Miss Lin is a hunky VTuber today?

The pink-haired girl was clearly a little shy after being pulled over. She punched her twice with her little fist in dissatisfaction before nodding to the two of them and speaking in not-so-fluent Mandarin.

"Hello, I am Nishizawa Misa."

"Oh, hello Misa-chan, I'm Hsu Yu-yue?"

The young lady was also very interested in the two girls, and since she was in a good mood today, she wasn't upset about being disturbed. Instead, she replied cheerfully in Japanese.

"Huh?"

This time, it was the girl called Rino who was stunned.

"Hello, I am Xu Lin."

The white-haired member from the Chinese team stepped forward and introduced himself.

Two girls, both with long hair, both without makeup, and both dressed in outfits that contrasted sharply with their hair color, but with completely different auras, exchanged glances.

They laughed at the same time.

"Hello, miss! I'm Rino Inaba. Nice to meet you!"

"Is this a case of mutual respect between white-haired people?"

Xu Youyue moved closer to Misa and muttered a complaint in Japanese.

"No, this is probably a kind of spiritual connection between dander and dander, and as far as I know, most white hairs are dander, some are just less obvious dander."

Xiao Meisha, drawing on her own experiences, offered a scathing critique.

"Hmm? Does Misa-chan know a lot of girls with white hair?"

Xu Youyue had only ever seen one white-haired person in her life, Xu Lin, and that was after he transformed, so she was quite curious.

"There are a lot, a lot."

Misa thought of a series of names; among her extensive circle of friends, there were probably seven or eight white-haired people.

"Oh, I really want to meet him."

The young lady exclaimed in surprise.

On one side, the young lady and Misa were chatting happily, while on the other side, the two white-haired girls exchanged a glance and their different auras became apparent again.

The two look quite different.

Rino is strikingly beautiful; she's the kind of girl who would turn heads on the street, especially with her white hair, which shines dazzlingly bright under the lights.

Xu Lin's appearance is very Chinese; it's a subtle and refined beauty. She's the kind of person who, when you brush past someone in a crowd, makes you realize later that a very beautiful girl just walked by. Her presence isn't as strong as Rina's, but she seems much more real.

One is in the two-dimensional world, and the other is in the 2.5-dimensional world.

"Miss, would you like to go shopping together later? We've just arrived in China and don't know the way around very well yet."

Rino smiled and spoke. After their eye contact ended, Xu Lin didn't rush to answer her question. Instead, he first looked at the young lady to ask for her opinion. Only after seeing her nod did he reply.

"Okay, let's consider it helping our international friends."

Even so, Xu Lin's strange remarks did not stop. The young lady clearly saw Rino's expression froze, as if she was thinking about what this person in front of her meant, so she quickly stepped forward to explain.

"Don't mind her, that's just how she is, she doesn't think before she speaks and always spouts weird things."

While speaking, Xu Youyue was thinking for a long time about how to say "strange talk" in Japanese, and then suddenly remembered that Rino knew Chinese, so she seamlessly switched back to Chinese.

So Rino was stunned for a while before she understood what this person meant.

This is a mix of Japanese and Chinese, with a Tokyo accent mixed with a Kansai accent, and a Chinese accent that's a mix of Northeastern and Japanese. It's amazing that she, someone who grew up in Japan, can understand it!

"Oh, it's okay, I don't mind."

Rino probably realized that the two people in front of her weren't very good at Japanese, but in order to take care of Misa, who had only recently started learning Chinese, she still spoke Japanese, though this time she tried to use simple sentences.

It refers to short phrases that can be included in the list of 100 everyday Japanese phrases.

"Hmm...where would you like to go first?"

Xu Lin, ever the considerate one, asked the two of them in Japanese.

After all, it's about providing friendly assistance to international friends.

Wait a minute, that sentence sounds a bit odd. Friendly assistance, assistance...

Goodness, let's not play this joke anymore.

After Xu Lin's mental storm subsided, the other three also reached a conclusion.

Indeed, the young lady also joined in with great enthusiasm. I don't know why she, a native of Yehai who has been around the area countless times, is so happy.

Anyway, since the organization had decided to find a quiet, high place to see the night view, Xu Lin had no choice but to agree.

After thinking it over, the four of them headed straight for the Bund.

The Christmas holiday is very short, so it's not a tourist holiday. There shouldn't be many people on the Bund right now.

The reason it's called Night Sea is because the night view here is truly beautiful.

The interplay of colorful lights creates a mesmerizing beauty when viewed from a distance, especially on the Bund, where the lights appear even more dreamlike when viewed from across the sea, their reflections scattering through the mist.

