By linking my account to the check-in system, I became a leisurely traveler.

Chapter 109 Departure, Jiuzhaigou! [A long chapter of 1.2 words!]

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Yichang is said to be a very suitable city for travel.

However, Li Younan did not plan to stay in Yichang for too long this time.

He woke up naturally in the morning, tidied himself up briefly, and then took the high-speed train back to Chongqing in the afternoon.

After returning to Chongqing, he strolled around a hot pot restaurant again.

After nearly a week of adjustment, Chen Kunjie is now fully on track.

The daily turnover is frighteningly high. Of course, most diners find this place through Li Younan's videos.

As Li Younan said, this is already an era where "even good wine needs advertising."

The unique features of your hot pot restaurant must be made known to more people through a traffic-driven approach in order to translate into tangible profits.

Chen Kunjie was well aware of this as well.

So, although Li Younan may seem like a hands-off manager, he is well aware that the shop's success is largely due to Li Younan's valuable contributions.

Now, many of Lee You-nam's fans have spontaneously started to visit the places he has been to.

Therefore, when Li Younan was making videos, one principle he set for JK Long was that the videos must be authentic.

Apart from the promotional video for the project in Nanchang, which was immediately recognizable, most of the places I visited emphasized a genuine experience.

Li Younan himself was involved in this hot pot restaurant, and his fans would definitely want to check it out if they came to Chongqing.

Making hot pot broth every day has become a regular activity.

The hot pot broth is consumed very quickly, with almost no leftover, so it needs to be freshly made every day.

That's perfect, since many people come specifically to see how hot pot broth is made.

Other livestreamers even came to film themselves making hot pot broth, and their videos went viral.

The restaurant now actually has six employees: two chefs, three waiters, and one dishwasher.

To be honest, the cost is still quite high.

However, having more people has one obvious advantage: everyone doesn't have to be so tired.

Chen Kunjie shares the same values ​​as Li Younan in this respect.

Chen Kunjie said, "We're not capitalists. If the working atmosphere is better, everyone will be more relaxed and earn more. Then everyone will treat the hot pot restaurant like their own home, and the quality of service will definitely improve, and the work standards will also improve accordingly."

Of course, the cost wasn't as scary as I imagined.

During this period of adjustment, Chen Kunjie also observed the character of these six people.

The final conclusion was that these people were all honest, hardworking, diligent, and knew how to be content and grateful. That was enough, and they deserved their reward.

Everyone has a 1% commission, which is directly reflected in the turnover, but it only increases the cost by 6%. Although the salary also increases a bit, it is still within a reasonable range.

All things considered, the store's net profit is around 15% to 16%.

Business was so good that even though all eight tables were large, they weren't enough.

Especially when some customers come in groups of two or three, it results in some waste of the restaurant's eight large tables.

To address this, Chen Kunjie specially bought a batch of small tables and set them up in the open space outside the store, adding seven or eight tables.

Although it increased the workload for the employees, they were actually happier, and everyone hoped that the hot pot restaurant would grow bigger and bigger and that business would get better and better.

However, there are still some empty promises.

When Li Younan went there, he happened to run into Chen Kunjie giving a speech to motivate everyone.

Chen Kunjie said, "See that? The foot massage parlor next door, the KTV next door, but business isn't very good. As long as we take steady steps, we can take over the shops on the second floor later, and maybe even the two shops on the left and right. Then we can hire more and more employees. But you are different. If we can grow big, it will definitely be because of your contributions. As the first batch of veterans, when that day comes, the commissions of those who join later won't be as high as yours."

Afterwards, Chen Kunjie briefly discussed his future plans with Li Younan.

Using 1% of the turnover as a commission rate is acceptable now, since there are only a few people.

However, as revenue increases and the number of employees grows, this approach will definitely not work.

He has thought about it carefully for a long time and will make some changes to the commission method later.

Of course, initially, some benefits will be reduced, such as changing the commission based on turnover to a fixed amount or based on the number of customers served, so that the income of a few veteran employees will increase a little. However, as the business expands and turnover increases, it will gradually return to a reasonable range.

Li Younan discovered that Chen Kunjie was quite clever and knew how to adapt to changing circumstances, so he let him manage things.

Originally, Li Younan didn't have that much energy to get involved in running the hot pot restaurant.

However, it is obvious that if the store really needs to expand in the future, Li Younan will need to spend real money.

Li Younan was prepared for this.

