Chapter 531: – Xia Tian’s Thoughts
Lin Jin didn’t really like this fan of hers named He Yinghui. After all, she was way too clingy.
The first time they met, she had been way too excited and left Lin Jin with the impression that she was a total pervert. But after interacting for a few days afterwards, Lin Jin had to admit she wasn’t that bad. Actually, this female fan could really be considered as knowing everything. Except for the stuff taught in school, she basically knew everything.
Like smoking, drinking, perming hair, stuff like that…
Over the next few days, she didn’t continue to pester Lin Jin at her or Xia Tian’s place anymore. She just showed up as soon as Lin Jin started class if she was free, and would wait outside the door if she wasn’t.
Until now, Xia Tian still didn’t know that Lin Jin had this perverted female fan. If one day they were both waiting for Lin Jin outside the classroom at the same time, that would be really awkward, right?
Even though Lin Jin was a girl, He Yinghui didn’t know that, and Xia Tian also knew that Lin Jin wasn’t a fully natural girl… In other words, if Xia Tian’s mind suddenly jumped and thought that Lin Jin was still interested in girls, then this situation would turn into a real war.
Though Lin Jin really did have a tiny bit of interest in girls, especially those sweet and pretty girls. Even though most of the time she would just inwardly admire, she of course could not help but wonder things like what if she was still a guy.
Holy f*ck, so scary.
During the second class on Wednesday afternoon, Lin Jin was in class when she suddenly realized all of the things above.
Maybe fate just really loved messing with her. Lin Jin, who was sitting by the window and just thought of this, turned her head and immediately saw He Yinghui and Xia Tian standing outside.
Lin Jin didn’t know if everyone felt like this, but every time she hoped for something to not happen, the more she hoped, the more likely it was to happen. Instead, she would think about the opposite thing. For example, she would be secretly playing on the computer and not want her parents to come back, so as long as she thought “quickly come back quickly come back”, she would be able to play as long as she wanted.
Well, anyway, back when Lin Jin’s parents hadn’t divorced and they still had a desktop computer at home, it was always like that whenever she and Lin Chen secretly played on it.
And now…
Because Lin Jin was looking out the window, Xia Tian noticed her and waved his hand as a greeting. He Yinghui, beside Xia Tian, got so excited she directly rushed toward the window and kept bobbing her head. If she had a tail, it would probably be up high and wagging nonstop.
Lin Jin took a quick glance at Xia Tian and found that his expression had indeed turned dark.
She immediately lowered her head and pretended to be seriously listening to the lecture.
It looked like she really had to go through this battlefield.
Lin Jin frowned, anxiously thinking about what to do after class.
“What’s wrong?” Wu Min asked, confused.
“Your cousin ran into my boyfriend." Lin Jin gestured toward the window with her mouth “My boyfriend is probably going to be annoyed to death.”
“Just say she’s your best friend and it’ll be fine.”
“What kind of best friend would call me big sister?” Lin Jin rolled her eyes at him and continued to worry.
Soon, it was time for class to end, but the teacher up front kept talking, seemingly unaware that class was already over.
Lin Jin was glad inside, as this would at least delay the war she was about to experience for a bit.
However, the class monitor quickly shattered Lin Jin’s fantasies and directly called out “Teacher, class is over!”
Only then did the teacher finally react, glancing at the time on his phone, and annoying: “Class dismissed!”
Lin Jin gave the monitor a look of despair, then resignedly walked with the crowd out of class.
She had just stepped into the hallway when, before Xia Tian could even say anything, He Yinghui suddenly jumped over. She hugged Lin Jin’s slender waist and then lowered her head to give her a kiss.
But Lin Jin knew full well that this girl had always thought of her as a crossdresser. And since there were classmates and students from other classes around, it wouldn’t be good to make a big fuss right now, so she hurriedly pushed her away.
He Yinghui immediately put on a pitiful look, staring at Lin Jin like a puppy that had just been abandoned by its owner.
Then Xia Tian walked over, gently took Lin Jin’s hand, and coldly huffed at He Yinghui, declaring his territory.
“Big sister! So you really are a couple with him!” He Yinghui fiercely glared at Xia Tian. “I don’t see what’s so great about him! When I watch your streams, he’s worse than you at gaming and always needs your help! And he doesn’t make much money! I heard that if you hadn’t helped him become a streamer, he would probably be broke!”
“And the stream only became popular because of big sister! He’s just a freeloader!”
He Yinghui’s words stabbed Xia Tian hard, his expression turning pale. He suddenly tightened his grip on Lin Jin’s hand and glanced down at Lin Jin beside him.
What He Yinghui said was pretty much what had been bothering Xia Tian all this time. It was true, if Lin Jin hadn’t gotten him into streaming and helping his stream grow, then even as a current top three Dota streamer, he might still be stuck receiving a salary of just three to four thousand.
Right now, his base salary from streaming wasn’t high and apart from the base salary, the gift donations was also not that high. After all, he rarely begged for donations from his viewers. But it was still over ten thousand yuan a month, almost four times his job’s salary.
“It’s okay. Without you, there wouldn’t be a stream like now.” Lin Jin whispered, comforting him. Then seeing that He Yinghui was about to come closer again, she immediately put on a fierce expression and glared at her “Go away!”
But He Yinghui clearly didn’t find Lin Jin’s fierce look intimidating at all and continued shamelessly trying to get close.
Lin Jin had no other choice but to lift her foot up, pretending as if she was going to kick her. Only then did He Yinghui get scared and retreat several steps.
“Enough, stop messing around!” Wu Min, standing by the side, finally showed the dignity of an older cousin and walked over, grabbing He Yinghui by the arm “Come with me!”
“I don’t want to~ Big sister~”
Seeing He Yinghui being dragged away by Wu Min, Lin Jin finally let out a sigh of relief. She then looked up at Xia Tian, who was still holding her hand.
“You okay? You’re not a freeloader, I still haven’t even started making money yet, you know. If anything, it’s you who’s supporting me, right?” Lin Jin tried her best to comfort him, but was quickly interrupted.
“Starting next month, I’m going to quit streaming. I want to open a shop.” Xia Tian said in a flat tone. “I’m thinking of opening a restaurant.”
“But don’t you not know how to cook?”
“Then I can learn. I’ll go learn next month. I basically haven’t spent any of the money earned during this time.” Xia Tian sighed. “What you said before was right, you can’t live forever just streaming. I also can’t count on myself to be popular, and I can’t count on the game I play staying relevant forever either.”
“…”
“I didn’t study my major that well back in college. If I keep going at my company, working for three to five years and then switching, maybe I can make ten thousand a month. But even then, we wouldn’t be able to afford a house and car in Xiamen.”
“Besides, I’m still young. So I have to try things out, right?”
Lin Jin looked at that determined expression on Xia Tian’s face and let out a helpless smile: “Sure, go do whatever you want. I’ll help out with your stream for now. If it really doesn’t work out, just come back and stream. Then save up some more money and continue trying what you want to do.”
“Mm.”