Miss Lin is a hunky VTuber today?

Looking at her best friend, Li Huiyan felt a sense of disappointment and frustration.

You've been living together for almost a month now, how come you still haven't officially confirmed your relationship?

Yuzuki, Yuzuki! You've really embarrassed us first-generation members! *rua*

Well, the above is the inner monologue of a first-generation senior who still has no clue about her life's most important matter.

"Ugh! Sister Yan, you're so annoying!"

Xu Youyue finally couldn't stand Yan Jie's silent silence any longer. She slapped her hand away and took two steps forward, but she didn't reach Xu Lin's side. She just hung behind him without saying a word.

But the light in his eyes was focused entirely on the white-haired girl's back, watching her profile and her chatting and laughing with the other two boys.

For some reason, I suddenly felt a pang of sadness.

Then I recalled the two words she uttered without hesitation when I asked her a couple of days ago, full of anticipation, if what she said was a confession.

It's even more painful now.

【No! We're almost at headquarters, this state won't do!】

Xu Youyue closed her eyes and patted her cheeks hard, just about to make up her mind to join the conversation between the three people.

When she opened her eyes, she found the girl who had stirred up so many emotions in her heart standing right in front of her, almost bumping into her, smiling at her.

She could even feel Xu Lin's hot breath hitting her face!

The blush that had just started to fade quickly returned to the young lady's cheek. Just as he was about to push her away, he heard her voice.

That's Xu Lin's current natural voice, soft and cute.

She said, "Miss, I've been waiting for you for so long."

"wait for me?"

Xu Youyue couldn't help but take a step back and asked in confusion.

“Yeah, there are three of us in this batch. You two went to the back to whisper to each other, but I’m going to find something to talk about with Sal and the others first.”

"When I heard your footsteps catching up, I thought you were here to take over the job."

Xu Lin didn't notice the young lady's retreating action, and just muttered helplessly.

"You... you're chatting so happily with Sal and the others, is it to keep the conversation from getting awkward?"

Xu Youyue was a little surprised; she couldn't believe Xu Lin would actually...

"What else can we do? We're here to pick them up; we can't expect the younger generation to be the ones trying to come up with topics of conversation, can we?"

Section 53, Chapter 53: Classic Seaside Training Camp (4) [Lan Ruoye, you're not human!]

Xu Lin has always been a very good liar.

Her lies ranged from malicious deception to cover-ups due to laziness, and from making excuses like forgetting to bring homework in elementary school to finding reasons to ask for leave in college. But in the end, she only had two reasons for lying.

One reason is that they find it troublesome and are too lazy to explain, so they simply make up an excuse to get by.

The second situation is the one we're in now, where it's purely for pleasure, to satisfy one's perverse tastes.

However, what he said to the young lady now still had some sincerity in it. Although it contained a bit of a mischievous desire to tease the younger generation, it was generally true.

They're here to pick up their juniors, so they can't just leave the two of them chatting by themselves, can they?

However, the rest of the journey was not so awkward. Although the young lady was a little shy and out of sorts because of Xu Lin's flirting, Li Huiyan was reliable and took the initiative to guide the conversation, chatting happily with Sal and the other two.

Xu Lin was happy to relax, occasionally interjecting while keeping an eye on the young lady who was clearly distracted. The group chatted and laughed, so at least they didn't have any issues with appearances.

This is probably the real scene of an offline gathering of netizens.

Online, everyone claims to be a deadbeat, fat, nerdy guy who can't talk and has no social skills, but when they go to offline gatherings, all the attendees are handsome men and beautiful women with great figures, who are very good at talking, and who are dressed in a fashionable way, clearly the kind of people who are out and about in a good social situation.

The truly honest people who tell the truth online initially have some expectations, hoping to have a romantic love story with their online friends. However, they find that the handsome men and beautiful women have already hit it off in private chats online, and when they meet in person, the conversation keeps going on and on about topics that you can't participate in, leaving you with absolutely nothing to do with it.

So you end up being a nobody, only to find out that the person who promised to come to the event with you in the group chat was either a very talkative and engaging person who could easily liven up the atmosphere, or...

Pigeon is so insightful; he says he's a pigeon at heart and he really is. He didn't even come; he was just waiting in the group to watch the live stream.

Then you'll realize that it doesn't really matter whether you come to this gathering or not. Everyone has already planned where to go and how to have fun. You're just a nobody who's been there for the ride. Only a few people you're on good terms with will occasionally pay attention to you, and then they'll turn around and find that person has gone off to chat happily in another small group.

Those who haven't experienced that kind of loneliness will never know.

Well, someone's rambling on a bit. Let's get down to business.

After the group walked for five minutes (two days), they finally strolled leisurely to the headquarters. The first person to rush out of the room was Tobi-Hina.

Unable to contain her excitement, she rushed out of her second-floor room window when she saw a group of people walking this way. Her expression was that of someone sprinting a 100-meter dash, but her actual speed was only at the marathon level. She was panting and shouting as she ran.

"Senpai! Wakaba-senpai! I've finally met you!"