Chen Kunjie has no plans to open many branches. He is just thinking that he can take over both stores in the future and turn this area into a large hot pot restaurant.

Chen Kunjie doesn't have great ambitions and knows the limits of his abilities.

If he expands further and opens many branches, he won't know how to manage them.

Li Younan confidently let Chen Kunjie go for it, assuring him that she would handle the publicity and support. After all, the number of views for that pinned hot pot restaurant video was steadily increasing.

Of course, word-of-mouth and publicity effects are a virtuous cycle that can lead to explosive growth.

If the reputation is good, the promotional effect can be further improved.

Based on learning and imitating the underlying logic of Pang Donglai, their hot pot restaurant, though small, has an extremely explosive reputation and is already showing signs of becoming a phenomenal hit.

There's no need to rush; just proceed steadily and surely.

After saying goodbye to Chen Kunjie, Li Younan went to visit his cousin.

Lu Xiaolan has finished her military training.

When Li Younan saw her, she was carrying a small backpack, had a fashionable new hairstyle, and her clothes were no longer as unfashionable as before. Her makeup skills had also improved slightly.

While it's far from stunning, it certainly stands out in a crowd.

Li Younan asked her how she was adapting.

With a sorrowful expression, Lu Xiaolan said, "I can't adapt at all! Cousin, I need you to stay here with me for a few more months before I can fully adjust."

Then, Li Younan gave her a hard knock on the head.

Well, seeing Lu Xiaolan spouting nonsense, Li Younan felt much more at ease.

This at least shows that adapting to university life was indeed easy for her.

Thinking about it, it makes sense. Lu Xiaolan was raised with strict discipline at home from a young age. Once she got to university, she was like a bird returning to the mountains, free to roam as freely as she could.

To put it bluntly, perhaps in this girl's eyes, university is better than home in every way, so what could she possibly have trouble adapting to?
After confirming that there were no problems, Li Younan drove back from Chongqing early the next morning.

More than half a month has passed since I left home, and it's now mid-September.

But Li Younan didn't feel that time was passing quickly. Compared to when she was working before, when you don't have a clear and specific goal, time actually seems to pass slowly, and that feeling is quite nice.

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at home.

After Li Younan returned home, she told her mother about wanting to take her on a trip to western Sichuan.

My mom was extremely excited, but then she thought about it and said, "Just the two of us, mother and son?"

Li Younan leaned back on the sofa, sipping a glass of lemon water his mother had just made, and said lazily, "This is the current plan."

Mom thought for a moment, then said, "Hmm, can I bring one more person?"

Li Younan sat up. "Who is it?"

My mom was cutting fruit right now. She put the cut apples into a plate and brought it out, saying, "This is Aunt Zhao. She's been telling me she wanted to travel to western Sichuan. You should be able to fit everyone in your car, right?"

Li Younan chuckled, "Mom, what are you talking about? Aunt Zhao can take up three seats by herself, of course she can fit in."

This Aunt Zhao, whose real name is Zhao Xiaofang, is my mother's good friend. They've been friends since junior high school, and in today's terms, she's a true best friend.

Li Younan remembers that when he was little, Aunt Zhao often bought him gifts.

Aunt Zhao got married a few years later than my mother. She has a daughter who is only in her second year of high school. If I remember correctly, she is a rather rebellious little girl.

Li Younan's plan this time was not just to go to Jiuzhaigou for fun.

He plans to go directly from Mianyang, then travel along the Songpan-Ruoergai line, spending about a week to see the scenery of Jiuzhaigou and the grasslands of Aba.

We don't have much time, so we won't go to Ganzi.

Moreover, in terms of infrastructure, the road conditions in Ganzi are worse than those in Aba.

Of course, if you're driving alone on a long road trip, Ganzi might offer more fun, but when traveling with your mother, the priority should be a good experience.

After getting Li Younan's consent, Mom happily went to discuss it with Aunt Zhao.

Li Younan ate some fruit for a while, and then his mother came out of her room, turned off her phone, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Son, Aunt Zhao asked if we could bring her daughter along, so there would be four of us in total."

Li Younan chuckled and said, "Mom, you don't need to ask for my opinion on this kind of thing. If you think it's okay, then it's okay. I hope that your experience will be the priority for this trip."

Mom smiled happily. How could she not be happy with such a son?
She nodded. "Okay, then I'll give your Aunt Zhao my answer."

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Of course, it's worth mentioning that there were two checkpoints on this trip: one in Jiuzhaigou and the other in Wenchuan on the way back.

