Miss Lin is a hunky VTuber today?

"Oh, so your little sister is such a cute girl, Wakaba. When will you bring her to meet me?"

Xu Youyue's sense of crisis disappeared, and instead she suddenly became curious about Xu Lin, her sister whom she had never met.

[So Wakaba has a younger sister?]

[Brother-in-law!]

[Holy crap, the person upstairs hasn't even heard Ruoye's sister's voice and is already calling her "brother-in-law"? Count me in!]

"She just finished the college entrance exam and is now running around everywhere. I can't find her. I'll wait until she starts school. Anyway, the university she applied to is very close to here."

Xu Lin shrugged. The time his sister started school was also the time he planned to confront her, so it wouldn't hurt to let Xu Youyue meet with her.

Rather, as roommates, it would be impossible not to see each other.

"Okay! I'll look forward to it! Wakaba's little sister is sure to be a very interesting girl."

The young lady was aware of Xu Lin's current situation, since Xu Lin hadn't hidden anything from her, so she didn't insist and just did whatever he asked.

"Don't overthink it. My sister is... well, she's a bit complicated. You'll understand when you meet her."

Xu Lin was somewhat helpless; it was her sister...

He was a quiet and well-behaved student when he was young, but he became a bit strange after entering high school, which is a bit of a headache.

"It can't possibly be a female version of Wakaba, can it?"

The young lady was somewhat surprised by her expression.

"No, you'll understand when you see her."

Let us meet them too!

[Brother-in-law! Look at me! Look at me!]

[Damn it! I want to see Wakaba's sister too!]

"It's impossible for you to see it, but if there's a chance, I can bring her along for a live stream. We'll talk about it then."

Xu Lin casually made a prediction, but it's at least two months away anyway. She didn't say it would definitely be broadcast, so we'll see how it goes.

【Ohhhh!】

"Anyway, that's about it for today's live stream. It's almost time. Is there anything else you'd like to say, Miss?"

"What I really want to say is, this is clearly my live stream room, so why are you, someone who just joined halfway through, talking like a host? Ruoye, aren't you being a bit too presumptuous?"

The young lady rolled her eyes, insisting on a premise that the audience had already seen through.

What do you mean they just met while taking a walk? They were clearly on a date!

The audience roared in anger.

"Oh, I was just thinking it was about time to go back for dinner. If you still want to broadcast, Miss, then I'll head back now. The boss said there will be hairy crabs for dinner tonight."

Xu Lin shrugged, his expression saying, "If you don't leave, I'll leave first."

"Get lost, all you know is hairy crabs."

"Of course, the boss specially arranged for someone to order it."

"Alright, alright, I'll end the broadcast now. I'm getting a headache from being outside in the sea breeze for so long."

Xu Youyue said this, then switched back to business mode and addressed the audience.

"Actually, I was originally planning to let everyone listen to a preview of my new song, but the guesthouse doesn't have the equipment, and I forgot my USB drive at home. How about this?"

"Wakaba".

"Ok?"

"How about we sing a short song a cappella? Consider it our closing song."

"Oh, this is fine too. Anyway, the song isn't difficult, and I'm not afraid of messing it up if I sing it a cappella."

Xu Lin thought for a moment, leaning on his arm, and then agreed.

"Shall I go first?"

"Hmm, let me clear my throat."

. . . . . .

The live stream has ended.

The preview of the new song didn't really give a clear feeling. The song title is about friends, but the audience just felt like they were being fed a bowl of dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing a romantic relationship).

It was a limited-edition sample, and it was gone before I could even enjoy it.

Fortunately, the new song will be released next week, so the audience isn't in a hurry. They're just looking forward to enjoying the sweet moments until the end.

Xu Lin and the others returned to the house and felt a headache coming on when they saw the drunkards lying haphazardly on the floor.

The test of courage is about to begin tonight, but the operations team has all gotten drunk, isn't that a bit much?

P.S.: Why do I have to pay to read my own book?! Waaaaaah! I reluctantly spent thirty yuan, I'm so poor!

Chapter 84, Section 85: The boss's role is that of a male supporting character in a yuri anime, helping the protagonist.

Since the plot is too slow, let's fast forward to the start of the test of courage.

The group of operations staff, who had been sprawled out in the living room drunk, eventually got up one by one at sunset, looking like zombies, giving Xu Lin the feeling of a zombie apocalypse.

Terrified, she immediately wanted to go to the stairwell, grab the fire axe, and hand it to Sister Yan so she could wreak havoc.

