Volume 3 Chapter 24: Sekai Saionji
“Seriously… where is Dog Bro?”
Lin Lin rested her chin on her hand and started to doubt herself.
Am I already getting unpopular?
On the other side of the screen, Gao Ye showed a small smile that was hard to notice.
But this time, the motion capture was strangely sensitive. When Gao Ye saw the cat girl model on screen smiling weirdly, she quickly fixed her expression.
Ahem…
“Hmm, looks like Dog Bro isn’t here…”
【What? The moderator isn’t here? Little Sweet Pears, charge now!】
【What if Dog Bro is hiding in the corner, watching everything? That’s scary.】
【Could Dog Bro be hanging out with his little desk mate?】
“Pfft—honestly, that last one sounds possible.”
Lin Lin pointed at the last comment and joked.
The chat immediately reacted:
【The little vampire is jealous~】
“Puhahaha~”
Gao Ye’s strange laugh didn’t catch much of Lin Lin’s attention. Lin Lin just waved her hand helplessly and said,
“If Dog Bro isn’t here, I don’t think I can invite anyone else. How about just the two of us play?”
“Hehe, don’t rush~” Gao Ye smiled. “Maybe… he just hasn’t gotten home yet? He might come into the stream later. Just wait a bit. Ahem—don’t be in such a hurry.”
【LOL, ‘don’t be in a hurry’】
【She’s in a hurry, she’s in a hurry.】
【You don’t rush, I’ll rush for you.】
“I… I’m not in a hurry!”
Lin Lin turned her head away and spoke stubbornly.
“I’m just curious what Dog Bro is doing. I’m just not used to it. Normally… normally he comes into the stream very quickly.”
“Or maybe he’s going to test your ‘how to win over a tsundere desk mate’ strategy?”
Gao Ye continued joking, which made Lin Lin a bit unhappy.
This girl… She’s even pulling the chat into it!
【Breaking news: A streamer helps her top supporter start a relationship. After the donor makes progress, she realizes she also likes him, and everyone falls into an endless love battlefield.】
【What is this, School Days? Sekai Saionji?】
【Don’t slander it, School Days at least has an ending.】
【Wait, didn’t the streamer teach Dog Bro herself?】
“Tch, let him test it then. I’m waiting for the good news of Dog Bro winning over the girl. Who wants to be Sekai Saionji anyway? I want to be… um… I want to be an astronaut—no, wait. I want to be the big boss, the kind who happily watches his little brother get the girl.”
Lin Lin pouted and acted like, say whatever you want. But the chat was still very lively.
To calm things down, Lin Lin thought for a moment and decided to…
Change the topic.
“Hey, by the way, how do you know Dog Bro hasn’t gotten home yet?”
The little vampire’s eyes suddenly became sharp.
“Ahaha… that’s kind of a tricky question…”
A bit of sweat appeared on Gao Ye’s face, but she quickly made up a reasonable excuse.
“Ahem, I guessed. Just guessing. You see, Dog Bro is so rich, he must be a big boss, right? At least a project manager or something. People like that usually get off work late. So he’s probably still on the way home. Totally normal.”
“Oh, when you put it that way, it does make sense…” Lin Lin nodded.
But do big bosses really get off work that late?
“Alright then, let’s wait a bit longer…” Lin Lin shrugged.
“Yeah, anyway, Dog Bro isn’t here right now…” Gao Ye added with a cheerful smile.
While the two of them were chatting happily, on the other side, Gao Liang finally came out of the bathroom.
He got dressed, returned to his room, and sat down tiredly in his chair, rubbing his eyes as he looked at the computer screen.
“Phew… the vampire girl is streaming? I actually made it in time.”
Gao Liang let out a long breath. He checked the time, then looked at his computer, and saw the stream cover on the screen. It showed the little vampire chatting casually with another virtual streamer.
“Hmm… I wonder how long she’ll stream tonight.” He muttered to himself and opened the stream.
【Hey, why haven’t you two started playing yet?】
【Yeah, waiting is so tiring. I don’t want to wait for Dog Bro anymore.】
【Why not just pick someone from the viewers? Why insist on waiting for Dog Bro? He probably won’t come.】
Lin Lin looked at the unhappy comments floating across the screen and wiped some sweat awkwardly.
Ahh…
How should she explain this?
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to play with viewers. She just didn’t know what game Gao Ye wanted to play. If too many people joined, what would they do?
Right now, she didn’t know what to do either. Just chatting awkwardly didn’t seem like a good solution. Maybe…
“How about we stop wait—”
Before the little vampire could finish speaking, suddenly—
【Watching VTubers Makes Me a Dog: I’m here.】
【System message: User “Watching VTubers Makes Me a Dog” sent “Little Radish Cheer ×5”. Very generous!】
“What—!”
Lin Lin’s eyes widened in shock. Even the little vampire model on screen froze in place.
【Watching VTubers Makes Me a Dog: Came a bit late. Here’s a gift.】
【Dog Bro is awesome!】
【Dog Bro never gives up! So strong!】
【Your time is really expensive. The vampire waited only 20 minutes and got 20,000 right away. I can’t even imagine that hourly pay.】
“Ahahaha…”
Honestly, Lin Lin felt a bit nervous. Dog Bro’s big gift worked immediately, the chat almost completely quieted down.
But…
Now she felt embarrassed.
Especially because just a moment ago, she was about to tell Gao Ye, ‘Let’s stop waiting for Dog Bro.’
At this moment, the one who felt the most mixed emotions was actually Gao Ye.
Ah… seeing her older brother suddenly steal the spotlight, and doing it while unknowingly trying to win over Lin Lin, Gao Ye felt excited.
But… how should she say this?
She felt like this money was wasted!
This was her family’s money! And it was donated to Lin Lin through a streaming platform that takes a cut!
Wouldn’t it be better to just send the money directly to Lin Lin’s bank account?
The platform took a big slice!
My money… my money—
Well, even though it was her brother’s money, if those two really got together, and she couldn’t get pocket money from her brother anymore, couldn’t she just ask Lin Lin instead?
She’s easier to talk to— cough, no, she’s just kinder.
Ah~
Thinking this way, Gao Ye felt a little better, though she still felt like she lost a hundred million.
“Dog… Dog Bro.”
Lin Lin scratched her head shyly.
“Welcome, good evening. We were just about to invite you to play a game. Do you have time?”
“Hm? What game?” Dog Bro asked, confused.
Yeah… what game?
Lin Lin looked helplessly toward Gao Ye.
Uh…
“Xiao Ye, what game were you talking about, anyway?”
“Hmm, Among Us. Ever heard of it?”