Miss Lin is a hunky VTuber today?

Xu Lin said this as a matter of course, and then asked back.

"Don't you know whether Miss can cook or not, Sister Yan? Why are you asking this?"

"It's nothing, I just wanted to say..."

Li Huiyan walked up to Xu Lin, who was preparing to cook dinner, and watched as she skillfully put on an apron, her white hair styled in a single ponytail with only her bangs showing.

"You really have that wifely charm right now."

"???"

"What the hell is this wifely power?"

Xu Lin was completely taken aback by Li Huiyan's words.

"Look at yourself now, you seem to have much more feminine charm than I do."

Sister Yan continued her attack, trying to verbally outmaneuver her old rival.

"Then why don't you think about why you, a natural-born beautiful girl, lost to me, a transformed woman, in terms of feminine charm?"

Xu Linchao rolled her eyes and focused on washing the vegetables, ignoring her.

"Waaaaah, Youyue! Xu Lin bullied me!"

Then, feeling deeply hurt, Li Huiyan pretended to cry and ran out of the kitchen to seek comfort from Miss Xu.

Xu Linsheng wins this round!

........

Nine o'clock in the evening.

The joint operation was about to begin. Li Huiyan went home after dinner, while Xu Lin and Xu Youyue were in their respective bedrooms, the doors tightly closed, ready for action.

Yes, they were still a little nervous.

Although I knew that both bedrooms were soundproofed and that the noise from banging on the walls shouldn't be picked up by the other person's microphone unless I did it intentionally, I still couldn't help feeling nervous.

"Hello everyone, welcome to the ESC Company's large-scale collaborative XP discussion! This is today's host, Yukizuki, a third-generation member of ESC Company."

On the screen, a girl with long flaxen hair and gentle-looking blue-green eyes, dressed in a waitress's uniform, was the first to speak.

Her debut name is Xueyue, and her real name is currently unknown. She is a rare member of the ESC group who is socially awkward and not good at talking, but has extremely high social skills. Therefore, she is the one who hosts most of the group's large-scale collaborations. She is a very capable girl.

"So today, I'm honored to have most of the ESC members here for this forum. Let's start with introductions! First up are the first generation members. First up, Yi-Yi!"

Xueyue got straight to the point and began with her self-introduction.

"Good evening, everyone. I am Yi Yi Hong Lian, a first-generation member of ESC Club."

Li Huiyan is a pretty girl with red hair and red eyes, wearing a onesie sweater. She has a strong girlish charm, but this is somewhat incongruous with her personality and fighting skills.

"Speaking of which, when you invited me to participate, you clearly said it was a women's forum, how did it turn into an XP discussion!"

The first thing Sister Yan did was to complain about the title of this collaboration.

"Hmm~ It's definitely a women's forum, right? Sister Yi, look how many girls are here, right? As for the title..."

"That's the agenda for today's discussion, the agenda!"

Xueyue explained without any embarrassment, as if discussing the XP system in public was a perfectly normal thing for such a lively girl like her.

"Now it's our Miss Sakura's turn! Miss, can you turn on your mic now?"

"Ah, good evening everyone, I'm Xu Ying from the first generation. By the way, I've already told you not to call me 'Miss' anymore! It's embarrassing."

Xu Youyue, who had been worried about whether her voice would reach Xu Lin until just now, cautiously turned on her microphone and tried to appear calm as she spoke.

"www, yes, Miss! I understand, Miss!"

Xueyue teased playfully, showing no awareness of her senior's feelings.

"Kora! Xueyue, are you asking for a beating? Be careful, or I'll have Sister Yi come to your house and wait for you!"

"Wait, why are you dragging me into your business? I'm a gentle and virtuous young lady, I would never lay a hand on you, okay?"

Li Huiyan couldn't help but speak up to defend her image, but with the entire ESC company's vigorous promotion, her "big sister" persona had already taken root in people's hearts. Her statement was not convincing at all and instead made the audience laugh non-stop.

"Next up! The only male member in today's collaboration, our most, most, most respected senior, Wakaba!"

"Ahem, well then, good evening everyone. I'm Lan Ruoye, a first-generation member of ESC Club. My only hope in coming here today is that I won't get flamed when I go back. Thank you."

As soon as Xu Lin turned on the microphone, he launched into a series of bizarre remarks. His self-introduction was secondary; the main thing was to avoid trouble.

"Pfft www Senior Wakaba, why are you still so cautious? Don't worry, I won't make things difficult for you today!"

Youyue chuckled and patted her little belly, making a solemn promise.

