A pretty live streamer beckons, and a lewd male protagonist hooks her up.

Interested in joining a guild?

When Wen Ruan woke up in the morning and turned on her phone, this was the first message she saw.

This was just a temporary conversation. Shortly after Wen Ruan replied, another long message came from the other end:

[Hello, I'm Li Qiu, the head of Changfeng Guild. I've noticed your recent livestream performance has been quite good, with positive data... Our guild offers professional operations and traffic support, doesn't mandate livestreaming hours, has transparent compensation, and a guaranteed monthly minimum. I'd like to ask if you'd be interested in joining our guild?]

Join a guild?

This word was not unfamiliar to Wen Ruan.

She's a streamer now, and her maximum daily withdrawal is only 10,000 yuan. If she joined a guild, she could withdraw hundreds of thousands of yuan every day!

Furthermore, there's a dedicated team to help with operations and traffic promotion...

Wen Ruan typed a reply:

[What exactly is it like?]

[Guaranteed minimum of 5,000, dedicated one-on-one support, unlimited live streaming time—stream for as long as you want, no daily withdrawal limit for corporate accounts, and we'll also boost traffic to your videos, targeting a precise audience and resulting in rapid follower growth!]

Wen Ruan was somewhat tempted. The benefits were so good; it was much better than her figuring things out on her own and working independently!

Immediately afterwards, Li Qiu sent several more screenshots.

It's all those pages in the contract that list the benefits; all the benefits he just mentioned are listed there.

How about joining our Changfeng Guild?

Okay, I'll think about it.

[Please feel free to consider it; don't worry, our guild is the most reputable guild in the entire Starry Sky Guild. We've mentored countless top streamers, and we won't cheat you.]

[I just have to remind you that we have a limited number of streamer slots to sign each month. Once we've filled them all, you'll have to wait your turn and we don't know when you'll be able to join the guild.]

Moreover, for a small streamer like you with less than two thousand followers, you simply can't survive on Starry Sky without joining a guild...

For some reason, Wen Ruan felt a little uncomfortable after reading the following passage, but she was afraid that she was being too sensitive.

She tidied herself up, washed her face, and went out.

I've decided to work part-time at a cat cafe first. As for joining the guild, I'll think about it more today.

"jingle--"

"Ruan Ruan is here! Why didn't you come with Song Yu today?"

Wen Ruan squeezed some hand sanitizer into her palm. "He has an 8 AM class, so he left early. And he has a full day of classes today, so he'll probably have to stay at school all day."

"Tsk, even in college, we still have to take so many classes." Liu Ruoan squeezed some hand sanitizer with Wen Yi, turned on the tap and rinsed the floor, complaining, "People who don't know us would think we're high school students. It's a good thing I don't have to go to school anymore."

"By the way, Ruan Ruan, you're twenty-two this year. Did you just graduate from university?"

Wen Ruan paused for a moment, then shook her head. "I stopped going to school a long time ago."

"We didn't have the means when we were kids," she added.

When she was a cat, the school wouldn't accept her. When she became a human, she transmigrated into a book and was assigned a factory job. So even if she wanted to, she simply didn't have the means to study.

However, Liu Ruoan interpreted these words differently.

Liu Ruoan sniffed, and upon closer listening, her voice trembled at the end: "Ruan Ruan, you must have suffered a lot growing up."

Wen Ruan: "?"

"That older sister..."

"What's wrong? Tell me."

Wen Ruan lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, then decided to ask Sister Ruo'an.

After all, Sister Ruoan seems very smart and reliable, and she is also steady in her work. Asking her is definitely the right thing to do.

Wen Ruan: "I have a friend who works in a big city, but her job is not going well, her daily income is unstable, and she is in debt."

"There's a company that's willing to hire her, with a fixed monthly salary and flexible hours. Do you think she should go?"

"Go! Why wouldn't you go?"

"Isn't a fixed monthly salary good? This company's benefits are great. Where did your friend find the job?"

"I just...found it online."

Liu Ruoan did not notice anything amiss.

In her mind, a good boss is one who pays her a salary, and a good job is one with a fixed salary and flexible hours.

"Keep up the good work, and remember to treat me to a meal when you make a fortune!"

"Okay."

As soon as Wen Ruan finished speaking, she immediately changed her tune, saying, "It wasn't me, it was my friend!"

"Mmm-hmm-hmm."

Whether Liu Ruoan believed it or not, Wen Ruan blushed with embarrassment.

She took a deep breath and replied to the people in the Changfeng Guild, agreeing to join the guild.

Wen Ruan believes that as long as she works hard, paying off her debts will be just a matter of time!

"jingle--"

Another guest has arrived.

Wen Ruan had no idea where Sister Ruo'an had gone, so she could only bite the bullet and go forward to greet her.

Welcome to Sunshine Cat Cafe!

Wen Ruan smiled politely and noticed that the man was wearing gloves.

The sun is so strong outside, are you afraid of getting a tan?

The man was so tall that Wen Ruan had to crane her neck to see his entire body.

It was an overly aloof face.

Wearing glasses, he was refined and gentle, with a faint smile always on his lips. He seemed very kind, but when his eyes swept over, Wen Ruan had the illusion that she was being stared at by a venomous snake.

"Sir... what would you like to order?"

When Jiang Yanci heard Wen Ruan's voice, his expression clearly froze for a moment, but within seconds, he concealed his emotions as if nothing had happened.

"Small cakes?"

Yes, yes!

Wen Ruan nodded vigorously and began promoting her cakes: "We have many kinds of small cakes, tiramisu, Basque, mille-feuille... Which one do you want? Would you like to order a coffee as well?"

"Oh."

Seeing Wen Ruan's hard work and adorable demeanor, Jiang Yanci suddenly smiled, the curve of his lips perfectly rounded, as if he had practiced it meticulously.

As he spoke, his eyes, peering through his glasses, were fixed intently on Wen Ruan: "One kitten-shaped cream cake, no coffee, please."

"OK!"

Before Wen Ruan could reach for it, Jiang Yanci took off his pure white gloves and offered his hand to Wen Ruan. "Could you please squeeze some hand sanitizer for me?"

He leaned forward, his face apologetic: "I'm wearing gloves, so it's not very convenient."

That's what he said, but the next second, he threw the gloves he had just taken off into the trash can right in front of Wen Ruan.

It was perfectly clean and spotless, yet it was just thrown away like that.

Wen Ruan snapped out of her daze, nodded, picked up the bottle, and squeezed a pump into Jiang Yanci's palm.

"Okay, put your hands together and rub them together, like this, and you'll get them clean."

"Okay, thank you."

"You're welcome!"

Wen Ruan felt that she had already mastered the craft and could entertain guests on her own even if Sister Ruo An was not around.

It's incredibly fulfilling!

Jiang Yanci watched her cheerful figure as she walked away, his slender fingers resting on his nose as he gently sniffed.

It smells like cheap hand sanitizer.

In the past, Jiang Yanci would never have allowed such a thing to come into contact with his skin.

His eyes were lowered, emotions churning within them, and he sighed softly.

"I've found you."

"My little cake..."