Volume 3 Chapter 4: Classmate Lin Lin Can’t Find Her Energy
After leaving her brother’s room, Lin Lin felt down. She lowered her head, avoided her mom’s gaze, and quickly ran back to her own bedroom.
She closed the door and leaned against it, feeling lost. For a moment, she didn’t know what to do.
Sigh…
Actually, it wasn’t a big deal. She was already used to it. It was just that…
Since becoming a girl, Lin Lin had many hopes. With the help of the system, quite a few of those hopes had slowly come true. But there were still some hopes that showed no sign of ever becoming real.
So, what had becoming a girl really helped her with?
Other than meeting Gao Liang and sometimes getting attention and praise, it seemed there wasn’t much she could be proud of.
“……”
No, besides them, there was also another group of people.
The people who stayed with her in the livestream, who were willing to chat freely with her. Dog Bro, and also… the Little Sweet Pears.
Even though the internet was virtual, if she divided her friends into different groups, they would probably be the largest group.
Yes, Lin Lin saw her viewers as friends. No matter what they thought, she truly liked the life of streaming and joking around with them.
Hmm…
Thinking about this, the girl couldn’t help but take out her phone and send Dog Bro a private message.
【Ari-chan: Dog Bro, I tried to chat with my little brother, but he rejected me again.】
After sending the message, she held her phone, walked forward a couple of steps, and lay back on the bed. The soft mattress comforted Lin Lin right away. Thinking about it, this place was probably the best. She was just about to take a short nap, figuring that Dog Bro wouldn’t reply so quickly.
Then suddenly—
Ding-dong—
The app notification sound rang out. Lin Lin was startled and quickly picked up her phone. When she looked, wow—Dog Bro had replied so fast.
【Watching VTubers Makes Me a Dog: What happened?】
【Watching VTubers Makes Me a Dog: Little vampire, are you and your brother not getting along?】
【Ari-chan: Yeah, it’s like that. We were pretty close when we were young, but as we grew up, we slowly became more distant.】
【Watching VTubers Makes Me a Dog: Hmm… teenage rebellion?】
【Watching VTubers Makes Me a Dog: Don’t worry too much. You’re still real siblings. Things will slowly get better. After the teenage years, it should be fine, right?】
Gao Liang rested his chin on his hand. Honestly, asking someone like him, who didn’t get along well with his own sister and wasn’t especially close to his family, to advise a girl on how to deal with siblings… was really asking a lot.
Hmm… thinking about it, did he know anyone around him who had siblings and actually got along well?
After thinking for a bit, Gao Liang remembered Lin Lin and her brother. Lin Lin herself didn’t need to be mentioned, and he had met her brother before too. From how the two interacted, they weren’t extremely close, but they did have plenty of interaction. Her brother had even stood up to help her clear up rumors before.
No matter how he looked at it, they seemed like a pair of siblings with a pretty good relationship, right?
So after a short pause, Gao Liang nodded and typed a reply.
【Watching VTubers Makes Me a Dog: I know a girl who gets along really well with her brother. You’re all around the same age. I can ask her later how she usually interacts with her brother, okay?】
【Ari-chan: Ah… Dog Bro, sorry to trouble you…】
【Ari-chan: Actually, it’s fine. Haha, I’m already used to it. You’re probably right. That guy is just in his teenage phase. I understand, I really do.】
Hmm…
Lin Lin felt a little embarrassed. She didn’t want Dog Bro to worry. She had only wanted to sort out her feelings a bit and complain about her brother to Dog Bro. She never meant to ask him for help at all.
But on Gao Liang’s side, he was very firm!
【Watching VTubers Makes Me a Dog: Don’t worry, it won’t be any trouble! I know that girl very well. I’ll just casually ask her, it won’t bother anyone. Relax!】
【Ari-chan: Umm… if you say so… cough cough, Dog Bro, then… sorry to trouble you.】
【Watching VTubers Makes Me a Dog: You can think of it as returning a favor. After all, Little Vampire, you gave me a lot of ideas about my desk mate before. It’s good if I can help you solve some problems too.】
【Ari-chan: Oh, right! Speaking of that, how’s the little desk mate girl doing now?】
【Watching VTubers Makes Me a Dog: ……】
【Watching VTubers Makes Me a Dog: She’s doing okay. She’s been pretty happy lately.】
【Ari-chan: Hmm~ was it because you comforted her?】
【Ari-chan: Ah, I really want to have a kind guy to comfort me too. Sadly, I always end up getting bullied instead…】
【Watching VTubers Makes Me a Dog: Uh… it’s okay. You still have us Little Sweet Pears. You can do it!】
【Ari-chan: Ah—let’s go!】
The girl put down her phone. The conversation had ended there. Lin Lin lay on the bed, covering her face, feeling a bit upset.
Could she swap Dog Bro and Gao Liang?
The way those two treated her was completely different!
One was especially nice to her, while the other also helped her sometimes, but always bullied her.
Lin Lin put her phone aside, rubbed her temples, and started thinking about life again.
After a short while, someone suddenly knocked on her door.
Lin Lin froze for a moment, lifted her head, looked toward the door, and said:
“Come in…”
“Xiao Lin~”
Her mom pushed the door open with a worried look. Seeing the girl lying on the bed, she walked over and asked with concern.
“What’s wrong? Are you unhappy?”
“Ah, Mom…” Lin Lin slowly sat up, rubbed her eyes, and said, “I’m sleepy. I don’t really have much energy.”
“Mm, did your brother say something to you? I saw you come out of his room earlier looking pretty upset.”
Her mom sat down beside her and asked gently. Lin Lin shook her head, not being very honest, then leaned into her mother’s arms.
“It’s nothing. I’m just… tired.”
“Mm. Try to get along better with Xiao Yu usually. Every time I see you two siblings interact, it makes me really happy, Xiao Lin…”
“Got it, Mom.”
Their conversation wasn’t much different from everyday family talk, but clearly, some comfort and care had been quietly shared.
After a moment, Lin Lin’s mom suddenly remembered something. She patted Lin Lin’s head and said,
“Oh right, I’m planning to clean up the storage room soon. Do you want to come take a look and see if there’s anything you’ve kept for years but still want to keep?”
“Ah… those old things? They’ve been there for so many years, there’s probably nothing…”
The girl was about to refuse, but suddenly realized something. She became curious about how her childhood items, now as a girl, might be different from the previous world. She quickly said, “Mom, I’ll go! I’ll go take a look!”
“Okay then. I’ll call you when I start cleaning.”
Lin Lin’s mom nodded, patted her head again, then stood up and left the room.
Left alone, Lin Lin wondered what might be different, and at the same time started worrying about having to go to school tomorrow.
Damn it!