Yuanchu is a little nearsighted. Although she's not so bad at that she can't distinguish between humans and animals from five steps away, she's not much better. In short, she couldn't see the white-haired girl in that group of people clearly.

"Hey, it's for you."

The young lady, who was walking down from the back row side by side, nudged Xu Lin with her elbow, but there was a hint of sourness in her tone.

"Oh, this..."

Xu Lin didn't say much, because she herself didn't know what she had done to make Yuan Chu so obsessed with her. In her eyes, this girl was actually a bit inexplicable.

So she didn't know what to say for a moment, and just stood there, waiting for Yuanchu to run over.

"Huh?"

She ran frantically, covering a distance of less than 500 meters, until Yuan Chu finally got close enough to see people's faces clearly. Then, with excitement, she scanned the group of people and was dumbfounded.

"Where is Wakaba-senpai!?"

Yuan Chu angrily questioned Ye Jun, who was standing at the front. Actually, she should have asked Sister Yan, but after seeing Sister Yan fight five people at once during the last team building activity, she became a little timid in front of Sister Yan and didn't dare to speak loudly to her.

Ye Jun looked at the girl in front of him, who clearly had an innocent face but used it to make funny faces, and sighed silently.

He took a small step, revealing the two people behind him.

"Oh, nice to meet you, Tobi-Hina."

Xu Lin's face remained calm and composed, or rather, she, who always liked to say strange things, didn't know what expression to make towards Yuan Chu, the girl she had longed to meet in person since joining the company, but who had only met her now by chance.

So we decided to treat everyone the same; the same way we treated Night Lord and Sal was applied to Iris.

"Wa...Waha-senpai?"

Upon hearing that familiar voice and tone, Yuan Chu's little face instantly calmed down. She raised her head and asked hesitantly.

"Yes, that's right, I am Wakaba."

Xu Lin nodded.

"Aaaaaaah! My Wakaba-senpai can't possibly be a girl!"

Her exaggerated facial expressions reappeared as Yuuki covered her head with both hands, knelt on the ground, looked up at the sky, and shouted loudly.

"See? I told you Iris would never accept that, didn't I?"

Later, Ye Jun whispered to Yan Jie and Sal beside him, feeling a little happy. It was like accidentally seeing a very 'healing' comic on a home website, and then sharing it with friends after being depressed for an afternoon. It was a feeling of empathy mixed with a bit of joy.

"Tch, I didn't expect Little Iris to have such a low tolerance for stress."

Sister Yan spat in annoyance and took out a 50-cent coin from her pocket, handing it to Ye Jun.

Yes, that's right. These two heartless people made a bet on the way, betting on Tobi-chan's reaction.

"Hey, you two, don't bet on the younger generation of girls."

Xu Lin turned around, his face full of black lines, and complained. He thought the two of them were just joking, but who knew that Sister Yan actually prepared 50 cents! Do young people these days even have that?! Even if they occasionally get 50 cents back in cash, they just leave it on the shoe cabinet at home!

"Oh, by the way, Izumi-Hina is actually a boy."

Then the white-haired guy, who was even more despicable than the two who made the bet, turned to look at Yuzu and said something that was definitely a finishing blow.

"Senior is indeed a man... a man... a man?"

Upon hearing Xu Lin speak, Yuan Chu, who had just been hanging her head due to the blow, immediately raised her head with shining eyes, carefully examining the girl in front of her. Her excited voice gradually became subdued and uncertain.

"It's a man."

The wicked, smoking little boy, Sal, instantly delivered a fatal blow.

"Waaaaah! I guess the timeline where I'm not even as pretty as Wakaba-senpai should just be destroyed!"

Looking at the girl in front of her with a blank expression, white hair, red eyes, and delicate cuteness, Iris felt a breakdown once again.

To be fair, Tobi-Hina was quite confident in her looks, but now...

Wakaba-senpai! You're not human!

P.S.: I was having writer's block yesterday and stayed up until the early hours of the morning. I'll see if I can finish it today.

Section 54, Chapter 54: Classic Seaside Training Camp (5) [Don't Break the Fourth Wall Casually]

"Yuanchu, you don't have to be like this..."

Just as the perverted little girl was nearly killed by Xu Lin and his group's heartless actions, Xue Yue, who was also watching the show but still had some humanity, pulled Yuan Chu up from the ground, squatted down, and patted the dust off her skirt.

Fortunately, this is an upscale residential area with good property management and street cleaning services; otherwise, Izumi's white dress, which cost over a thousand yuan, would have been sent to the dry cleaners.

"Waaaaah, Snow Moon~"

Yuan Chu didn't care at all about the dress she had specially chosen for her first meeting with Xu Lin. She hugged Xue Yue's neck with teary eyes and cried out.

"My life has lost all meaning!"

"If it's pointless, just die! Don't wipe your snot on my clothes!"

Xueyue gave her a disdainful push, but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Yuan Chu doesn't usually like wearing glasses and can't see clearly, but Xue Yue saw the entire interaction between Xu Lin and the young lady from a distance. It was clearly not the distance between friends, and it almost made Xue Yue's heart stop!