Volume 4 Chapter 1: A Must-Have for an Immersive Reward
After everything that happened…
A feeling of sadness.
That was probably the only mood the girl had on this day off.
Lin Lin lay on her bed, rolling left and right for a long time. Then her younger brother, who had already gotten out of bed earlier, suddenly appeared in front of her and pulled away her blanket.
She was shocked. She quickly stuck her head out and looked carefully at the “intruder” who lifted her blanket. When she saw it was Lin Yu, she finally relaxed.
“What are you doing…?” Lin Yu complained, looking speechless.
Lin Lin looked unhappy. “What’s it to you! Can’t I reward myself? Get out! Who told you to enter my room without knocking?”
“I did knock. You were like you couldn’t hear anything.”
Lin Yu sighed. Just a few days ago, his cute and gentle sister had finally come back… and now she had turned back into this again.
It was already vacation time. Why had she not gone out to hang out with Gao Liang?
If possible, maybe she could even take him along… then he might get to see the person he wanted to see.
Wait… what did she just say?
Reward herself?
Lin Yu looked at his sister with suspicion, which made Lin Lin feel awkward. She frowned and muttered,
“I was joking, okay! Is there anything else, my dear little brother? If not, hurry up and get out!”
“You think I want to stay here?” Lin Yu clicked his tongue. Then he pointed at the big box he had just carried into the room.
“Your package arrived. I carried it in for you. It’s really heavy, okay? Where’s my delivery fee?”
“Oh!”
Hearing that, Lin Lin quickly got out of bed. She looked excitedly at the big box her brother had brought in and said happily,
“It finally arrived! Nice! Hahaha, it made it in time! I was worried the shipping would be too slow. Good thing I ordered it from that online store~”
“So… where’s my delivery fee?” Lin Yu asked again.
“Uh…” Lin Lin felt embarrassed under his stare, but she still turned her head away and said, “Delivery fee for what? Then I should charge you for taking care of you before, huh? Hmm…”
But she did not want to be too mean. After all, she had been thinking about fixing her relationship with her brother.
That was exactly why she bought two sets of equipment. She planned to have some fun family activities together.
“Well, if you want to try it too, you can. But you must knock before coming in!”
“So… what exactly did you buy?” Lin Yu felt something was strange. What did his sister order this time?
From the weight, it was definitely not light. And there were words on the box like “fragile” and “valuable item.”
Could it be…
“You bought a computer?”
“Hmm… something like that. Actually, it’s a full set of VR equipment. It includes a headset, special glasses, and motion tracking devices. It works with different software, platforms, and games.”
Lin Lin jumped off the bed, still wearing her pajamas. She took a pair of scissors from her desk drawer and easily began opening the package.
Lin Yu stood next to her with interest. On one hand, he was curious about the VR equipment. On the other hand, he was even more curious about why she bought it.
And where did she get the money?
“What is it for…?” Lin Yu still did not understand.
Could it be… an immersive way to “reward” herself?
“Mm-hmm, this thing can do a lot of stuff, okay? You can play VR games, watch VR movies, and so on. The effect is really great. It’s completely different from those cheap fake VR brands!”
Lin Lin held up the headset and tried it on. Then she said, “It can also do live—uh, anyway, it’s very useful!”
Alright, actually, Lin Lin bought this mainly to do 3D livestreaming. That was why she chose fast official shipping. She just wanted it to arrive before the weekend deadline so she could finish her stream in time.
“Live—”
Lin Yu quickly noticed that his sister did not finish her sentence. Then he suddenly remembered, oh right, Xiao Ye had told him that both his sister and she were virtual streamers.
Ah, so this is what she uses for livestreaming?
That makes much more sense.
Now that he thought about it… should he tell his sister that he supports her being a virtual streamer?
Ahem. If he said that, maybe she would not feel so lonely and shut herself in all the time.
But after thinking for a moment, Lin Yu shook his head. Forget it. He knew her personality. She definitely did not want him or their parents to know about it. It was not something to be angry about, but it was still kind of embarrassing.
Besides…
Xiao Ye told him not to say anything. Haha.
“Alright, if there’s nothing else, go out. I still need to test this new equipment. Ahem. I bought two sets. After I figure it out, I’ll play with you.”
“Huh? Play together?” Lin Yu looked surprised. He did not expect Lin Lin to think about him too.
Lin Lin blinked and said, “I’ll use you as a test first…”
“……”
“Hey, don’t just stay silent…”
“Enough!” Lin Yu waved his hand quickly. “I know who the real person is for. No need to say more.”
“What real person?” Lin Lin rolled her eyes. She was just joking!
Hmm… who did he mean by “real person”?
“Well, anyway, it’s nice. I remember when you used to take me to play arcade games and PlayStation games when we were kids. It’s been a long time since we played games together.”
When Lin Yu talked about those memories, Lin Lin nodded. Yeah, it really had been a long time since they played games together.
The last time they teamed up was probably as Player 1 and Player 2 on the old PlayStation console.
“Then after I figure it out, we can play together. That is, if Gao Liang is not busy.”
Lin Yu said this with a smile.
As soon as Lin Lin heard his words, her face turned red. Then she gave him a big kick and pushed him out of the room!
“Bleh—!”
Standing at the door, she made a funny face at the innocent-looking Lin Yu, then quickly shut the door.
Lin Yu rubbed his backside and sighed.
He was not wrong, right?
Thinking about it… his sister was really unique.
She was clearly a girl, yet she loved playing games.
And not just the common mobile games that most people play. She liked PC and console games. When she was young, she was even very into arcade games.
If the first type was just less common but still had a big group of people, then the second type…
It was extremely rare.
Well, whatever. He had just gotten out of the hospital bed recently. He should move around more and continue his recovery exercises.
As for Lin Lin, after kicking her brother out, she leaned weakly against the door.
That annoying Lin Yu had said exactly the thing that had been making her feel unhappy until now.
Gao Liang…
That guy…