Volume 2 Chapter 18: Could This Be Uncle’s Scheme?

Early the next morning, Lin Lin slowly crawled out from under the blanket.

She rubbed her messy hair and forced her eyes open. Her whole body felt weak, and her eyelids were very heavy. Several times, she almost fell asleep again.

Then a sharp pain hit her head. The pain was so strong that she clenched her teeth and hit her head a few times with her small fist. Only then did she lift her head in confusion and scratch her scalp.

This is…

What’s going on?

What happened?

She couldn’t remember anything from yesterday at all.

The girl closed her eyes and tried to think. The broken pieces of memory suddenly rushed back.

Little by little, things became clearer.

First, she remembered drinking with Sister Wenmei and the others. To avoid Gao Liang, she had taken the initiative to drink a lot…

Then she got drunk, and after that, her memory became blurry.

At first, it seemed like… Someone came and carried her into a car.

Then the next scene was…

She got slapped hard on the face.

After that…

She was lying on a bed, and Gao Liang was standing beside it.

He was saying something to her, and she was mumbling something back. It felt like she was being interviewed. Then that guy covered her mouth, and after that…

Her memory was gone again.

But—

Hiss—

Just remembering this much already made Lin Lin feel that something was very wrong. This was bad. Really bad.

She had forgotten the most important problem.

Even though being blacked out helped her avoid Gao Liang’s questions. At the same time, if that guy wanted to touch her, she wouldn’t have been able to stop him!

No no no no no…

That wouldn’t happen, right?

Her innocence?!

Lin Lin quickly threw off the blanket and looked at her body.

Uh…

It looked… pretty normal.

But where did this pajamas come from?

Wait…

Lin Lin suddenly calmed down and looked around the room.

Ah…

This looks like her bedroom. Hahaha…

Then it should be fine.

Lin Lin stretched and stood up. Looking at the messy bed sheets, her face turned slightly red.

What was I even thinking?

It must have been… something I caused by accident. Yeah, that’s it.

The girl reached out, ready to tidy up the bed.

But when she was fixing the pillow, she suddenly noticed a piece of paper under it.

Strange. Where did this paper come from?

Lin Lin pulled it out. On it was Gao Liang’s neat handwriting, with only one sentence written.

“Due to vomiting that caused car cleaning costs, today, Lin Lin owes Gao Liang 30,000 RMB. Please repay as soon as possible. ^_^”

This…

Lin Lin’s mouth twitched. Wow, this… this is really the face of a capitalist, isn’t it?

This guy’s monthly allowance is probably more than 30,000, yet he still wants me to pay it back? I only threw up a little! Is it really worth this much money? And he even wrote a note and hid it under my pillow!

This guy… When did he even write this?!

Damn it!

Lin Lin gritted her teeth for a while. She wanted to call him right away and argue with him, but after thinking about it…

His car does seem pretty expensive.

Maybe the cleaning really does cost a lot.

And after all, she was the one who threw up in his car first. That was her fault.

She really should pay him back…

Ugh—

What should I do?

The girl grabbed her hair in frustration. She already owed that guy many favors, and now she also owed him 30,000 yuan.

Owing so much to her mortal enemy, was there anyone in the world more unlucky than her?

Anyway, Lin Lin deeply regretted drinking so much last night.

Money… I need money!

Just as she was thinking that, suddenly—

A message notification sound came from her phone.

She froze, took out her phone, and opened the notification. It was a private message alert from P-site.

She opened the message, and then—

This was huge.

It was actually from the official P-site account?

With an official verification badge?

She was stunned, then read the message content.

It seemed to be a message sent to all virtual streamers whose followers had reached 1,000. The content was…

“P-site New Star Streamer Support Program. Generous rewards. We look forward to your participation—”

Oh? Big data, huh!

The girl blinked, then excitedly rubbed her hands together and clicked in. It turned out to be a P-site event.

It was a program made for new virtual streamers. After joining, streamers could get more promotion and exposure, monthly subsidies, and extra streaming rewards, and no contract was required.

This… isn’t this a gift falling from the sky?

Especially for Lin Lin, who really wanted to make money right now, this New Star Plan was extremely tempting.

She was just about to click the Join Plan button without thinking, but…

Very quickly, the girl calmed herself down.

How could something good just fall from the sky? Was this really safe?

Would anyone really be this kind? Was there any trick hidden inside?

Hmm…

She pinched her chin and thought for a moment. Then she took out her phone and opened WeChat, where she had just added Sister Wenmei yesterday.

[Lin Lin: Sister Wenmei! I saw a P-site virtual streamer New Star Plan. It looks like if I click join, I can get more exposure and income. This isn’t a scam, right?]

[Lin Lin: I really want to click it, but I’m afraid of getting tricked QAQ.]

After a short while, a reply came.

[Du Wenmei: Ah, that one. You can join it. I’m also in that plan right now. It’s mainly an event made to support virtual streamers. No harm in joining~]

[Du Wenmei: But there’s one thing you should pay attention to, Lin Lin. The New Star Plan has a requirement for effective streaming time. It seems you need to stream more than three hours a day, or you won’t get promotion or subsidy rewards.]

[Lin Lin: Huh? Does leaving the stream on without doing anything count?]

[Du Wenmei: Empty streaming definitely doesn’t count. If you’re a student, Lin Lin, joining might not help much. You probably won’t have that much time~]

Hmm…

Lin Lin thought for a while.

What if… she changed her evening self-study to commuting instead?

Anyway, right now… uh, she felt that studying wasn’t that stressful anymore. She understood things very quickly in class. Very quickly~

She should just come back and stream. If she kept being lazy, she would definitely turn into a “trash bin.”

After thinking it over, Lin Lin clicked the Join New Star Plan button. The system showed a success message, and she nodded in satisfaction.

And then…

She ran into a problem.

Wow, three hours of streaming every day…

Isn’t that really hard to manage?

[Lin Lin: I do have time, but… Sister Wenmei, can I ask you one more thing? Um… how do people “farm” streaming hours?]

[Du Wenmei: Huh? What do you mean?]