Interestingly, although there are more cities and a denser population in the east, there are fewer tourist attractions than in the sparsely populated central and western regions.

Take Shanghai (from now on, we won't use "coastal" to refer to it, we'll just say Shanghai) for example. It's such a big city with a high level of development, yet it only has two tourist attractions.

However, in Aba, western Sichuan, a prefecture-level city with a population of less than 100 million, there are also two tourist attractions.

In addition, the distribution of check-in points throughout the entire system is like this, and there are even more check-in points in the more remote areas.

This also shows that the system encourages people to travel to places with beautiful natural scenery.

That makes sense when you think about it. After visiting so many cities, they all seem pretty much the same.

With the smooth flow of information these days, if something becomes popular in one city, it won't be long before it appears in major cities across the country.

The wonders of nature, created by the masterful hand of the heavens and earth, are there, they will always be there, they cannot be moved or replicated.

Once the travel plans are finalized, the next step is to start preparing.

Of course, there aren't actually many things that require special preparation.

My parents couldn't get time off immediately, so the final date was set for Friday.

If you take 5 days off, you'll have 9 days to travel.

During these past few days, Li Younan rested and recovered his physical condition to its best before visiting his grandparents' house again.

It's worth mentioning that the guesthouse at Grandpa and Grandma's house is now on the right track, with a group of guests checking in almost every two days.

Because the guesthouses here focus on experiencing rural life, they can't just kick out guests the next day at noon like hotels in the city. They often have to accommodate a group of guests every two days.

Under Ren Xiaohuan's management, the small guesthouse has added many value-added services in detail.

For example, customers can contact Ren Xiaohuan before 11 o'clock to order farm-style dishes such as stir-fried cured pork, wild mushrooms they have picked, or even a real free-range chicken.

There's no markup from resellers, so tourists get high-quality food at affordable prices, and online orders are all positive.

Those who choose to spend a weekend or two days here to rest are usually families traveling with their children, or people with a relaxed mindset. They are all very easy to get along with and friendly, and Grandpa enjoys it very much.

When Li Younan arrived, Ren Xiaohuan took him to her home for dinner.

She was truly grateful to Li Younan for giving her this job.

Leaving aside the income, what's more important is that she can earn money while taking care of her mother, which makes her feel very satisfied and extremely happy.

DouDou has now taken a liking to drawing, but the main reason is that he has taken a liking to carving. He can now carve a small animal in a fairly decent way.

When Li Younan left, Dou Dou gave him a carving of a large water buffalo.

This time, Li Younan did not admit his mistake.

It's great that it can make other people's lives happier. Li Younan also felt an indescribable warmth in his heart, filling it completely.

……

A few days later, it was time to depart.

My mom didn't bring much luggage, just a suitcase with some changes of clothes.

Li Younan tossed the suitcase into the trunk, and his mother sat in the passenger seat and fastened her seatbelt.

They also need to go pick up Aunt Zhao and her daughter.

My mom suddenly said, "By the way, do you remember Aunt Zhao's daughter?"

Li Younan started the engine and pondered for a moment.

Li Younan had met Aunt Zhao's daughter a few times before.

Because they were so much younger than me, we didn't have many opportunities to interact; we only bumped into each other when visiting each other's homes.

When she was younger, that little girl was quite clingy and would follow him around.

As Li Younan grew older, he saw her less often, only occasionally hearing his mother mention that the little girl had become somewhat rebellious after entering junior high school.

At that time, Li Younan was already working. He only visited their home once, but the girl wasn't home then, so he didn't see her.

Li Younan blinked and asked, "What's her name again?"

Mom glanced at Li Younan and said, "His name is Zhao Ruoxuan."

Li Younan nodded. "Oh, right, I vaguely remember. What's wrong, Mom?"

My mother sighed softly and said, "That girl, well, how should I put it, it's also Xiaofang's fault. When she was little, I was probably a bit too strict with her. Anyway, after she entered junior high school, I couldn't control her as much. Ruoxuan has a bit of a temper and talks back to her mother. Well, I can't say whether she's right or wrong, but Xiaofang has told me several times that you're the same age as her, so you can talk to Ruoxuan."

Li Younan found it amusing.

My mother actually knows everything perfectly well; she understands the real reason why a girl like Zhao Ruoxuan would rebel.

In this kind of situation, the parents and the child... perhaps the parents are more at fault, but Mom certainly wouldn't be so open about it and talk to her best friend about it.

