Volume 2 Chapter 35: Can’t I Be Your Online Class Teacher?
“Uh…”
Faced with her sincere invitation, Lin Lin really did think about it for a while.
She was a bit shy and awkward around people in daily life. If she really had to find a teacher, maybe Sister Wenmei was actually a good choice?
But…
“Mm, let’s forget it.”
The girl sighed and shook her head. It wasn’t that she didn’t trust Sister Wenmei’s skill, she just felt embarrassed asking someone she knew.
Even though they weren’t that close.
“Oh, alright then.” Du Wenmei didn’t push it. She thought for a moment and then said, “Oh right, are you free this weekend? I was thinking about doing a joint livestream with you~”
“An online collab? Then we don’t need to wait until the weekend. I’m free these next few days. This weekend though… I actually have something.”
“Hm? A date?”
“No! Of course not!”
Du Wenmei smiled and nodded. Seeing how strongly the girl reacted, she could more or less guess what was going on.
But well, it wasn’t really her business anyway.
“Then… tomorrow night it is. I’ll send you the software, instructions, and things you need when I get home. We’ll officially start at 8 p.m. tomorrow, okay? Get ready~ Bye~”
With that, Du Wenmei waved cheerfully and left the restroom.
Lin Lin watched her leave, feeling a bit helpless. After thinking for a moment, she used the toilet, washed her hands, and walked out.
Ahem.
Standing at the entrance of the women’s restroom, she looked around carefully. After making sure Gao Liang wasn’t waiting outside the door, she finally relaxed and walked out.
Then she saw Gao Liang still standing at the front desk, waiting.
Ahem…
She walked back a bit awkwardly. Gao Liang smiled and teased her about what she had just done.
“Lin Lin, what were you looking for just now?”
“Ah… um…” She turned her head away, feeling embarrassed. “I was just… looking at, um…”
“I wasn’t going to wait for you outside the women’s restroom. Or… were you hoping I would?”
His tone suddenly became playful. Lin Lin was so scared that she stepped back twice, hurriedly explaining as she did.
“No, no! That’s not what I meant! I’m not, I didn’t, I’m sorry, I’m sorry! I wasn’t thinking you were a pervert or anything!”
“Pfft—”
Gao Liang couldn’t hold back and laughed.
Seriously… she was way too cute.
Just one sentence was enough to scare her like that. And of course, he couldn’t really do anything to her in front of the front desk staff anyway.
“Ahem. Anyway,” he said, bringing the topic back. “Have you decided yet? What do you want to do, Lin Lin? Sign up for a class, or…?”
Only then did Lin Lin remember this was still an issue.
Uh…
She took the one-on-one teacher list back and looked through it carefully again. After a while, she quietly put it down and said in a low, troubled voice.
“How about… we forget it? I really don’t see anyone I like.”
Uh…
Gao Liang fell silent.
He had looked at the list earlier too. On paper, many of the teachers had pretty good qualifications.
And yet… Lin Lin didn’t like any of them.
This girl…
What kind of standards was she even using to choose a teacher?
“…So,” Gao Liang asked, sounding a bit down, “what do you plan to do then, Lin Lin?”
Hmm—
That question really put Lin Lin on the spot.
She thought and thought, and suddenly, an idea came to her.
An idea…
That would let her take classes from home.
After all, she still wanted to keep up her livestream work too.
“Or maybe… I could take an art class online?”
“Ahem, think about it, at most I’d just need to buy a drawing tablet at home. That way, I can take lessons at home. If I’m busy and can’t watch live, I can watch the replay later. What do you think… Gao Liang?”
“Hmm… If that’s the case, then I could also teach you, right?”
Gao Liang thought for a moment and said this.
Ahem…
Lin Lin blinked.
You can do that?
“But look, Gao Liang, Online classes already make learning less effective. Wouldn’t it be better if I found a more professional art teacher?”
Lin Lin spoke gently, trying to discuss it with him. But after hearing that, Gao Liang frowned, turned to her, and asked, “So… are you saying I’m not professional?”
“No—no—”
Lin Lin gave an awkward smile and shook her head. She watched him carefully, worried he might flick her forehead again. After thinking for a moment, she spoke,
“Ahem! Well, it’s mainly because I see that you’re pretty busy too. Do you have other things to do? That’s totally fine! I’m not in a hurry. You can just teach me offline on the weekend, okay? The rest of the time, you can do what you like! Ganbatte!”
Lin Lin said all this with a straight face and a calm heart. Inside, she nodded proudly.
I’m really way too considerate. Hahaha!
“Hmm… If you put it that way, then yeah, I do have my own things to do.”
Gao Liang thought for a moment, then nodded and accepted her suggestion. After discussing it a bit more, and under the resentful gaze of the front desk lady, the two of them walked out of the building.
………………
The streetlights on the road seemed broken. The sky was dark and cloudy. Gao Liang and Lin Lin walked along the street, while Lin Lin held up her phone and hurriedly replied to her mom’s messages on WeChat.
“Heh, you forgot to tell your parents?”
Gao Liang smiled.
Lin Lin kept typing hard on the screen and shouted back, “That’s because of you! Ouch!”
Another forehead flick.
The girl covered her head and looked like she was about to cry.
Gao Liang nodded with satisfaction. It really seemed like he had found a good way to deal with this little one.
Heh.
Later, he should tell this discovery to the little vampire girl and add it to her How to Win Over a Little Girl guide.
Forehead flick! Super effective against tsundere little girls!
Like this, Gao Liang walked Lin Lin all the way home. After that, he took a taxi and disappeared at the end of the street.
Hmm…
………………
The next afternoon, Lin Lin sat in the classroom, troubled as she looked at the messages Sister Wenmei had sent her.
The software, instructions, and notes were all fine. But there was one problem that really bothered Lin Lin.
This…
This script…
Ahem.
Ridiculous.
She slightly turned her head and glanced to the side.
Hmm…
What is Gao Liang doing?
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the book in his hand. It looked like something about… Video editing?
Hmm…
Why is he learning that? Is he planning to become an internet celebrity?
She pulled her gaze back and looked at the script in her hands again.
What am I supposed to do with this…
Suddenly, she received a private message.
Ahem, hiding it from Gao Liang, Lin Lin secretly opened the message.
Eh? It’s Dog Bro?!
【Watching VTubers Makes Me a Dog: Ari-chan, do you need someone to help you make video clips?】