Chapter 297: – The Eternal Iceberg
Lin Jin hadn't planned on sleeping deeply before he went to bed. He only intended to sleep for two hours before getting up and continuing the stream. But once he hit the bed, all thoughts of waking up disappeared, he just felt that the bed was way too comfortable.
Though the bed in his rental was just a wooden plank bed and didn’t offer any softness, he'd gotten used to these types of beds after sleeping in the dormitory. So as soon as he got into bed, the fatigue from a whole day of streaming burst out, leaving him no chance to think as he immediately fell into a deep sleep.
He even started snoring, which was rare for him.
But Lin Jin’s snores weren’t like those loud, gruff ones some guys have. They were soft, like those from some young lady. They were more like gentle hums. Although it wasn’t pleasant, at least it wasn’t harsh sounding.
Otherwise, Xia Tian, who took over the live stream, and the audience who could faintly hear the snoring would have lost it by now.
Originally planning to sleep till noon, Lin Jin ended up sleeping until around five in the morning before waking up in a daze.
"Xia Tian?" Lin Jin mumbled, rubbing his eyes as he propped himself up from the bed.
Braised Pork, who had been forcibly held in Lin Jin’s arms from the start, finally managed to squirm free. With a pitiful meow, the cat tried its best to jump aside and avoid Lin Jin.
"What time is it?"
Lin Jin’s voice was lazy just after waking. It was softer and more pleasant than his usual slightly tired neutral tone.
"Five o’clock." Xia Tian, struggling to keep awake himself, had been playing Hearthstone from ten at night until now. Fortunately, Hearthstone was not a game that required a lot of energy. Although he felt his eyelids drooping after seven straight hours, it wasn’t to the extent like Lin Jin where he would fall asleep as soon as he lay down.
"Just five o’clock?" Lin Jin sat up straight, rubbing his eyes hard until the soreness cleared and his sleepy brain finally woke up.
"Five o’clock?!" Only then did Lin Jin react. He jumped out of bed and rushed behind Xia Tian to glare at the computer time in the bottom right corner of the screen, only to find that he had really slept until five. Five o’clock was a full five hours later than the twelve o’clock he’d planned for.
"Is the crossdresser streamer up?"
"Let the substitute go down, bring back the main!"
"The streamer can keep sleeping, let the iceberg continue!"
"Who’s this girl?"
"The streamer’s hidden mistress?"
There were viewers in the stream who had yet to sleep, as well as those who had only recently joined and were unaware of what was going on. When they saw Lin Jin’s head pop up on the camera, the sparse chat at night suddenly exploded again, becoming as lively as if there was a festival.
"Why didn’t you wake me up?" Lin Jin glanced at the minimized page of the live stream on the right. Ignoring the messages in chat, he asked Xia Tian "You wake me up at 12, then an elderly like you could then go back to sleep before coming back in the morning?"
"I forgot" Xia Tian replied coolly.
Though Xia Tian was so sleepy his eyes could barely stay open, he still maintained his cold and indifferent appearance as an iceberg.
"Forgot?" Lin Jin’s mouth twitched. A normal person wouldn’t just forget, right?
The only explanation was that this Xia Tian person cared about him and deliberately didn’t wake him up!
Mhm!
Lin Jin mentally accepted this explanation, and then sat down on the chair beside Xia Tian. He tucked his legs up and rested his head on his knees while watching Xia Tian play Hearthstone.
"You continue after this game?" Xia Tian turned to look at Lin Jin, his brow slightly furrowed, "Your hair is too messy."
"It's normal for hair to be messy after sleeping" Lin Jin nonchalantly pulled at his hair a few times, completely unconcerned about how he looked to the viewers, "Anyway, looking like this late at night is pretty normal."
"True."
Xia Tian's own appearance wasn't much better either. Although he usually kept his hair neat and tidy, staying up all night had left his fair quite oily. Additionally, he would scratch and grab at his hair from time to time, turning his hairstyle into a messy, beggar like state.
"I’ll go sleep after I finish this round. I'll come check on you at eleven tomorrow to see if you've died suddenly" Xia Tian yawned and scratched his hair again. Slouching over, nearly resting his chest on the computer desk, he lazily propped his chin with one hand while operating the computer with the other. "Don't play Dota at night. Just a few rounds and you’ll be tired. Since I’m not here, there's no one to take over if you get tired."
"Ok."
Though Lin Jin could hear a hint of concern in Xia Tian’s voice, that guy’s face was still as perpetually icy as ever.
At first, Lin Jin found Xia Tian's tough exterior but soft hearted demeanor charmingly contradictory. But after spending more time with him, he started feeling like Xia Tian's behavior was a bit deserving of a punch.
If you care, then just care, and at least show it properly, right? This person’s words sound caring but his face was indifferent. If someone didn’t know better, they’d think he was just being perfunctory, right?
Especially since he was in front of a group of drama loving viewers. Doesn’t he see that the chat started teasing him again?
Xia Tian's Hearthstone game finally ended. He stood up and stretched, looking down at Lin Jin who was still crouching in a daze on the chair.
"Do you want me to go down and get you some breakfast? Eat something then continue streaming."
"Huh?" Lin Jin blankly looked up at Xia Tian.
"I said, do you want me to get you breakfast, then you can eat and then keep streaming" Xia Tian repeated, sounding a bit exasperated.
Even though Lin Jin had just woken up, it was easiest for someone who had just woken up to fall back tasleep. He had nearly fallen asleep again just watching Xia Tian play Hearthstone for less than five minutes.
"Sure. I'll go wash my face." Lin Jin stood up, humming a tune even he couldn't understand as he slowly made his way to the balcony to wash his face.
When he returned, Xia Tian had already disappeared.
The sleepiness on his face was gone as soon as he washed with cold water.
"Ladies and gentlemen! Your future top streamer has been completely revived!"
With Xia Tian gone, Lin Jin let loose and shouted at the computer. Then, settling comfortably in his chair and finding a comfy position, he asked the viewers, "Do you want to continue watching Hearthstone? Or do you want me to play Dota? Or maybe some other single player games?"
Most of the viewers who had been watching Lin Jin play Dota had left while he slept. Now, most of the viewers in the stream were attracted by Xia Tian, so the chat was full of calls for "Hearthstone."
"I'm pretty good at Hearthstone! I used to be Legend rank, even top ten in the server!"
Although that was the record the black cat achieved while bored, Lin Jin felt that with his gaming talents, even if he wasn’t as good as the black cat, his Hearthstone skills must be at least at the Legend rank, right?
"I’ve beat up dozen Hearthstone pros, and there were teams that wanted recruit me. So watching me play Hearthstone is definitely more entertaining than watching that iceberg man!"
While bragging, Lin Jin opened Xia Tian’s Hearthstone account and took a look at the rank, only to find that Xia Tian was actually quite highly ranked.
"Alright! Let’s continue the stream!"