Proud senior schoolgirl was tender and sweet, we fell in love

Yan Lina seemed to have anticipated my question and said with a smile, "He's been busy recently, but if things work out, we might have a chance to have a meal together next time."

Xie Xiao chuckled softly, "Then you two must be quite close. Can you handle it all by yourself?"

"It's okay I guess, we're from the same village," Yan Lina said with a laugh, "Everyone there knows each other."

As she spoke, she even looked towards Qi Yan, "That software guy from last time is also from our village, we all know each other, so if there's anything, everyone will help out and ask around. I saw how well Xie Xiao and Luoluo's livestream was doing, so I thought I'd ask for him."

Her reasoning seemed sound, and it looked like she might even get away with how she had misled Qi Yan the last time.

She was trying to be reasonable and logical.

Luo Yanran frowned slightly from the sidelines, but then again, Yan Lina was often not in the dormitory, saying she had friends to meet, and university was different from high school after all.

There were no strict roll calls, and it was quite common for students not to be in the dormitory.

At this time, the waiter started to serve the dishes.

Xie Xiao said, "Let's eat first."

He couldn't let his wife go hungry, after all.

As they started to eat, Yan Lina kept steering the conversation towards her "friend" deliberately yet subtly.

In the end, she even mentioned, "Brick and mortar isn't doing well these days, but the other day, after seeing Xie Xiao's livestream, I actually thought of a strategy."

Qi Yan seemed quite interested, "What strategy?"

"We can do it online," Yan Lina said, a gleam flashing in her eyes, "Actually, I came here to see if Xie Xiao could help advertise, but since Luoluo mentioned you don't take on ads, I was thinking maybe we could do a joint stream, and I could start my own account."

Quite clever, she was indeed quick-witted.

Upon realizing Xie Xiao wouldn't take on advertising, she quickly thought of a new method – siphoning his followers.

Seeing Xie Xiao looking at her, Yan Lina smiled and said, "Of course, we wouldn't expect you to do it for free. How about 20 yuan per follower? We'll see how many followers we can gain from one livestream. You just need to start the stream, it won't bother you with anything else. This is pure profit, what do you think?"

Xie Xiao was somewhat amused, daring to ask for 20 yuan per follower.

He recalled that back when those WeChat public accounts were just starting, the cost per follower was already more than 30 yuan.

But if it were an average blogger, they might actually be tempted.

After all, it's just about linking up for a session and making easy money with no additional effort.

No need for advertising, just connecting with another streamer, that's all.

But Xie Xiao also knew that the kind of fans who would switch over were likely to be loyal fans.

This was just like when he connected with Lin Yu, where those who came over were loyal fans.

Those followers would turn their attention to the new account because the person was a "friend of Xie Xiao."

Xie Xiao stared at Yan Lina in silence, genuinely puzzled as to why she had chosen to study law.

It didn't seem right, did it? Qi Yan was correct, she should have studied something in sales, she would definitely make money.

Seeing that no one was speaking, Yan Lina hesitated for a moment, "The price is negotiable."

Luo Yanran sighed, "Let's just eat first."

Qi Yan also said, "Talking about this during a meal really doesn't whet the appetite."

Yan Lina's fingers twitched and she apologised with a smile, "Sorry, let's eat first then."

The rest of the meal passed without her bringing the topic up again.

Yan Lina realized that perhaps she had been too hasty; she had forgotten that people who could attend this university must be pretty smart.

And her relationship with both Xie Xiao and Luo Yanran was not very close.

Yan Lina thought she had been careless, she should have worked on getting closer to Luo Yanran before making her request.

Had she been Luoluo's best friend, Xie Xiao probably wouldn't have turned her down.

But now, she was just an ordinary roommate...

She took a deep breath in her heart.

They finished dinner without bringing up the topic again.

It was Xie Xiao who first broke the silence, "I'm sorry, but I really don't intend to just sell 'fans' like that."

Yan Lina originally wanted to argue how can this be considered selling?

Fortunately, her reason stopped her; these things could not be rushed.

So she replied with a smile, "It's okay, I understand, but I'm curious, how did you get this account started? I want to start one myself."

The topic had now become unavoidable to address.

Xie Xiao was pondering what to say.

Qi Yan then spoke up, "Hey, you can't just give that kind of information away. You can do some research online; I just bought the rights to it."

He spoke in a lazy tone, sounding rather unserious.

Luo Yanran looked at Qi Yan with confusion, then turned to Xie Xiao, "What rights?"

"Nothing, I just agreed to start working on something with him. I'll tell you about it later," Xie Xiao answered with a smile, then turned to Yan Lina, "Sorry, he really did buy the rights, and he paid for it."n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

At this point, if Yan Lina couldn't tell they didn't want to discuss it, she would have been a fool.

Feeling rather embarrassed for once, she took a sip of water, "I see, my apologies for being presumptuous..."

The topic didn't come up again after that.

When it was time to pay, Yan Lina hurriedly took care of the bill, and Xie Xiao and Qi Yan simply didn't compete with her.

After paying, she felt that Luo Yanran would go on a date with Xie Xiao and discreetly left.

Once she had gone, Qi Yan glanced at the time, "I have to go home today; if there's anything, just contact me on my phone, alright?"

Xie Xiao and Luo Yanran waved goodbye to him.

Finally, Xie Xiao turned to Luo Yanran, "Shall we also walk home?" It would take about 20 minutes to walk from there to their apartment.

But Luo Yanran liked the sound of "walking home," so she smiled and nodded.

"Tell me what riddle you and Qi Yan were playing," she asked curiously.

Xie Xiao briefly explained his plans to start a company with Qi Yan.

After hearing this, Luo Yanran's first reaction was, "Won't that be very tiring?"

She knew Xie Xiao's schedule, which was packed.

If he started a company now, he would be even busier.

This didn't seem like something Xie Xiao would do. If he had planned to start a company from the beginning, he probably wouldn't have worked on that account, because he would have been too busy.

It must be because of the last time he saw his mother, right?

It did have an impact.

Xie Xiao reached out to pat her head, "Don't overthink it. We need to start the live broadcasting now, or else we'll be too late to get a slice of the pie when the company is up and running."

He lowered his head to meet her bright eyes and saw the hint of sadness in them.

Xie Xiao sighed, "But it does relate to you as well. I want to face your family at the end of the year with something substantial, but you shouldn't take all the blame."

Saying this, he leaned in and kissed her lips. "Trust your husband."

They were still on the busy street, where a sudden stop had already drawn glances. Your journey continues on empire

This kiss and the word "husband" successfully made Luo Yanran's face turn red.

She mumbled a response and, taking Xie Xiao's hand, hurried away.

She was too embarrassed with so many people watching!

Unbeknownst to them, Yan Lina, who had left earlier, was standing in front of a little shop across the street, watching them intently.