Chapter 402: – Yufei’s Thoughts
Xia Tian needed to start working, so in the future, Lin Jin would have to do the video editing herself.
Though fortunately, Xia Tian had left behind some templates for the intros and outros of the videos. Lin Jin just needed to follow those and the editing for the middle part wasn't too difficult. As a student studying animation, she had also taken video editing courses before. If she encountered something she really couldn’t figure out, she could always ask the editing course’s teacher in class.
Xia Tian’s job seemed very complicated. Lin Jin had also learned about digital modeling software and stuff before, called 3ds Max. Of course, when she learned it back then, Lin Jin basically hadn’t attended class for the first half of the semester. Only when the black cat came later did she start to learn. Also, the stuff learned was very simple, like making various buildings and such, as well as some textures. But since Xia Tia was actually modeling for a game company, he would probably have to create characters directly from the concept art, right?
That sounded really hard.
Xia Tian’s job was from nine in the morning to six at night, but he said that he would have to work overtime and might not get home until really late. That's why he had to give up his part time video editing job.
But it was still okay, Lin Jin didn’t plan to make anything too complicated. The dance videos just needed an intro and an outro, then add the music. Anyways, the only cameraman right now was Zhu Dong, so there was no way to shoot from multiple angles.
At home, Lin Jin ate the food she cooked as she thought about it. She ate until her stomach was just half full before stopping.
Nowadays, she was particularly mindful about her figure, especially after experiencing the 60 kg hell. She now wished her figure could be especially beautiful. It didn’t need to reach the level of those online Photoshop masters, but it at least needed to be beautiful enough to make herself feel comfortable when seeing it, right?
After eating, Lin Jin checked the time and saw that it was only about one in the afternoon, so she started practicing her dance routine in the living room. She had already received the choreography for the dance to be filmed next week. Teacher Lin was actually quite attentive to this matter. She seemed to really want her student to become an internet celebrity… In that case, as the teacher of the internet celebrity, she could also absorb some of that popularity, yeah.
But what Lin Jin practiced wasn’t the choreography that Teacher Lin had prepared. Instead, it was ballet.
Of course, Lin Jin didn’t know much about ballet. What she was practicing now was just the basic movements and footwork. She planned to teach Qiu Yufei these moves this afternoon, so she wanted to learn and master them herself within an hour.
There were video and text tutorials teaching this kind of stuff everywhere online, so it wasn’t too hard for Lin Jin to learn. She wasn’t expecting Yufei to become a ballet master from just practicing with her, she just wanted to build Qiu Yufei’s foundation before sending her off to a proper class in the future.
After practicing for about half an hour, she felt like she had mastered the basic movements. She drank some water and then continued practicing the anime style dance that Teacher Lin had choreographed.
This anime dance was called cumin envy… uh, hitorinbo envy.
It seemed to be a very popular song many years ago. Lin Jin had also heard it before, but it was her first time dancing to it.
It was worth mentioning that even until now, Lin Jin still couldn’t remember how to pronounce the song’s title.
Cumin envy, it sounded just like a barbecue!
Since it was a Japanese song, Lin Jin had no idea what the lyrics of the song meant or what deeper meaning they held. But what she did know was that Teacher Lin’s choreography this time wasn’t as suggestive as the last one.
After practicing for another half hour, Lin Jin stretched, walked out the door, and headed toward the bus stop.
But today, it was just her alone.
Zhu Dong was busy on Sunday, apparently he had a date with a girl. Wu Min slept too late last night, resulting in him still not being up yet. Of course, it might have just been an excuse and that he was simply too lazy to go.
In fact, Lin Jin also felt a bit lazy about going. Everyday, she had to spend nearly an hour to get to the welfare institute, and a round trip would be two hours. To old Lin Jin, it was simply a waste of time. If it wasn’t for the friendship between her and a few of the children there, then Lin Jin would have probably also been like Wu Min and slacked off.
After taking the bus alone and then walking for another ten minutes, Lin Jin finally arrived at the welfare institute.
As soon as she walked up to the second floor, she realized that the chubby round kid, Fatty, seemed to be missing.
“Where’s Fatty?” Lin Jin walked to a physically healthy girl and asked.
“He got a mommy and daddy last night~” The girl was all smiles as she held Lin Jin’s hand “He was so happy, so happy, when can I be adopted too~”
“Daddy mommy nowadays seem to all like boys. Sister Yufei hasn’t even been liked for a long time.”
"Don't worry, now more and more mommies and daddies are starting to prefer girls. In a few days, someone will come and adopt you too," Lin Jin patted the girl’s head and comforted her with a smile.
Fatty actually got adopted.
Although it was a thing to be happy about, Lin Jin’s mood suddenly dropped a bit.
Thankfully, there were still other children in the orphanage that she was familiar with.
Lin Jin walked straight over to Qiu Yufei, who was engrossed in watching Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf.
"Teacher Lin Jin! You’re here!" Qiu Yufei quickly jumped up. It seemed because of the welfare institute’s education, she was especially respectful towards teachers, hurriedly bowing and rushing to bring water and tea. "Teacher Lin Jin, what are you going to teach me today?"
"Today, I'll teach you some basic dance steps and movements. These are fundamental skills, so you should practice them whenever you have time, just like the stretches," Lin Jin accepted the tea from Yufei without hesitation, taking small sips with a sophisticated attitude "Have you been practicing every morning? Don’t tell me you’ve been slacking off."
"Of course I have!" Qiu Yufei excitedly waved her fists "I am someone who’s determined to become a big celebrity!"
"A big celebrity, huh?" Lin Jin was lost in thought, wondering who that big celebrity might be.
"Why didn’t Brother Wu Min and Brother Zhu Dong come?" Although Yufei didn’t interact much with those two, she still knew them "Did they have something to do?"
"Brother Zhu Dong has a date, with the girl he likes. Brother Wu Min slept too late last night and still hasn’t gotten up yet."
Lin Jin explained.
"Brother Wu Min’s a big lazybones!"
"Exactly, exactly, exactly" Lin Jin was very happy to see Yufei speaking ill of Wu Min.
"So, when is sister going to go on a date? Once sister gets married, you’ll be able to adopt us!" Yufei expectantly looked up at Lin Jin "Sister Lin Jin, if you became my mom, that would be amazing."
Lin Jin’s face was full of dark lines, she was still just a college student, okay? Why was it that in Yufei’s eyes, she was already a mother type of person?
"Sister doesn’t want to get married right now…"
"Eh, there’s no boys you like?" Qiu Yufei thought about it for a moment, then suddenly shook her head "Forget it, it’s better for sister to not get married. If you get married, you’d definitely not come see me for a long time."
"Exactly, exactly! Not marrying is so great!"
Lin Jin immediately agreed and she immediately thought of her own mother.
God knows why her mother was so enthusiastic about her finding a boyfriend.
Translator’s Note: The song is 孑然妒火 / 独りんぼエンヴィー / Hitorinbo Envy. The first two characters look like it is pronounced the same as cumin in Chinese.