My impression of Aunt Zhao is that she is a very capable person, unlike my mother who is so gentle and kind... My mother is probably still a little afraid of Aunt Zhao.

Li Younan didn't say anything, turned the steering wheel, stepped on the gas, and drove off.

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Zhao Ruoxuan looked downstairs with some anticipation.

Normally, students wouldn't have such a long vacation, but she happens to be an art student, so it's relatively easier for her to ask for leave than for students majoring in general subjects.

It was almost time for them to go to the training camp, but the school basically didn't care about them much.

Zhao Xiaofang told Zhao Ruoxuan to bring her sketchbook so she could sketch and paint along the way.

Zhao Ruoxuan sighed: "Okay, okay, can you please stop reminding me of everything? I know these things myself."

Zhao Xiaofang frowned, but didn't say anything.

As they were about to go downstairs, Zhao Xiaofang said again, "Be polite when you get in the car, okay?"

"I know." Zhao Ruoxuan was clearly a little impatient.

"Also, you can have a good chat with Brother You Nan later. How come his grades are so good? He can get such high scores in the cultural subjects."

Zhao Ruoxuan muttered under her breath, "But he still resigned."

Her mother didn't hear what she said clearly.

"What did you say?"

Zhao Ruoxuan shook her head: "I didn't say anything."

The phone rang, and Zhao Xiaofang saw that it was Li Younan's mother calling. She said, "They should have arrived. Get ready to go downstairs."

Sure enough, Li Younan's mother on the other end of the phone said she would arrive in about 10 minutes.

Zhao Xiaofang was about to go to the restroom again, and asked Zhao Ruoxuan to wait at the door.

Zhao Ruoxuan took out her phone and texted a friend to complain: "My mom told me not to dawdle and to go to the bathroom at a time when I'm about to leave, haha."

The other person replied: "I'm so envious of you, you can go out and have fun."

Zhao Ruoxuan sent a sighing emoji: "I was quite excited at first, but suddenly I'm a little worried."

"What are you worried about?" the person on the other end asked.

Zhao Ruoxuan typed extremely fast, quickly typing down a line: "You don't know, my mom's best friend's son was either the top scorer or the second-highest scorer in our county that year, anyway, he's a super academic genius, and he went to a prestigious university that's second only to Tsinghua and Peking University, and I think he studied a top-tier major."

The person on the other end asked, "So what happened?"

"What's wrong? He's the perfect 'other people's child'! My mom always says you should learn from your brother Li Younan and all that, it's so annoying. I was actually quite happy about it, but now when I think about this..."

The other end sent a mischievous smiley emoji: "What are you afraid of? If that academic genius is showing off, you can just confront him if you really can't handle it."

Zhao Ruoxuan's impression of Li Younan was also rather vague.

After all, Li Younan spent four years in university and a few more years in Shanghai. When Li Younan left, she was still in elementary school.

Although Li Younan returned once or twice during that time and visited the house, they didn't interact much. She couldn't even remember what Li Younan looked like, let alone have any specific impression of him.

My mom said that when she was little, Li Younan would come to visit, and she liked to follow him around. But this memory seems to have been deleted from her brain, and she can't recall it at all.

So, in general, Li Younan is someone who has always lived in legend.

And the more parents appreciate and advocate for something, the more it is likely to be contrary to youth.

Zhao Ruoxuan's friend then asked, "By the way, what does your mom's best friend's academic genius son look like?"

Zhao Ruoxuan thought for a moment and said, "I forgot." A laughing emoji came from the other end: "All top students look the same. They must wear glasses and plaid shirts."

Zhao Ruoxuan laughed too: "You might even go bald."

"Oh no, did you say he was still very young? Only twenty-five or twenty-six years old."

"I heard he's a computer programmer, so it's normal for him to be bald at 25 or 26."

The other person sent a string of laughing-crying emojis.

Okay, good luck.

Zhao Ruoxuan's mood had improved considerably by now. She said, "That's right. No matter what he does, I'll just stay calm and collected. If he tries to lecture me, I'll just ignore him. What can he do? Hehe."

The person on the other end said, "Yeah, so what? What can you do about it?"

A few minutes later, Zhao Ruoxuan's mother came out, holding her phone, and said, "They're downstairs now, let's go down."

Zhao Ruoxuan carried a suitcase full of her own things, and her mother also carried a suitcase. The two of them went downstairs with their belongings.

A very large Land Cruiser was parked at the entrance. Zhao Ruoxuan blinked; she knew this car was very, very expensive.

