Volume 4 Chapter 57: Thinking About the Worst Case

“Sister Lin Lin, something big has happened!”

As soon as Sister Wenmei left, Gao Ye quickly moved closer, grabbed Lin Lin’s hand, and spoke in a very anxious voice.

“Uh… wh-what happened? Maybe you should change your clothes first and then talk? You can’t rehearse wearing that outfit. I already changed mine.”

Lin Lin was still thinking about rehearsal. But Gao Ye immediately dropped a big piece of news on her.

“Forget that for now. Look at this first!”

Gao Ye handed her phone to Lin Lin. The girl took it, confused at first. But when she looked at the screen, she took a deep breath.

Something really happened.

“No wonder there are so many people… So they were all brought here by that person!”

“Exactly! One post from Yi Xiao on Weibo, and she gathered this many fans! I was just trying to find her and make her stop. She must be planning something bad!”

Gao Ye picked up a paper cup from the table and took a sip of water. Lin Lin held her phone tightly, frowning, and fell silent for a moment.

“Then… did you find her? What does she want…?”

“I couldn’t find her. There were too many people. Sigh…”

Seeing Lin Lin’s worried face, Gao Ye felt a little guilty. If she had tried harder to stop Yi Xiao earlier, maybe things wouldn’t be like this today. Maybe they wouldn’t have been so nervous recently.

“Mm.”

Lin Lin nodded and spoke softly.

“Actually… Yi Xiao already talked to me before. She said she could give me many benefits. The only condition was that I cut off my relationship with Gao Liang. I… I don’t care about what she says at all. So it’s fine. Whatever she wants to do, let her do it. I… I don’t care anymore.”

As she spoke, her tone became more and more emotional. Gao Ye quickly shook her head and tried to comfort her.

“No, no, it should be fine. We don’t even need to go on stage. What can she really do? It’s just… I don’t know why she suddenly did something like this. It looks like…”

Gao Ye lowered her voice and carefully started analyzing the situation with Lin Lin. Lin Lin froze for a second and then suddenly realized something.

Right.

Normally, that woman shouldn’t know about their plans.

And especially not about coming to the convention as Ari-chan to do a live broadcast.

That person…

“Could it just be a coincidence? Maybe she just came here to have fun?”

Lin Lin asked with a small hope in her heart. Gao Ye shook her head.

“That’s possible, but I think it’s too much of a coincidence.”

“From what I know about her, she doesn’t like anime at all. She’s not part of this circle. It’s unlikely she would specially choose today to come to a convention for fun. She probably doesn’t even have the free time.”

“Then… does that mean… she knows?”

Gao Ye’s face became serious as she analyzed carefully.

“If we think about the worst case… maybe she already knows about our streamer identities. That’s why she chose this time to cause trouble and try to ruin our performance.”

“Mm.”

Lin Lin nodded seriously and sighed in frustration.

How did that woman find out?

And… what is she planning to do with this information?

Lin Lin didn’t know.

It felt like the enemy was already moving, but she still had no plan at all.

After all, that woman and her… they were like people from completely different worlds.

Lin Lin thought she wasn’t afraid of her. She could even talk back when that woman insulted her. But when it came to what to actually do, she had no idea. Other than asking Gao Liang for help, she couldn’t think of any solution.

“Sorry…”

Seeing Lin Lin looking so upset, Gao Ye also felt down. She shook her head and said,

“Maybe it’s my fault. My online ID is too similar to my real name. That woman has many ways to find information. If she checked carefully, she might have found out.”

“It’s okay.” Lin Lin shook her head. “That’s not the main point. Sooner or later, it would be exposed anyway. Someone like her… how could she know nothing about what’s going on? The real problem is, what should we do now?”

“How about I send her a message and warn her? I know her personally. This performance is not only yours, Sister Lin Lin, it’s also mine and Sister Wenmei’s! I… I’ll make it clear to her. I won’t let her do anything too much!”

“Don’t…”

Lin Lin raised her hand and shook her head.

“Don’t say it directly. What if it’s really just a coincidence and we’re overthinking it? Don’t alert her.”

Clearly, Lin Lin still had a little hope that they might be wrong.

Before Gao Ye could say anything else, Du Wenmei’s voice came from inside the live broadcast room.

“Xiao Lin, Xiao Ye~ Come quickly! We’re ready here!”

The two girls outside looked at each other. Gao Ye nodded and replied loudly, “Okay! I’ll come after I change my clothes!”

“Don’t think too much, Sister Lin Lin,” Gao Ye said softly. “That woman knows nothing about virtual streamers. Even if she really came to cause trouble, once she sees how our live broadcast works, she’ll probably be confused. It’ll be fine. I’ll go change first…”

Even though she wasn’t fully confident herself, she said it to comfort Lin Lin.

“Mm, okay. I’ll go in first. Come quickly!”

Lin Lin nodded and walked into the live broadcast room.

Inside the room, there were cameras, lights, and motion capture suits. Everything was ready.

Lin Lin widened her eyes and walked over to Sister Wenmei, who was already wearing her motion capture suit. She reached out and touched the clothes.

“Wow… Sister Wenmei, this outfit looks so cool.”

“It’s not bad, right~”

The suit itself wasn’t pretty, but the motion capture outfit, with its small glowing tech marks, looked very high-tech.

Sister Wenmei tried making a few movements. On the big screen not far away, the 3D version of her character, Miss Princess Hydrogen, copied the exact same movements.

The level of detail amazed Lin Lin. Compared to the VR equipment at her home, this was on a completely different level.

“By the way, Sister Wenmei, your 3D model looks really detailed.”

“Hehe, you haven’t seen yours and Xiao Ye’s yet. When you see your own 3D models later, you’ll know how well they made them for us~”

Du Wenmei nodded proudly.

Soon, Gao Ye also changed her clothes and walked in.

Since everyone was there, Du Wenmei handed motion capture suits to the two of them.

“Go put these on in the dressing room next door. It’s very easy. We’re about to start rehearsal!”

“Mm…”

The two girls nodded and went to change.

The suits were indeed easy to wear. Lin Lin didn’t have much trouble. After finishing, she reached out to pull open the curtain and step out.

Suddenly, she froze.

A thought suddenly came to her mind.