Lili's voice trembled slightly, and her fingertips unconsciously clenched the phone screen. "Brother, that singing and playing video we posted last night...it went viral! It really went viral!"
The plate in Xia Xubai's hand fell onto the table with a slight "bang".
He turned his head, his thick eyelashes casting a shadow in the morning light, "Are you sure it's not a system bug?" There was some hesitation in his voice, but also a hint of expectation.
"Absolutely true!"
Xia Lili turned on the screen reading function and let the AI read out the number of likes on Xia Xubai's current video.
Xia Xubai's Adam's apple rolled unconsciously. He whispered, "This... is too easy."
——"It's not easy!"
Xia Lili's eyes gleamed with pride, "It's because you're the one singing!"
"Brother, your talent is like the brightest star in the night—"
"It's destined to be seen by the whole world!"
Xia Xubai bit his lip, unable to hide the excitement on his face.
"Short video platforms work like this. The more people like the big data, the more people will be pushed to it. It's like a snowball, moving from one traffic pool to another, even bigger one."
Xia Lili's tone was filled with anticipation. Shangguan Xu probably hadn't had time to help behind the scenes by then, right? He probably would start to exert his strength soon.
"It's only morning yet, I reckon this video of yours will get over a million likes!"
After breakfast, Xia Lili read out to Xia Xubai the praise comments from netizens in the comment section one by one.
She was worried that the phone's voice reading might have read out the bad comments as well.
——"Dude is so handsome, even I, a man, think he's handsome."
——"She is so beautiful, just like the stars and the moon in the sky. Her face is more flawless than the sculptures in the museum, and her singing voice is like a voice kissed by God! Who released this work of art, allowing us ordinary people to see a living, peerless deity..."
——"I originally thought you were a performer, but after you opened your mouth I thought you were a musician. Now I know for sure, you are my life..."
Xia Lili read the netizens' flattery and cheesy love words to Xia Xubai with great emotion. Xia Xubai's ears were already red enough to bleed. He reached out to grab his sister's phone: "Lili, that's enough..."
There was a rare panic in his voice, "I believe it, I really believe it..."
Xia Lili nimbly dodged his hand and nudged his shoulder with her elbow, a sly glint in her eyes. "You're just getting started! Just wait, brother. By this time tomorrow, your fan count will definitely double!"
He reached out and rubbed the top of her head, his voice gentle: "Well, as long as Lili says it, I believe it."
This sentence was like a small hammer, suddenly hitting Xia Lili's heart.
She suddenly lowered her head, her nose felt sore, and she quickly pretended to cough to cover up the instant redness of her eyes.
She looked down at Xia Xubai's phone in her hand.
My brother has been using this mobile phone for five years.
There are several big cracks on the screen but I can’t bear to replace it. The battery of the phone is also running low, so I have to carry a heavy power bank when I go out. However, the operation is still quite smooth.
This is the top-of-the-line version of the Apple phone from five years ago.
At that time, Xia Lili was still in her senior year of high school, and Xia Xubai found a job in a blind massage parlor in the city with free food and accommodation, and was about to leave his family to live in the city.
Xia Lili's parents were worried about Xia Xubai living alone in the city, so they asked around and found out that Apple phones are the brand with the most comprehensive assistive functions for the blind and the best experience.
The couple gritted their teeth and took out three months' salary to buy Xia Xubai a top-of-the-line Apple phone.
Xia Xubai worked very hard and gradually took root in Yangcheng. He earned his own money to learn piano and changed to a job that interested him. His salary also increased from a thousand yuan as an apprentice to 150 yuan an hour now.
If it weren't for that abominable boss Jiang's unscrupulous behavior of taking money, her brother's living conditions would have been much better.
Xia Lili put Xia Xubai's mobile phone on the coffee table. Now it was time for this phone to be retired gloriously.
"Brother, wait for me for a moment."
Xia Lili returned to her apartment and brought over a handbag.
"Brother, stretch out your hand and I'll give you a gift."
Upon hearing this, Xia Xubai obediently stretched out his hand, and the latest Apple smartwatch was put on his wrist.
Xia Xubai was startled when he touched the cool little electronic screen and quickly tried to take off his watch: "Lili, smart watches are too expensive."
"I have a cell phone, that's all. You should return it now."
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