"I'd be a fool to believe that. By the way, if your women's roundtable needs to find guys, go find Sal. That kid is the most suitable, isn't he? There's no problem treating him like a girl."

"Sarl... I'll go ask."

"Oh? What did he say?"

He said, "I have a phobia of girls today and can't participate in the event! The doctor said I won't get better until next month!"

Xueyue perfectly imitated Sal's tone, making Xu Lin burst out laughing.

"Damn it, Sal is such a sly little devil! Really!"

Section 21, Chapter 21: ESC XP Symposium

"Damn, Sal is such a sly little devil."

Xu Lin couldn't help but laugh. Although it was hilarious, considering that this was something that cunning little boy could do, it also felt quite normal.

"Alright, so this is our last guest for today, Tobi-Hina-chan~ Tobi-Hina-chan, you can start singing now!"

"Yes, I'm here! This is Tobi-Hina, a second-generation member of ESC! Good evening, everyone!"

Iris's voice is still full of energy, giving people a very reassuring feeling.

"Today, I'm here to find out what Wakaba-senpai's preferences are. Please feel free to give me your feedback!"

Then he immediately uttered outrageous remarks.

"Alright, welcome, Tobi-chan! Let's begin our first segment today!"

Xueyue pretended not to hear and immediately changed the subject.

"Hey! Yukizuki-chan, don't ignore me!"

"So, Miss Host, what is our first segment today?"

Xu Lin followed up on the persecution, completely ignoring Yuan Chu with an air of seriousness.

"Wakaba-senpai!?"

"Okay, today's first activity is a marshmallow quiz! Let me explain the rules!"

[Hahaha, the little torii is being persecuted every day.]

What a pitiful girl.

Everyone tacitly ignored the unwilling Yuanchu who was clamoring for attention, and focused on listening to Xueyue explain the rules of the game.

Anyway, the child will calm down on her own after a while. If we don't give her a little space to cool things off, who knows what other strange things she might say? It's questionable whether Xueyue's live stream will even be able to continue.

"In this marshmallow quiz, there are three marshmallows in total. Everyone will answer one by one. After each round, everyone must choose the person who answered the most clearly and the person who answered the most confused. After three rounds, when we start the next game, we will categorize everyone based on the data from this round."

"Well then, let's begin! The first question!"

After explaining the rules word by word, Xueyue started the game immediately.

After all, the first game was just a prelude to the later ones; there were no punishment games, so it wasn't as powerful as the marshmallow itself.

"What's the strangest thing you've ever done in your life? Please describe the event and your age at the time!"

"Let Sister Yi go first~"

"This is so embarrassing, do I really have to say it?"

After a period of silence, Sister Yan finally spoke, though she seemed reluctant to answer.

"There's no need to actually talk about the strangest things. Everyone can choose the level of clarity of the event to try and get their evaluation. As long as the event itself is true, that's fine."

Xueyue smiled and explained that although their ESC club was called XP club because of certain traditional skills, everyone was still a girl and had to maintain their persona.

"Oh, okay then, I'll talk about that matter."

Li Huiyan's eyes darted around, and she suddenly spoke with a mischievous grin.

"That happened when I was in high school. I was seventeen years old. One day, I was strolling down the street when I suddenly saw a female student excitedly talking to a boy from another high school, and she was crying a lot."

"After all, she's my junior from another school, so of course I didn't want her to be bullied by boys from other schools, right? So I took the initiative to 'mediate' her. But afterwards, I ended up making enemies with that boy. Looking back now, I was pretty impulsive."

As soon as Li Huiyan finished speaking, before Xueyue could even offer her evaluation, Xu Lin couldn't hold back any longer.

The green light in front of her microphone was flashing wildly, and she immediately retorted.

"YiYi, your so-called persuasion (emphasis) is just a flying kick to my friend?"

"Is the friend you're talking about yourself?"

Xu Youyue, who knew the whole story, spoke up and stirred up trouble, exposing Xu Lin's cover-up.

[Wow, do these two have some kind of past?]

No wonder there was so little interaction between these two from the very beginning www

[Hahahaha, Ruoye got a beating from Yiyi, I can already picture it.]

"Okay, regardless of whether Senior Ruoye's friend is actually herself or not, this story still has the big sister vibe of our Yi Yi."

Xueyue, as expected of the host of ESC, had a very strong ability to smooth things over, instantly covering up the tension between the two and preventing them from continuing to self-destruct.

"So, next up, Miss Sakura... Miss Sakura, is it your turn?"

"Ah, here it comes."

"My story is actually a bit embarrassing to tell. It happened when I was fourteen, when I was most curious, and I went on a trip to the beach with my mother."