Chapter 93: There Are So Many Brainless Idiots Around, Just Drop Dead Already!
There were things she had tried to forget on purpose. But now, the server’s voice had brought back the painful memory.
Lin Yibai admitted it, she had left the flower there on purpose. But now, that hot potato, no, that hot rose was back.
So the big question was... Should she go pick it up?
Lin Yibai took a deep breath, then looked up at the sky for a long moment before finally saying, “Here’s the thing...”
Xia Changyu: “?”
Lin Yibai said, “What if I told you I just forgot it there. Would you believe me?”
Xia Changyu almost laughed, but still comforted her, “It’s okay. When I gave a flower to Gu Xiaoxue before, she just held it for a second, then turned around and threw it in the trash.”
Lin Yibai was shocked. “She threw it away?”
Xia Changyu nodded. “I saw it with my own eyes. She even said, ‘I got the message, that’s enough.’”
Lin Yibai replied, “What a lame thing to do.”
So… was this really not some kind of trick from him?
Lin Yibai walked over and picked up the rose again. It still looked fresh and pretty, it could probably last a few more days. But it was still a “hot” item to hold.
Especially while walking down the street. Other people kept giving her strange looks. Like they thought she and Xia Changyu were some new couple or something.
But Lin Yibai swore, it wasn’t what they thought. She had zero feelings for Xia Changyu!
She had the heart of a boy, there’s no way she’d suddenly change!
Xia Changyu didn’t take advantage of the moment either. He didn’t bring up the love song again, because he believed that people should take their time. Especially when it came to someone they liked.
No tricks, no pressure.
And today, that flower…
That hot, awkward rose he gave her...
It was mainly to send a message: ‘I like you. Maybe one day, I’ll try to chase you.’
As long as the message got through, that was enough.
When they reached the intersection, Xia Changyu finally asked, “Can I walk you home?”
Lin Yibai still shook her head. She was staying at a hotel, what was there to walk her to?
After she politely said no, she thought she heard a quiet sigh from him.
Walking past the traffic light, she scratched her head and muttered, “What the heck! Isn’t it easier if I don’t let him walk me? Why the sigh?”
What bothered her most... was that sigh. It somehow got stuck in her heart.
Damn it. How did Xia Changyu manage to make her feel so conflicted?! He really is the worst!
She quickly turned away and didn’t look back at him.
Soon, Lin Yibai’s figure disappeared into the crowd. If you listened closely, you might’ve heard her grumbling.
“Once I make enough money and move out, then maybe I’ll let him walk me home.”
But sadly, after returning to the hotel, that thought came back to her again.
She washed her face in front of the mirror. When she saw her beautiful reflection, like a painting, she started to feel discouraged.
"When I move out, it's probably better if no one knows about it."
Lin Yibai let out a sigh and said, “For example, what if Xia Changyu suddenly comes to visit one day, and I happen to be in my male form? How am I supposed to explain that to him?”
Is there a solution? Yes.
But for Lin Yibai, it's not the best one.
As her “Female Correction Value” keeps going up, her physical traits are slowly changing too. Her Adam’s apple is almost gone now.
If she didn’t work hard to keep her voice rough and closer to neutral, her voice would already be getting more soft and sweet.
So what kind of changes will happen with the next permanent increase in “Correction Value”?
Lin Yibai held her chest with both hands and thought seriously.
“Maybe I can choose to keep my current girl-face. Maybe I can pick a big bust, or long legs, beautiful feet… Or even send my ‘banana’ on vacation for a while.”
Ugh! No way. No, no.
Just thinking about sending “banana” on a trip, and maybe it would die out there or something, that thought instantly snapped her back to reality.
Why even bother thinking about all this?
She told herself that the only reason she was dealing with Xia Changyu at all right now was just because she was working for him.
“Once this project is done, I’ll just vanish from his life. Poof!” Lin Yibai smirked. She didn’t feel bad about it at all.
He messed with her peace of mind every single day. Once she got her money, she’d ignore him for good.
Wash up and go to bed.
……………………………………
The next day, Lin Yibai got busy again.
It wasn’t that she loved working, it was because of the time limit on her transformation.
She had to make good use of every moment.
With her written video script in hand, Lin Yibai arrived at the short video production department.
“Huh? Sister Xia isn’t here?”
She didn’t see Xia Zhilan, maybe something came up and she didn’t show. But it wasn’t a big problem.
Lin Yibai called the team together.
But the most important person, the main actress for this shoot, still hadn’t arrived. She had heard that it was a girl from the nearby music school.
She posted singing and dancing videos, did live streams playing piano… And somehow became a little internet celebrity?
Lin Yibai didn’t want to judge. After all, it was the video team who chose this girl.
Since she was still running late, Lin Yibai said, “Okay, how about this! I’ll explain the video plan to you first, and then you can pass it on to her later. Sound good?”
Everyone seemed fine with that.
Lin Yibai finally let out a small sigh of relief.
She had gotten much better at handling work situations now. At least when she spoke in front of the team, she didn’t get stage fright anymore.
She said, “Since the theme is traditional Chinese style, the north gives people a feeling of coldness, harshness, and deserts. But the south makes people think of rain and water towns. And since the main character in our video is a girl, let’s use the southern water towns to show her gentle and soft side!”
It sounded like Lin Yibai had prepared two plans. But sadly, they could only use one of them.
Southern water towns, girls, and gentleness. Just imagining it already felt poetic and beautiful.
They waited until a bit after 10 o’clock before the female lead finally showed up. Her name was Xie Xinyi, a small online influencer from the music academy.
Maybe because the weather was too hot, she looked annoyed and impatient.
“Whatever you need to shoot, hurry up! I need to go back and stream soon. If I lose my fans, are you going to pay me for it?”
The video team looked at each other and saw the helplessness in each other’s eyes. It was clear this influencer wasn’t going to be easy to work with.
And just coming in and expecting to finish quickly? It’s not that simple.
Lin Yibai was a responsible person. She came over, planning to personally explain the video script to someone around her own age.
And since no one else from the team dared to speak up, she kindly said, “Well, here’s the thing, shooting this video might take some time. If there are a lot of retakes, it might take one or even two or three days to finish.”
When Xie Xinyi heard that, she paused her makeup touch-up and asked sharply. “What? That long?”
Lin Yibai asked back, “Is that too long?”
Xie Xinyi showed her annoyance. “You just said two or three days!”
Lin Yibai calmly replied, “You accepted our sponsored deal. We’re paying 12,000 yuan for this video. You don’t think you can earn that much money in just a few minutes of filming, do you?”
Xie Xinyi became even more upset and complained, “What are you trying to say? You think 12,000 is a lot? Just a few of my fans can easily give me that much during a stream. I only took this job because someone from your team begged me to.”
Lin Yibai was briefly speechless.
She wondered, why do some small influencers think a video they casually film in a few minutes is worth over 12,000 yuan?
Looking at this girl from the music academy, her makeup was so thick, but she still didn’t look better than Lin Yibai herself.
So is it that as long as you're pretty and show your face, some guys will throw money at you because they’re thinking with the wrong head? Is making money that easy?
Is it that women have it too easy when it comes to earning? Or that men’s money is just too easy to take?
Maybe Lin Yibai was really a bit angry now. She had wanted to reason with the girl.
But the people from the film team kept signaling her with their eyes, telling her to back off.
So she had no choice but to turn her head away and say without meaning it.
“Yes, yes, you’re right. I was being shallow.”
What you don't know can't hurt you. And she secretly cursed in her heart.
There are so many brainless idiots around, just drop dead already!