To put it simply, it's like the scene of a corporate slave waking up in the morning: an alarm clock rings and everyone stiffly crawls out of the sofa or the floor.

Fortunately, it was summer and the weather was still quite hot, so even sleeping on the floor wouldn't cause a cold. Otherwise, ESC would probably have been paralyzed on the spot. When the audience asked why, the answer was: the operations team all caught a cold.

Anyone who didn't know better would think that COVID-19 had broken out at headquarters.

The test of courage was held in a small grove behind the guesthouse. The owner and a few staff members set up some cannons in an open space to signal the start and end of the event.

But this test of courage wasn't a proper event. The boss, a master of horror game production, didn't just set up scary human figures to frighten people in order to increase the tension for the livers. He also had several operators dress up as ghosts and monsters for a real-life battle royale.

All livers are paired up. If one is caught, it's considered a loss. The game ends when all livers are caught or when two hours have passed.

Xu Lin and the young lady were naturally paired together.

"No, boss, this lottery isn't rigged, is it? How could it be such a coincidence?"

Xu Lin, who had just been tricked by Xue Yue's amazing maneuver yesterday and nearly died, looked suspiciously at his boss, who was smiling slyly as if he had just stolen a chicken.

"How could that be? How could I possibly tamper with such a primitive method of drawing lots?"

The boss chuckled and shook the lottery tube in his hand, which certainly didn't seem like something he could do wrong.

Is it really just such a coincidence?

"Alright, one group is fine, let's move on to the next one."

The young lady pulled Xu Lin along, pretending to be impatient and wanting to go back to sleep early, but secretly she was a little pleased.

She knew that Xu Lin was completely helpless when it came to horror games, so she couldn't let someone else have such a good opportunity to deepen their relationship.

As for whether the boss actually rigged things...

"That's right, that's right, let's not waste time. Next, Sister Yan, let's draw lots."

The boss breathed a sigh of relief, but his round, chubby face clearly showed his guilty conscience.

"It's just too much of a coincidence, isn't it? I deliberately drew the first lot..."

Xu Lin still had some doubts, but she didn't have any evidence. After all, she did take the note herself, and she even played a trick by taking the one in the middle. If she could guess that, she would really admit it.

"What? You don't want to be with me? Afraid of losing face?"

Xu Youyue had no choice but to provoke him directly, since Xu Lin, once she got curious, was the type to keep asking questions until she got to the bottom of things. If she were to continue to pester him, it might take a long time.

"Not really, I'm actually quite happy."

Xu Lin muttered to himself as the young lady pulled him to the preparation area, so he didn't see that the boss had secretly switched the lottery tube.

The tube that Xu Lin drew contained eight slips of paper, all with Xu Youyue's name written on them.

However, the young lady saw it.

So you guys really did pull some strings behind the scenes?

Three black lines appeared on her face as she silently complained to herself.

As a girl, she sensed that these people must have created a small group behind their backs, but she didn't pay much attention to it. She figured it was probably just something the boss made up for fun.

The subsequent groupings were more normal.

Sal Yuanchu, Ye Junxueyue, Sister Yan and Lin Mu, plus Xu Lin and the young lady, a total of four groups set off from four different paths.

The three members of the Ghost Group are Hamster, Fuli, and Sister Feng. They will enter the forest ten minutes after Xu Lin and the others set off.

"You've all remembered the rules, right? We'll light a firework to let you know when the ghosts enter. The little firecrackers on you are for signaling if you get lost. No cell phones allowed, and each group will have one flashlight."

The boss stood in front of everyone, explaining the rules word by word.

The reason for not allowing cell phones was to prevent them from colluding and meeting in private, but in order to prevent anyone from getting lost, the boss still gave each person a GPS location. Fireworks are the signal to notify the operations team to find them. Each person's color is different, which also makes it easier for the operations team to confirm who is calling for help.

Although the woods are quite large, it is still a residential area with no dangerous wild animals. It hasn't rained in the last couple of days, so it's actually quite difficult for anything dangerous to happen.

"Alright! Let the game begin!!"

The boss pressed the lighter and lit the fireworks. Under the colorful light of the fireworks, everyone's spirits soared.

"Let's go?"

Xu Youyue looked at Xu Lin's profile, a smile inexplicably playing on her lips, her voice barely audible amidst the sound of the fireworks.

"Well, let's go."

But Xu Lin seemed to understand her perfectly, looking at her and nodding.

Unlike characters in romantic anime who hold hands, the two walked slowly forward with serene and peaceful expressions.

"The boss really put a lot of effort into this event."