Zhao Xiaofang, who was standing next to him, said, "Your brother Younan bought this himself. Isn't that amazing? I heard it cost over a million."

Zhao Ruoxuan remained silent.

Then she saw the driver's door open and a figure jump down from it.

Li Younan had already changed his hairstyle, and now it was cool and stylish.

The morning sun was a bit too bright, so I was still wearing sunglasses.

Zhao Ruoxuan was stunned for a moment. The person who got out of the car was tall and had very handsome features. The moment he took off his glasses, his eyes were filled with a smile, and he looked particularly warm.

Oh no, does he look like that?
Zhao Xiaofang, who was standing next to her, said, "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and say hello."

Zhao Ruoxuan snapped out of her daze and obediently greeted Li Younan and his mother who had come over, saying, "Hello, Brother Younan! Hello, Auntie!"

She clearly looks like an obedient and well-behaved girl, without any rebellious tendencies.

Zhao Xiaofang looked at her daughter with some confusion.

At this moment, Zhao Ruoxuan was thinking, "Hmm... he's quite handsome, but... so what? What can I do?"
I might have to start lecturing you later.

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We've officially set off for Jiuzhaigou.

To get there from Anchuan County, you need to take the Jiuzhaigou-Mianyang Expressway.

After passing Jiangyou, the traffic significantly decreased, and you could even see no other cars as far as the eye could see.

While Li Younan was driving, his mother sat quietly in the passenger seat, watching the road as usual. Occasionally, she would peel a couple of oranges and feed them to Li Younan, but most of the time she didn't say much.

The mother and daughter in the back soon fell fast asleep, and the car was very quiet.

Before officially exiting the highway, the road was very easy to drive, and Li Younan even unknowingly entered a state of flow.

He thought with amusement that with so few cars on this highway, could the toll booths even earn enough to cover the staff salaries, let alone break even?

Of course, national infrastructure is not considered in this way. Li Younan knew that he was just bored and had some strange ideas pop into his head.

Jiangyou's specialty is braised pork intestines, and Li Younan and his group stopped at a small restaurant for lunch along the way.

This city seems to have never changed its name since the Three Kingdoms period. It is said that Li Bai was from Jiangyou, and there is a town under Jiangyou called Qinglian Town, which is taken from Li Bai's Qinglian Jushi (青莲居士).

After lunch, we continued our journey. After passing Baima Tibetan Village in Pingwu County, the highway ended.

The navigation system instructed Li Younan to exit the highway and take the national road.

It was already afternoon, and the passengers were no longer sleepy, becoming quite lively.

More often than not, it's the two elders chatting away.

One of them worked at a bank, and the other at a public institution. They chatted about gossip in the county town, such as which deputy director had been caught having an affair, or which junior leader had been taken in for questioning by the disciplinary committee. Rumors were flying everywhere.

Two middle-aged women were chatting about gossip, and they really wished they could each grab a handful of sunflower seeds.

Li Younan found it amusing. He knew his mother always loved listening to gossip, which was no different from other middle-aged women.

Compared to their excitement, Zhao Ruoxuan was rather bored.

And it was probably the first time she had ever taken such a long car ride, as she asked "How much longer?" several times along the way.

At this point, she no longer trusted anyone else. She looked at the navigation on her phone and saw that it would take another two or three hours to get to Jiuzhaigou. She was completely desperate and listlessly leaned against the window, gazing at the scenery outside.

Unfortunately, we hadn't even entered Aba's territory yet, and the national highway wasn't in good condition, looking rather desolate along the way.

Then, she saw Li Younan in the rearview mirror from one angle.

From this angle, you can see Li Younan's eyes.

Those eyes were gentle and calm. He looked at the road, then casually glanced at the rearview mirror, and then the next moment he caught sight of Zhao Ruoxuan in the rearview mirror.

Everyone knows that the path of light is reversible.

Zhao Ruoxuan quickly pretended to look away casually.

At this point, the two mothers started talking about a timeless topic—children and education.

Of course, this topic wasn't started by Li Younan's mother.

Li Younan's mother knew that her son was very outstanding, especially in terms of academic performance. In China, academic performance is always the core focus of the whole family.

But the more she did this, the more she restrained herself from talking about her son's studies when chatting with others, since that would seem like showing off, which wasn't a good idea.

On the contrary, it's things that others might consider insignificant, such as being good at basketball, making dumplings, or dressing well... These are skills that most parents would consider useless and harmless, but my mom would proudly show them off to everyone, and it wouldn't hurt the harmony if others praised her.

