Miss Lin is a hunky VTuber today?

[Don't be sad, Jiji, it's true love!]

[Lan Ruoye: Actually, I'm here, but since Jiji wants me to watch the live stream, then I'll go, okay?]

"Huh? Wakaba-nii, you're actually here."

Jiji asked in surprise, but it sounded a bit fake no matter how you looked at it.

She knew, of course, that Xu Lin was watching her; they had already mentioned it on QQ before.

[Lan Ruoye: Of course I'm here, isn't Jiji so cute?]

"Hey? Wakaba-nii, aren't you afraid the young lady will get jealous if you talk like that?"

[Young Miss: Lan! Ruo! Ye!]

[Why is the person before me sending a voice message? What the hell?]

【Miss Green】

"But with the relationship between Wakaba-nii and the young lady, there shouldn't be any problems, right? If I were the young lady, I would also trust Wakaba-nii. He's just too reliable."

[Lan Ruoye: How did this get involved with the young lady again?]

Xu Lin had a bit of a headache.

While there is indeed some ambiguity between the two of them, is it really necessary to fan the flames like this?

At least she could comfort herself by saying it was a business necessity when her fellow company's livers were stirring things up, but now even the livers from collaborations are starting to stir things up.

So everyone's got a flamethrower?

"Hehehe, it's almost time to start, so I'll close Miss's live stream now? Ruoye-ge, are you planning to listen to the song and then go straight to the collaboration?"

Zaodaoji quickly changed all the backgrounds in the live stream, and then placed Xu Lin's character portrait on the left, some distance away from her own.

"Ahem, since it's time, let's begin."

Xu Lin turned on his microphone directly in the voice chat, which, combined with the background music played by Zaodaoji, gave it a somewhat formal feel.

"Huh? Wakaba-nii, aren't you going to finish watching the young lady's song?"

"I don't want to be like that demon who skipped the entire collaboration just to watch the leader's livestream. Hmm... who was that demon again? I can't quite remember."

As Xu Lin spoke, he turned to the side in front of the camera, making his Live2D appear as if he were looking at Hayashimi.

"Ah... Hahaha! The demon doesn't know! Who is it?"

Zaodaoji also cooperated by pretending to be guilty and quickly changing the subject.

"Alright, alright, Wakaba-nii, the collaboration is starting, right? How about saying hello to my food supplies first?"

"Oh~~~"

Xu Lin trailed off meaningfully, ultimately not pursuing that point further.

"Well then, good evening, everyone. I am Lan Ruoye, a first-generation member from ESC Club."

He waved and greeted his fans and Zaodaoji's fans.

Yes, that's right, this person's fan sign is called "The Audience".

So actually, every time she says the audience is calling for her fans...

"Actually, I had talked with Ruoye for a long time before the broadcast, and I was even asked if I wanted to join ESC Club."

Since it's a collaborative talk show, besides the pre-prepared cotton candy, the opening conversation between the two is also essential. So, Hayashi started by throwing out a topic.

"Yes, I've been watching Jiji's live streams all along. She has a strong singing ability, understands the memes, and is 'quite clear' about them. This is very attractive to our ESC company, which is currently short of people. Besides, viewers, how attractive is it to turn your favorite V into a colleague?"

When Xu Lin spoke, he deliberately emphasized the words "relatively clear," which made it sound somewhat forced.

【"clear"】

"Brother Ruoye, don't be fooled by this woman! She knows absolutely nothing!"

[However, to be fair, XP is indeed quite suitable for Gintoki...]

"Huh? What do you mean by that, Wakaba-nii! What do you mean by 'more clear'? I'm the most clear-headed demon in the world!"

Zaodao retorted angrily.

Well, actually, this set of words was actually said by Jiji herself; Xu Lin was just repeating their chat history.

"I didn't mean anything by it, it was just a token gesture. Since you've already shown me some kindness, I'm bound to reciprocate in kind."

Xu Lin casually made a joke, and a whole bunch of 'meanings' completely baffled Zaodaoji, a student who had slipped through the net of compulsory education.

She also promptly switched to a bewildered expression, swayed her body, and the small water bag in front of her trembled twice.

It's not very astringent, but it's really naive.