Especially when the surrounding environment is relatively dark, it carries a unique sense of tranquility.

There weren't many people on the Bund.

Only a significantly higher number of couples strolled along the roadside compared to usual. After all, it was a holiday, and places like this, which are traditionally romantic spots for couples, were still quite crowded, but it was much, much better than the packed shopping streets.

They came to see the scenery, not to see people. If they really want peace and quiet, they should stay at home and not go out. That's the most peaceful way to live.

Wow!! It's so beautiful!

Upon arriving at the attraction, Rino, who was expected to be more outgoing, remained calm. However, Misa, who was usually quite shy, ran out and shouted in Japanese as she ran, attracting a lot of attention.

"Slow down, Misa!"

The light wasn't very good at night, and Rina was afraid that Misa would get lost, so she quickly chased after her, while also talking to Xu Lin and the other person.

"Thank you both! I'll be going now! Wishing you a long and happy marriage!"

It would be too strange to wish a yuri couple a baby soon, so Rino didn't use her usual string of blessings, but just said one thing.

"She figured it out!?"

Xu Youyue blushed shyly at first, and only after Rina had run far away did she belatedly realize her shock.

"Probably..."

Xu Lin looked speechlessly at the hands that the two had been holding since before, too lazy to even comment.

She was too lazy to complain anymore, but coming to the Bund to see the night view was nice. Although the transportation was a bit expensive, it was still better than shopping in the mall.

It's quite pleasant to have the breeze blowing.

"Speaking of which, their voices sound somewhat familiar, and with Misa's particularly distinctive Mandarin, could we be running into someone in the same industry? But lately I haven't seen any Japanese AV actresses with particularly good Mandarin..."

Xu Lin initially wanted to change the subject, but as he spoke, he suddenly felt that what he said seemed to make a lot of sense; the situation between these two was really strange.

"Impossible, what a coincidence that he would meet a Japanese girl who is a V?"

Xu Youyue shook her head with amusement and patted Xu Lin on the shoulder.

What are you thinking? In such a niche industry, it's not that easy to meet peers.

Those two adorable kids, who also speak Chinese, would have been famous by now if they were on V, right? How could they not know?

"Too."

Xu Lin shrugged, took the young lady's hand, and gradually walked into the crowd, blending into the world.

P.S.: Merry Christmas Eve, oh wait, I should say Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Chapter 22, Section 138: Sal and Lin Mu, Iris and Snow Moon

Lin Mu called Xu Lin's straightness "Schrödinger's straightness," which was quite magical. At first, she thought Xu Lin was pretending to be straight. After all, his handsome appearance and occasional sharp and accurate understanding of people's hearts made Lin Mu think that her senior must be a very good at pretending.

But when I occasionally hear the young lady complaining, something feels off.

Doesn't she like Sakura-senpai? Why would she deliberately do something so infuriating?

To be honest, this is only possible because they are mutually attracted. Otherwise, if it were a normal couple who were still in the ambiguous stage of their relationship, Xu Lin would have already had a fight and broken up long ago.

Yes, Lin Mu, who was in another city, was also listening to the young lady's live stream.

She and Sal were both witnesses and observers of that day, so they saw things more clearly than anyone else.

"When do you think the senior and the young lady will officially announce their relationship?"

Ever since Lin Mu learned that Xu Lin and the young lady were living together, he felt that there was no suspense about the two dating. The only thing he was still interested in was when they would officially confirm their relationship.

"It's hard to say. Based on the information I have, it's difficult to make a prediction, but it will probably be within three months."

On the other side, Sal, who was sitting on the sofa watching the live stream on his laptop, sighed softly and replied with lightning speed.

"No way... I'll bet a month."

Lin Mu felt that Sal seemed to be underestimating Xu Lin. She believed that even without his snake-playing ways, Xu Lin would have no problem winning over the young lady; it would be a simple matter of a word.

So she confidently reduced the time by three times in one go.

"Disaster!"

Sal only replied with this one sentence.

Although she didn't know why, during the last team building activity, she felt that Xu Lin had a strong sense of incongruity, and seemed to be very disgusted with her identity as a girl, possibly with congenital gender identity disorder. Before this problem was resolved, she didn't think the two of them could get together smoothly.

Sal twirled her pen as usual, then thought that Lin Mu should be able to see something so obvious, so what could make her so confident?

"Or do you have some secret information?"

Sal asked back, somewhat doubtfully.

"I promised my senior I wouldn't tell..."

Lin Mu replied with some difficulty.

"understood."