However, the situation is a little different in front of her best friend. Li Younan's mother doesn't mention it, but Zhao Xiaofang will take the initiative to bring up her academic performance.

Zhao Xiaofang first praised Li Younan's achievements, and then naturally steered the conversation to Zhao Ruoxuan.

This time, in front of outsiders, she carefully considered her words: "Ruoxuan, if you have any questions about your studies, please ask Brother Li Younan for help."

Zhao Ruoxuan sighed softly and remained silent.

She hates talking about studying because if she had good grades, she wouldn't have chosen to draw.

For some, learning arts and sports is something they genuinely enjoy; for others, it's an excuse to avoid studying, and she is the latter.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Zhao Xiaofang took the initiative to chat with Li Younan: "Younan, how do you study? Can you teach your little sister Ruoxuan too?"

Zhao Ruoxuan glanced at her mother, hesitated for a moment, then ultimately remained silent.

I hadn't chatted much with Li Younan along the way, but I never expected that once we started talking, I would have to listen to his advice.

At this point, the car climbed up the loess ridge. Ahead was the loess ridge tunnel, and once inside, the exit was not visible. It looked to be about seven or eight kilometers long.

Once you pass through the cave entrance, you'll reach the county seat of Jiuzhaigou.

Li Younan slowed down slightly, then said somewhat casually, "The college entrance exam was many years ago. To be honest, I've forgotten most of how I studied back then. I just listened to the teacher in class and did my homework afterwards."

Li Younan's explanation was extremely simple, and Zhao Ruoxuan breathed a slight sigh of relief. Fortunately, it wasn't a long lecture about learning methods.

Moreover, Zhao Ruoxuan could clearly sense that Li Younan had no intention of showing off on this topic.

She has encountered too many people who love to teach others but actually enjoy showing off while teaching others.

Li Younan is really something else.

However, Zhao Xiaofang couldn't help but elaborate on Li Younan's words, such as, if studying is so simple, then he must not have listened attentively in class or done his homework properly.

After being well-behaved the whole way, Zhao Ruoxuan began to reveal her true nature as they approached Jiuzhaigou. She snapped at her mother a couple of times.

Finally, he threw out two sentences: "So what? What can you do?"

Zhao Xiaofang was stunned for a moment. This kind of internet slang used by young people caught her off guard and she didn't react immediately. But she quickly became unhappy. This sentence was really too irritating. Anyone who heard it would know.

At this point, Li Younan's mother smoothed things over and changed the subject.

Jiuzhaigou is a very unique place.

When I was in school, there was a sentence in my geography textbook that said: China's ethnic distribution is mainly in the form of large-scale intermingling and small-scale clustering. This form is vividly illustrated in Jiuzhaigou.

The local residents of the county town are mainly Han Chinese, and their accents are noticeably different from those in Sichuan, instead leaning more towards Gansu.

They stopped briefly in the county town to rest, but then decided not to stay overnight. Instead, they drove directly to the entrance of the scenic area, 40 kilometers away.

It is said that the village guesthouses and hotels around the scenic area can easily accommodate 70,000 to 80,000 tourists.

After they drove over, it was obvious that the area around the scenic spot was a Tibetan settlement.

The accents and even the appearances of the people here are very different from those in the county town.

Even if they don't speak Tibetan, the dialect they speak is Sichuanese, which has a kind of beauty that makes it seem like you've crossed a province in just 40 kilometers.

Upon arriving near the scenic area, Li Younan drove directly to a guesthouse he had booked and arranged for both families to stay there.

The guesthouse is located several kilometers away from the entrance of the scenic area.

Its downside is that it's a bit far, but its advantages are that it's relatively inexpensive and closer to nature. It was peak season in Jiuzhaigou, and the area around the scenic spot was very crowded with tourists.

According to online ticket booking data, nearly 3 people will enter the valley tomorrow, so the number of tourists stranded around the scenic area on that day may even reach around 6.

So when you go out for a stroll, you can clearly feel the flow of people.

Thinking about this, Li Younan and his mother were a little worried that there might be long queues tomorrow. If there were huge crowds, that would be a bit bad.

However, Li Younan planned to spend three days in Jiuzhaigou. In addition to the famous Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area, he also contacted a local fan and arranged to go camping and barbecue nearby after visiting the scenic area. If the experience in the scenic area was bad, he would make up for it in other places.

