Volume 4 Chapter 9: An Unexpected Guest
The girl quickly made a new plan. She sat up straight, put her hands together, and looked at her little brother with hopeful eyes.
“Little brother, I’ve finished testing. Come play a VR game with me!”
“No!”
“Eh?!”
Lin Lin was completely confused.
What…?
Now he didn’t even want to play games with her?
Just earlier, didn’t he say things like, “It’s been a long time since we played together,” and “I’m looking forward to it,” and “Once you figure it out, let’s play together”?
This guy!
She had even felt touched by what he said before. She was really looking forward to playing with him. And now, the very first step had already failed!
Why did his attitude change so fast?
Was it just because she caused trouble a moment ago?
Actually…
The real reason was simple.
Lin Yu wanted to watch Gao Ye’s livestream.
Ah…
He really wanted to watch the catgirl stream.
Gao Ye was so cute.
Lin Lin? Big sister? VR game?
Not important.
Ahem. It wasn’t that Lin Yu didn’t want to play VR with his sister at all. It was just that different kinds of fun have different levels of attraction.
If he ranked them, it would probably be:
Watching Xiao Ye’s livestream > Playing VR alone > Playing VR with Lin Lin.
Reality was cruel.
But Lin Lin pouted and refused to give up.
No. Absolutely not!
She protested strongly, stood up, and said firmly.
“I worked so hard to figure this out. No way. We must play together today! Ahem, little brother, this VR game is really fun! Just… just trust me this time, okay? Let’s play together!”
“Well…”
Looking at his sister’s serious and sincere eyes, Lin Yu started to hesitate.
“Actually, I have something to do. How about another day? I’m a bit busy right now…”
“Hmph… what are you even doing?”
Lin Lin pouted, rolled her eyes, and suddenly thought of a good idea.
She smiled and quickly moved to his computer. She reached for the mouse, about to open the browser and check his browsing history!
“Hey hey hey, stop stop stop!”
Lin Yu quickly tried to stop her. The scene became chaotic. Mixed in was Lin Lin shouting things like, “If you don’t play with me, I’ll publicly expose your browsing history today!”
Lin Yu panicked.
No matter what, he absolutely could not let Lin Lin find out he was watching Gao Ye’s livestream!
Fine!
Damn it!
He could watch the stream anytime. But if he got exposed now, there would be no way to explain it. It might even cause more misunderstandings.
In the end, Lin Yu made a painful decision.
He would stop watching Xiao Ye’s stream for now.
Sorry, Gao Ye!
It was all because of his annoying sister!
Finally, helpless and unwilling, Lin Yu nodded with difficulty.
“Fine, fine! Stop looking! I—I’ll play! I’ll play right now!”
Hearing this, Lin Lin finally smiled. She nodded happily and stuffed the other set of VR equipment into Lin Yu’s arms.
“So… how do I use this?”
Lin Yu looked at the equipment in his arms with confusion. Lin Lin waved her hand and said, “Wait for me!” Then she excitedly ran back to her room to start the stream, adjust the software, and get everything ready.
…………
Now, back to Gao Ye.
The catgirl was happily streaming to the camera. She chatted non-stop, talking to the air, saying many sweet and even a bit too bold things.
In the end, she suddenly realized what she had said. Her face turned red. While feeling shy and regretful, wondering if she had said too many strange things and whether Lin Yu might think she was too forward, she carefully said,
“Little dummy pig, you’re still here, right? Send a message in the chat. Don’t make me talk all by myself.”
At this moment, many viewers in her livestream couldn’t stand how sweet and lovey-dovey her chatting had become. They felt like she was showing off affection. So a lot of them ran to the Little Vampire Girl’s stream, only to see that it was a black screen.
Well…
Black screen or not.
Because so many viewers left, the catgirl’s chat suddenly became very quiet. After a long time with no new messages, Gao Ye felt awkward. She started complaining softly to Lin Yu.
Seriously… was it okay to leave her talking alone like this? Couldn’t he at least send one message?
“……”
Where… where did he go?
Gao Ye called out a few more times, but still… no messages.
She began to feel nervous. She quickly opened the “supporters” page to check if he was still in the stream.
But…
He was gone?!
Lin Yu, where did you go?!
【Haha, the catgirl just made a fool of herself.】
【Maybe we should call Xiao Ye “Little Dummy Pig” from now on?】
【So, Little Dummy Pig streamer, can you start singing now?】
【Are you going to end the stream in embarrassment?】
【I recorded this. I’m definitely going to make a short clip. This is perfect content!】
“Th-this…”
Gao Ye fell silent. In the end, she felt so embarrassed that she leaned forward and covered her face in front of the computer.
Lin Yu, where did you gooooo?!
You’re not even in my stream… You just became a top supporter and then disappeared?
She began to doubt whether Lin Yu even liked her.
Ah…
So strange. Did he fall asleep in front of his computer?
Was her stream really that boring?
Before she could think more, suddenly there was a loud “knock knock knock” at the door.
Gao Ye yawned and frowned in confusion.
It was the weekend. Usually no one visited her grandparents’ house.
What was going on? Was it someone checking utilities? Or a door-to-door salesperson?
“Xiao Ye, someone’s knocking. Go see who it is,” her grandmother’s voice came from inside the house.
“Okay,” Gao Ye replied.
She walked to the door, a little confused, and opened it out of habit.
Sunlight from the hallway suddenly shone into the room. A woman with long silver hair stood at the door, smiling. After a moment, she lowered her sunglasses, revealing beautiful golden contact lenses, and said happily,
“Xiao Ye~ Did you miss me?”
“Yi… Yi Xiao?!”
To the visitor’s surprise, Gao Ye didn’t look excited at all. Instead, she looked scared, trembling slightly, her mouth open in shock.
Yi Xiao looked unhappy and complained, “Seriously? I took such good care of you before, and you’re not even excited to see me?”
“N-no, it’s not that…”
Gao Ye looked awkward, but even more shocked. After a long pause, she finally asked,
“You… when did you come back?”