Miss Lin is a hunky VTuber today?

"Senior, even if you're seeking revenge on me, you don't need to torture yourself like this, buying so much..."

Lin Mu sat on the other side of the sofa and muttered to himself.

"How is it that I'm getting revenge on you? There are so many of us here, we won't have enough to eat if we don't buy more."

Xu Lin rolled his eyes at her, not understanding why she said that.

"But didn't you say I'd cook lunch?! How long am I supposed to cook all these dishes?!"

The pink-haired girl looked terrified. She said she could cook, but not that she could cook large batches of food! This much food plus meat would be enough to feed a whole platoon!?

P.S.: Thanks to Asahi Toumaru for the treasure chest! I'll add two more chapters tomorrow!

P.S.: By the way, I got +16 cookies, how about you guys?

Chapter 81, Section 80: Fishing Master Xu Lin

Of course, it was impossible for Lin Mu to cook lunch by herself; that would be considered bullying within the company. Even if Lin Mu swallowed her anger and didn't resign on the spot, Xu Lin and the others wouldn't be able to wait!

Fortunately, the owner's guesthouse had considered from the beginning that guests might need to cook for themselves, so the kitchen was spacious.

Xu Lin and seven or eight other cooks with decent skills worked together and spent about an hour and a half preparing a sumptuous lunch.

"Come on, let me say a few words before we start eating."

At the dinner table, the boss was holding a bottle of beer and was about to stand up to say a few words and offer a toast when the young lady next to him pressed him back down.

"Stop talking nonsense, I'm starving!"

"Ahem, let's eat first, let's eat first!"

The boss's chubby face darted around in his bean-sized eyes, he coughed awkwardly twice, and then changed the subject.

"Eek~~"*n

Everyone uttered a chorus of disdain.

"What are you yelling about! Be careful or I'll make you work overtime!"

The boss slammed his hand on the table in anger, startling Sister Yan who was about to pick up her chopsticks. She glared at him from a distance.

"Slamming your hand on the table while eating? What, you want to fight?!"

"No, no..."

"Ohhhhhh"*n

This is the boss's true status in the company.

That's pretty tragic.

There are three students in the first generation. Xu Youyue is his cousin. She has bullied him since childhood and has countless dirt on him. She can report him to his father at any time.

Li Huiyan, the popular goddess of their school, could make the boss's life miserable with just a few words. She was also very strong, and he could neither beat her nor win an argument with her.

Xu Lin...

Well, his family background is no less than that of his future brother-in-law (or sister-in-law?), and he's also very cunning and ruthless, so he's even more of a threat.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha"

Seeing the boss's frustrated expression, everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter, especially Xueyue and Lin Mu, who laughed the most heartlessly and almost dropped their rice bowls.

"Let's eat, let's eat!"

The boss said a few more words with an embarrassed expression, but in the end, Xu Lin spoke up to give him face.

"Alright, you two, stop bullying the boss. Say what you have to say quickly. A few minutes is fine."

"Waaaah, Lin Ge is still the best to me!"

The boss, a master of acting, managed to force out two tears, looking pitifully at Xu Lin.

Then he was turned away by Lin Ge's indifferent expression.

"Ahem, stop fooling around."

They were just joking around before, but when the boss gets serious, he does have a certain authority. Although his authority in front of the first generation members is about the same as Remi's, at least he can keep the others in check, right?

"Our ESC company is developing better and better. The fourth generation is on its way, and preparations for 3D animation have already begun. The Livers are all on the right track. We have come this far thanks to everyone's hard work. I raise a glass to you all!"

After saying this, the boss didn't wait for anyone else to raise their glasses before he downed a whole bottle of beer in one go, in a very generous manner.

"cheers!!!"

After the boss finished his drink, everyone raised their glasses, and the entire company clinked glasses in a cheerful atmosphere.

Even though there wasn't a rigid toasting ceremony like some company team-building events, everyone started drinking on their own and actively sought out people to clink glasses with.

. . . . . .

"Senior! Why are you out here all alone again?"

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Mu, who was just going to the restroom, suddenly saw Xu Lin alone on the balcony looking at the sea and ran over to scare her.

"She wasn't alone, but the young lady went out for a while."

Xu Lin turned around, glanced at the pink-haired girl who was slightly taller than her, and said calmly.

"Then I'd better hurry up and leave, I don't want to be a third wheel!"

The pink-haired girl clearly realized this wasn't a good time to get close to her senior and prepared to slip away.

"That's what Xueyue said before."

"Xueyue came too?"

"Well, and then, just then, Yuanchu, who had drunk too much, came to find me, so Miss accompanied Xueyue to take her back to her room."

Xu Lin nodded, looking helpless.

"Eh*罒▽罒* Senior, you're really likable, aren't you? A light novel male protagonist?"

"We're all just friends. Like you, didn't you come to see me too?"

Xu Lin glanced at her indifferently, his tone remaining unchanged.

"I'm different from them!"

Lin Mu waved her little fists in protest.

Her cheeks were flushed, perhaps because she was a little tipsy, and she was more lively than usual.

"What's the difference?"

Xu Lin asked curiously.

"I'm here to gather intelligence! If I see you and Sakura-senpai watching the sea together, I'll have something to talk about with the audience when I get back!"

Lin Mu was also drunk, and he was caught off guard when Xu Lin tricked him into saying things he shouldn't have said.

"So you came here on a mission?"

The white-haired girl found it a bit amusing; she swirled the teacup in her hand, a smile playing on her lips.

"Of course! Otherwise, why would I risk being jealous of Sakura-senpai and keep coming over to you guys?"

"Oh, Miss, you're back."

"Aaaaaah! Sakura-senpai, I was just joking! I really didn't mean to betray you!"

Instantly, the pink-haired girl crouched down, covered her head with her hands, closed her eyes tightly, and screamed like a groundhog.

He chickened out instantly.

After waiting for five seconds and finding no other voices in the room, Lin Mu cautiously opened her eyes, only to see Xu Lin, whose hair was being blown by the sea breeze and who was incredibly beautiful but had only a sneer on his face.

"Senior, are you trying to scare me!?"

Lin Mu jumped up immediately, put his hands on his hips, and angrily questioned Xu Lin.

"Okay. In exchange, I won't tell you your secret, and you shouldn't talk too much about me and the young lady in the live stream. You know the bottom line, right?"

"Oh... I see~"

Lin Mu pouted. She wanted to share the joy of shipping couples with the viewers in the live stream, but now she could only say some bland and uninteresting things.

"Alright, another fish done. Miss, please take this drunkard back to his room as well."

Xu Lin turned around, smiled at Xu Youyue who had somehow appeared behind them, and said casually.

"So you were fishing, senior?"

The moment Lin Mu saw the young lady, he realized what was going on and angrily punched Xu Lin.

"Yes, and quite a good harvest. In just twenty minutes, three have already taken the bait."

Lin Ge didn't take it to heart and went back to her expressionless face.

"Is this the sea fishing technique you were talking about?"

Xu Youyue looked at Xu Lin with a subtle expression, feeling rather speechless.

Forget about Yuanchu, what's with Xueyue and Lin Mu? When Xu Lin told her to stay away for a while so he could show her his fishing skills, she thought he was joking.

Xu Lin ended up hooking up with all the younger girls who came for the team building activity, which was something she hadn't expected.

Are you two really that curious about the two of us?

Xu Youyue muttered to herself, feeling both annoyed and amused.

P.S.: Finished at dawn! I'm exhausted!

Chapter 81, Section 82, Live Broadcast of a Walk on the Beach

Xu Lin's fishing technique is quite sophisticated.