Because he might need to use his phone to discuss some video-related matters with JK Long that evening, Li Younan slept separately from his mother to avoid disturbing her rest.

In the room, JK Long asked Li Younan, "Has the payment from the cruise company arrived yet?"

Li Younan checked and found that there was indeed an income of 5 yuan.

He said excitedly, "The money has arrived. I'll transfer your share to you right away."

JK Long replied lazily, "Whatever, I'm not asking you for money."

Li Younan was already used to JK Long's attitude and said nonchalantly, "I know. By the way, Brother Long, I wanted to talk to you about this last time. When are you free? Let's meet up. We've been working together for so long, and I still don't know what you look like."

Although he had made this request before and JK Dragon had ruthlessly rejected it, Li Younan felt that they weren't that close back then, but now they were very close.

However, JK Long replied indifferently, "I don't want to see you. What's the point of two grown men seeing each other?"

Li Younan was speechless for a moment, but he also felt a strange sense of logic. Why would two grown men meet? Hmm, there was a strange rationality to it.

Li Younan said with some regret, "Alright then, let's meet again when you've figured things out, and then we can go somewhere to stroll around."

JK Long changed the subject: "You can do a live stream tomorrow. Jiuzhaigou has pretty good viewership, and I've heard the service quality here is excellent. There are comments online saying that other scenic spots are 5A because they have the standards for 5A, while Jiuzhaigou is 5A because the upper limit for scenic spots is 5A. I don't know if it's just hype, but you should go and experience it for yourself tomorrow."

Li Younan noticed that JK Long seemed to really like suggesting that he start live streaming. He sighed slightly, but after thinking about it, he realized that he hadn't streamed in a long time.

As a video creator who makes a living from this, doing live streams occasionally would be meaningful, so I agreed.

Even at night, the neighborhood was still very lively.

Li Younan's mother sent him a message, asking him to go downstairs and buy some toiletries, as she wasn't used to the disposable toothbrushes and toothpaste provided at the guesthouse.

Li Younan, of course, unconditionally fulfilled his mother's somewhat fussy request.

Compared to parents who endure hardship without facing it, Li Younan's mother, who may seem pretentious, is actually more youthful and approachable, and therefore more popular.

When Li Younan came downstairs, he was somewhat surprised to see Zhao Ruoxuan. She was downstairs, talking non-stop on her phone.

She saw Li Younan and, without trying to hide it, gave him a brief greeting.

Li Younan went over to take a look out of curiosity, and Zhao Ruoxuan turned her phone over and said to him, "I'm live streaming."

Li Younan blinked: "You do live streaming too?"

This question didn't really mean anything by it; after all, Li Younan himself also does live streams, so it was a perfectly reasonable question.

But Zhao Ruoxuan interpreted those words differently... something like, "You think you can do live streaming?" Her expression changed slightly, and then she said defiantly, "Don't underestimate me, I have a lot of fans."

Li Younan chuckled immediately, and without explaining, nodded: "Did you make any money?"

Zhao Ruoxuan's expression became somewhat strange, and she looked at Li Younan with a hint of "How can you be so unsophisticated?"

She said, "Live streaming isn't what you think. Making money from it isn't as easy as you think. You don't understand live streaming, do you?"

Li Younan blinked, unsure how to answer for a moment.

Then he changed the subject again: "How many fans do you have?"

Zhao Ruoxuan tried to keep her tone calm and casually said, "It's not that many, just a few thousand fans."

Li Younan thought to himself, "It really isn't that much."

Zhao Ruoxuan had been hoping that Li Younan would say something like "Wow, that's amazing!" but she was disappointed to find that Li Younan was unmoved. This made her even more certain that Li Younan didn't understand what thousands of fans meant at all.

What?! Do Gen Z kids not usually do live streaming? Are they already... a generation gap with Gen Z kids?
Have!
Zhao Ruoxuan said to the live stream audience, "Alright, that's all for today's live stream. I'm going to end the broadcast now."

She put her phone away and asked, "Brother Younan, where are you going now?"

Li Younan pointed to a small supermarket next door: "Let's go buy some things. Is there anything you need? I can buy some for you while I'm at it."

Zhao Ruoxuan thought for a moment and said, "I'll go with you."

This was the first time the two had spent alone together. Without their parents around, Zhao Ruoxuan revealed more of her true nature.

She said casually, "Brother Younan, I heard you resigned. Shanghai is such a great place, why did you come back here?"

