Volume 2 Chapter 5: One Yuri Pair and One Yaoi Pair (Just Kidding)
“Uh…”
Facing the invitation, Lin Lin hesitated for a moment. But after thinking about it, she realized…
There’s no contract to sign, and she would have a chance to get close to a big sister—ah, no, to make a new friend.
It’s a deal with no loss!
After thinking this way, Lin Lin felt much less resistant. At least her fear of being tricked slowly faded.
After a short pause, she nodded slowly.
“Okay, Sister Wenmei. As long as you don’t mind that I don’t have much time and I’m still not very good at streaming, then I’ll join.”
“Nice!”
Du Wenmei excitedly raised her fist and smiled. “Yay! I can finally collaborate with a pretty little sister!”
“Haha… Please take care of me and teach me more,” Lin Lin said shyly, rubbing her nose.
“Don’t worry, don’t worry!” Du Wenmei laughed. “No problem, leave it to me~”
As they talked, they finished their KFC meal.
Du Wenmei suddenly raised her eyebrows and said,
“By the way, Xiao Lin, are you interested in coming to our studio?”
“Studio?”
Lin Lin froze for a moment. Why go there?
Gasp—
Is she trying to kidnap me?!
Lin Lin immediately shook her head like a rattle drum.
Seeing herself rejected on the spot, Du Wenmei looked a little embarrassed. She smiled awkwardly, rubbed her forehead, and explained,
“It’s not some remote or strange place. It’s just an apartment nearby. It’s where my friend and I stay for now. We work together to manage Hki’s account.”
“Oh~”
Lin Lin suddenly understood.
So it’s not kidnapping, it’s more like— ‘My house is quite big. If you get tired from playing, you can just stay over~’
Wait…
Isn’t that still kind of kidnapping?!
“If you come,” Du Wenmei continued gently, seeing Lin Lin still hesitating, “how about we try doing a collaboration stream today?”
“Uh…”
Lin Lin felt tempted.
Collaborating with a big sister who has fifty thousand followers… hehe, hehe…
The girl nodded with sparkling eyes.
“Let’s go!”
…………………………
Under the warm sunlight, walking on the street, the young boy soon arrived at a familiar basketball court with a ball in his hand.
The weather was indeed nice today.
Lin Yu bent down to tie his shoelaces, then looked up at the teams already playing on the court.
The only problem was that he didn’t manage to invite any friends. He had to play with strangers again.
Although Lin Yu was not as socially anxious as his sister, he was still an introverted guy. Playing basketball with a group of people he didn’t know well was not easy for him.
But today was fine. He had played here many times before. Even if it was just a random public game, at least some people might recognize him.
After tying his shoes, he held the basketball and walked forward.
But when he passed the entrance of the court, he suddenly froze.
There were several girls standing outside the court.
Lin Yu was completely confused.
The three girls were leaning on the fence, looking carefully at one place on the basketball court. One of them was waving her arms excitedly.
“Look, look! I told you, right? There really is a super handsome guy on the basketball court today!”
“Wow, it’s true! He’s so handsome, so handsome!”
“He looks good enough to act in an idol drama. His skin is so nice. Even many edited photos of celebrities don’t look as good as him.”
“Oh my god, I really love him already! What should I do? I want to see a handsome guy do a slam dunk, but I’m also worried that playing basketball under the sun will damage his skin!”
Lin Yu, who was standing nearby, twitched his mouth when he heard this. He wondered which “pretty boy basketball star” had come to the court to play again.
Maybe he could at least check what brand of basketball shoes that guy was wearing. It might help him start a business reselling sneakers. But when he looked up—
Oh wow.
This was not a stranger.
That familiar face had left a deep impression on him before.
Gao Liang?!
Lin Yu clicked his tongue in annoyance and quickly walked toward where Gao Liang was on the court.
When he reached him, Gao Liang was still fully focused on playing. Lin Yu pulled the corner of his mouth and walked straight up to him.
“Hey!”
Gao Liang was just about to do a slam dunk when he suddenly saw Lin Yu. Afraid of hitting him, he quickly changed direction, and the ball flew to the other side.
But Lin Yu reacted quickly. He turned around, caught the basketball, hugged it to his chest, and looked at Gao Liang proudly.
“Want to practice a bit?”
As soon as he said that, Lin Yu heard more and more girls and kids outside the court talking excitedly. Since their “basketball god” was suddenly being challenged like this, of course they were all staring closely at the scene.
Gao Liang scratched his head and looked confused at the young man who suddenly appeared in front of him.
“You are…?”
“…Hey, didn’t we meet before?!” Lin Yu shouted helplessly. “You know Lin Lin, right? Or are you Gao Liang’s twin brother or something?”
“Oh!” Gao Liang suddenly remembered. He spoke a little embarrassed. “You’re Lin Lin’s younger brother, right? Sorry, we’ve only met a few times, so I didn’t remember clearly. I just felt you looked familiar. Haha.”
Lin Yu nodded unhappily. Tsk, this guy really thinks he’s some big star.
Gao Liang, on the other hand, looked a bit awkward. Especially at the basketball in Lin Yu’s hands, and at Lin Yu’s dark, challenging eyes.
Why does it feel like both the sister and the brother treat me almost the same way…?
Just as the two of them were facing each other awkwardly, a different voice came from outside the court.
“Wow, don’t those two look like the main characters in a yaoi novel meeting for the first time on a basketball court?”
“It really does! I ship them already!”
“Ahhhhhhhhhh~~~~”
What?
How did this even turn into that? You people’s minds are seriously corrupted, you know that?
Damn it!
Lin Yu turned his head speechlessly to look at the crowd outside. Then he turned back and decided to speak directly to avoid more embarrassment.
“How about a one-on-one? Let’s see how good your basketball skills really are. If you and my sister… get closer in the future, maybe we’ll have more chances to compete.”
Gao Liang thought for a moment. Putting aside what he meant by “get closer”… was this guy challenging him?
He didn’t like fighting with people when playing basketball, and he didn’t enjoy forming small groups on public courts either. But…
This guy was Lin Lin’s younger brother.
Tsk. If he beats this guy, how would Lin Lin react?
With the idea of showing off a bit in front of Lin Lin’s younger brother, Gao Liang nodded.
He just didn’t know how strong the other side was.
Let’s play a few rounds first and see. Then I can decide on a strategy.
Gao Liang looked at Lin Yu carefully and said,
“One-on-one. That’s fair. Let’s do it.”
“Hah, you really dare to accept?” Lin Yu said with a look of disdain, then threw the ball to him.
“We take turns attacking. First to twenty points wins. Sound good?”
“Deal!”