Chapter 311: – At Night
At seven in the evening, Lin Jin laid on his bed with his back and waist aching.
He thought he had gotten pretty good at the Nobody dance. Although he wasn’t as good as the original girl group, but it was visually impactful enough and looked pretty good when he danced.
Well, as a dance from a girl group, it just needed to look good when he danced. It wasn’t like classical Chinese dance or ballet that needed it to be meaningful and have spirit.
So after resting for half an hour and going downstairs for dinner, Lin Jin rushed to Xia Tian’s room while carrying the clothes he was forced to buy that morning by Teacher Lin.
Xia Tian’s door was always unlocked, at least before he went to bed. Without hesitation, Lin Jin turned the doorknob and went inside, but was suddenly startled.
This guy had just taken a shower and was actually running around the house in just his shorts?! Wasn’t this too f*cking shameless?!
Even though Lin Jin felt that even seeing another man's naked body wouldn’t faze him as he had lived in the dormitory, his new thin skinned self couldn’t help but feel his blood rush to his face, turning it as red as if it were dripping blood.
"Shameless!" Overwhelmed by his boiling blood, Lin Jin quickly turned away, not wanting Xia Tian to see his flushed face, and scolded, "Why aren’t you wearing any clothes?!"
"What’s wrong with me not wearing anything in my own house? I’m wearing shorts, aren’t I?" Xia Tian glanced at Lin Jin. Although he knew that Lin Jin was a man and had even gradually begun to ignore his appearance after getting along with him during this period of time, but seeing Lin Jin's shy demeanor, Xia Tian couldn’t help but feel he might have been deceived.
Suddenly feeling playful, Xia Tian walked closer to Lin Jin. He leaned his face in to get a better look at Lin Jin’s flushed face. But Lin Jin had no intention of letting him succeed and quickly turned around to dodge Xia Tian.
"I say, you’re a big man, why the red face?" Xia Tian kept his usual icy demeanor even while playing around. After a while, he felt teasing Lin Jin was less assuming than he’d thought and sat down on the bed. He put on a long sleeved shirt and kept teasing Lin Jin, "Are you trying to trick me? A grown man who’s never seen another guy's upper body before? Do you need to get all red like that?"
"Tell me the truth, are you pretending to be a guy just for some gimmick for the livestream? I won’t leak anything you tell me." Xia Tian chattered while putting on his pants, then finally turned to see Lin Jin’s blush fading, "What are you doing here so early? I haven’t even started streaming yet."
Xia Tian usually started streaming at seven and went until midnight. It was already half past seven. Unexpectedly, this lazy bum had just finished showering, otherwise Lin Jin wouldn’t have barged straight in.
"I’ve pretty much learned the dance. I came over to help boost your viewership" Lin Jin felt that his head, which was muddled from the rush of blood, was finally a bit better. He sat confidently at the foot of Xia Tian’s bed, placed the clothes he was holding next to him, and said, "Remember to watch the gift donations during my dance, those are mine."
"Sure." Xia Tian nodded. He had decided to make streaming his temporary career before working. If live streaming was comfortable and profitable, then he planned to continue doing it. So for him, the money from gift donations wasn’t as valuable as his popularity.
Xia Tian tidied up his appearance, drying his short hair with a hairdryer and combing it neatly against his scalp before nodding to himself in satisfaction and sitting down at the computer to start the stream.
"Speaking of which, Hearthstone doesn't seem that popular anymore." Lin Jin dragged a chair over to sit beside Xia Tian. He crossed his legs and propped his chin on one arm as he stared at the computer screen, constantly chattering, "What will you stream if Hearthstone dies? You can't just switch to Gwent, can you? That game's still in beta, I think."
"What's Gwent?"
Xia Tian seemed to have little interest in singleplayer games. Thus he was unfamiliar with Gwent, a popular game within a game, and seemed not to have even heard of it.
"It's similar to Hearthstone." If Lin Jin hadn’t had a roommate like Wen Xuan who liked to play singleplayer games, he might not have heard of Gwent either.
Now that the stream's regular viewers numbered in the hundreds, it didn't take more than ten minutes after starting for the viewer count to hit around a thousand, much better than Lin Jin originally.
"I'll go change first. Just tell them I'll be dancing in a bit." Lin Jin glanced at the chat and found that most of them were talking about him, the crossdressing big boss. To keep Xia Tian from being distracted by the chat, he simply picked up the clothes he had brought and walked into the bathroom.
Xia Tian responded softly without turning his head, ignoring the chat's pleas for the girl to come back. He chatted with the viewers as usual, sharing how hard his life without a job was and made up a sad story about being ignored by an interviewer that afternoon to gain sympathy and gift donations. After talking aimlessly for about fifteen minutes, he finally started playing the game seriously.
Honestly, Lin Jin almost burst out laughing when he heard this from the bathroom. He hadn’t expected the usually stoic Xia Tian to say such words.
Perhaps it was Xia Tian’s expressionless face that made people subconsciously believe what he said. Anyways, after his complaining, the viewers really did shower him with gift donations. Although most of the gifts were fish balls, as a new streamer, Xia Tian still sincerely thanked each one.
While thanking them, he also completed his usual task of getting beat up in game.
A while later, after dawdling in the bathroom, Lin Jin finally came out. Dressed in denim shorts and a cool short sleeved top, he had completely transformed from the short haired tomboy look from earlier to a pure and beautiful girl.
"This one’s okay." Xia Tian turned his head when he heard the noise and couldn’t hide his surprise. Although he had seen Lin Jin dressed in a short skirt before, this new outfit fit his aesthetic more. It made him wonder if he was being bent by Lin Jin "You're getting better at dressing up."
"Naturally." Lin Jin proudly raised his head and waited for more praise from Xia Tian.
However, Xia Tian turned his head and went back to playing the game, casually responding to comments in the chat, "This person next to me is a crossdressing expert. Men, don’t think to much, he's not my leader."
In Hearthstone streams, due to trends by some streamers, the word "leader" meant "girlfriend" or "wife".
"How about waiting an hour until the viewer count is higher before you dance?" Xia Tian asked Lin Jin without turning around.
"Sure."
Lin Jin picked up the nearby tablet and started diligently reading and responding to the chat for Xia Tian. This was a good tradition of their stream, even though keeping up with the chat while playing Hearthstone was quite easy.
Translator’s Note: Fish balls gifts are the cheapest and viewers can often get them for free by participating in promotional activities on the platform.