P.S.: Sorry, I went to a birthday party and it took me a while to get back. I'll only be posting two chapters today. I'll be able to write the next chapter soon.

Isn't it natural for the 100th section, Chapter 99, Miscellaneous Thoughts, to go off-topic?

"Wait a minute, Ruoye-ge! Let the demon sort things out first!"

Seeing that Xu Lin had opened his mouth as if he wanted to speak, Jiji immediately interrupted him.

"What...what...what does 'what' mean?"

"Just a little something! Ah ba ba ba ba ba!"

However, as Zaodao tried to decipher the logic of Xu Lin's words for a long time, she felt increasingly confused, and her brain simply shut down, regressing into an infant demon form.

[Those who slip through the net of compulsory education (a tragedy)]

I always thought the devil was just bad at math, but now I realize, her level is at most elementary school graduation, no more.

Be confident, kindergarten.

"Sigh... If you can't figure it out, don't force yourself. Just pretend I didn't say anything, okay?"

Xu Lin sighed and stopped Zao Daoji from getting stuck on his own ideas.

Actually, what Xu Lin meant by what he said just now was just, 'Since you've already stirred things up for me, it's only right that I turn around and persecute you back, right?' The joke was just a side effect.

But she hadn't expected Zaodao to be so confused.

Xu Lin couldn't even tell if this person was genuinely ignorant of the truth or just faking it for the sake of the show!

"Oh...oh oh oh! The demon understands!"

"What do you understand?"

"Wakaba-kun, your logic must be amazing, right?!"

"..."

Even though Zaodaoji said it in a tone of sudden realization, Xu Lin was not happy at all.

"Chirp chirp."

"Ok?"

"I majored in Japanese in college, so I didn't study advanced mathematics, and basic logic was open-book..."

"!!!"

"Are there really such good majors?!"

Shocking!

"I guess language majors don't usually study advanced mathematics, right? But I don't know about logic, anyway, our school has open-book exams."

Xu Lin sighed. How did the topic get so far off track?

The collaboration process they discussed yesterday is definitely not like this!

That's so nice...

I've failed advanced calculus for two years now, and I'm so envious of Ruoye-ge!

Add one more... The headache of studying advanced mathematics.

"Ahem! Well then, let's get down to business today. Wakaba-nii helped prepare some cotton candy, right? The first cotton candy looks like this!"

After a while, Zaodao realized that they should get down to business, or the thread would veer off into the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

"[Is this your first time collaborating? Could you talk about how you first met and your first impressions of each other?]"

She took out a cotton candy and recited it herself.

"I've known Ruoye for quite a while now, probably before ESC's second generation came out. I was lucky enough to hear Ruoye sing once, and I really liked that deep male voice, so I started following him!"

"As for first impressions... Demon wants to organize his thoughts first. How about Brother Ye explains how we met?"

Zaodaoji started speaking, then turned the conversation back to Xu Lin.

"Okay, if I first interacted with Jiji online, I initially thought it was around July 19, but later, by chance, I discovered that I actually knew about Jiji even earlier."

Xu Lin had actually discussed this topic with Zao Daoji beforehand, and only brought it up after obtaining permission.

"I don't know if any of you who are in the food reserve like playing Dota. Do you remember that amazing YY singing party in a certain live stream room during the New Year of 17? It was the one that was called the Dota Spring Festival Gala."

"Although I personally haven't been involved in the Dota 2 community much, I was fortunate enough to hear this Spring Festival Gala because I often watched Xiaoyuanmiao and Hanser. Jiji was one of the fans who sang a song at the time."

[Holy crap! Wakaba-kun, you actually know this?!]

[How many V's are actually related to Dota?]

[Check male VUP Dota concentration]

"I only discovered this later, and there are still my comments under that video. Interested viewers can search for it and take a look."

"This is the first time I met Jiji. Now, let's turn the conversation to Jiji. I'm also quite curious about Jiji's first impression of me."

After Xu Lin finished speaking, he manipulated the 2D image to move, waiting for Zaodaoji to speak.

"Actually, when Demon first heard Ruoye talk about this, he was also very shocked. He really didn't expect the internet to be so small."

"Speaking of my first impression of Ruoye, actually I only added Ruoye on QQ for the first time the day before yesterday. My previous impression was just Ruoye's image during his live streams."