The two strolled into the supermarket. As Li Younan picked out some items, he glanced at Zhao Ruoxuan and smiled, "Shanghai is quite nice, um, but have you ever been to Shanghai?"

Zhao Ruoxuan paused for a moment, then said in silence, "Although I've never been there, Shanghai is definitely better than here."

"That depends on your perspective," Li Younan said casually, neither refuting nor offering a conclusion.

He picked out the items and went to pay. Zhao Ruoxuan pondered for a moment, then asked, "So what do you do for work now? Do you earn as much as you did in Shanghai?"

Li Younan chuckled softly: "Do you care a lot about how much you earn?" He casually picked up a piece of chocolate next to the cashier, paid for it together, and said, "However, I'm earning much more now than before."

Zhao Ruoxuan was taken aback, a hint of doubt in her eyes.

Li Younan didn't explain much. After paying the bill, the two of them slowly walked back.

……

The next day, although they got up relatively early, Mom wasn't a quick person, and was even a bit long-winded and dawdling.

Li Younan didn't urge him, and just waited leisurely.

By the time my mom finished getting ready and left the house, it was already past 9 o'clock.

Zhao Ruoxuan's mother, Zhao Xiaofang, said somewhat speechlessly, "We're going into the ditch today, and you didn't even get up early. I really don't know what to say to you."

My mom didn't argue: "You're acting like you've just met me... Why are you so angry?"

Upon arriving at the entrance of the scenic area, as expected, there was a huge crowd of people queuing up.

Seeing this, Zhao Xiaofang sighed helplessly, and Li Younan's heart sank slightly. With so many people queuing, he wondered how long it would take to get into the scenic area.

Only Mom looked around curiously: "So many people..."

While queuing, Li Younan separated from Zhao Ruoxuan and her daughter. He took out his phone and started a live stream.

Before long, viewers began flooding into the live stream, quickly reaching over a thousand people.

Li Younan showed everyone the scene of huge crowds and said with a smile, "We've arrived at Jiuzhaigou. This is the entrance to the scenic area."

The comments section was filled with all sorts of text, but Li Younan didn't have time to read them.

However, to their surprise, the seemingly large number of people flowed into the scenic area like a continuous stream of water, almost without stopping.

They thought they would have to queue for at least a few hours, but to their surprise, they boarded the scenic area's shuttle bus in less than 10 minutes.

The two mothers agreed to meet at the Sunset Lang transfer station.

Li Younan witnessed firsthand Jiuzhaigou's capabilities in scheduling and management, which can be considered the pinnacle of scenic area management in China.

The queue stretched as far as the eye could see. After about 20 minutes, everyone was taken to the attraction by shuttle bus.

The Jiuzhaigou scenic area is very large. Tens of thousands of people were evenly distributed throughout the area under the intelligent dispatch system, and there were hardly any people to be seen.

Li Younan and his mother got off the bus at Nuorilang transfer station. While waiting for Zhao Ruoxuan and her daughter, they continued their live stream.

My mom greeted the viewers in the live stream very warmly.

Shortly after, another shuttle bus stopped at the Nuorilang transfer station.

Zhao Ruoxuan jumped out of the car first. She was holding a selfie stick and live-streaming, proudly introducing to everyone where she was.

Zhao Xiaofang, who was behind her, sighed helplessly.

Then, Zhao Ruoxuan saw Li Younan also live streaming not far away. A strange smile appeared on her face. She walked over to Li Younan and stared at his phone: "Brother Younan, you've started live streaming?"

Li Younan blinked, and he saw countless comments popping up in the live stream: "Who's calling you?"

Compared to Zhao Ruoxuan, who had a selfie stick, Li Younan's live stream only involved holding a mobile phone, making it seem much more amateurish.

The mother next to her smiled and said, "Oh, Ruoxuan, you're live streaming too? Are you in the same line of work as You Nan?"

Zhao Ruoxuan said with some pride, "Auntie, I'm different from Brother Younan. Brother Younan is probably doing a live stream for the first time, but I'm really doing a live stream. There are already 70 people in the live stream room right now!"

Li Younan's mother was stunned for a moment, somewhat puzzled. It sounded like 70 people was already impressive? What about the more than 6000 people in her son's live stream?

At this moment, Zhao Ruoxuan leaned close to Li Younan's phone and asked, "Brother Younan, how many people are in your live stream?"

Then she saw the number of online viewers still changing on Li Younan's phone screen.

The expression on his face froze instantly.

(End of this chapter)