Su Yao wasn’t quite sure whether she should ask Oyster Sauce for advice in this situation.
She felt that Oyster Sauce and herself were pretty much on the same level—although she didn’t know much about the real-life Oyster Sauce, judging from his online persona, he probably didn’t have much dating experience either.
But Oyster Sauce had managed to progress so quickly with his junior.
Su Yao thought maybe the soft currency had some special effect in play, but Oyster Sauce definitely had something extraordinary about him.
She wondered if it wouldn’t hurt to ask for a point of reference…
Staring at the spiderweb cracks on her phone screen, Su Yao was lost in thought.
Actually, she wasn’t just spacing out—she was deeply considering how to phrase her question to Oyster Sauce.
After hesitating for a few minutes, Su Yao wrote a message.
She edited and re-edited it for several more minutes, then hovered her finger above the send button for quite some time.
Finally, as the chat window cleared, the message she had just typed was sent to Oyster Sauce.
The moment she sent it, Su Yao regretted it, although she still had the option to recall the message.
But looking at her string of words, she thought, “Forget it. No matter how much I hesitate, I still have to ask. Might as well just go for it!”
Lying on the bed, Su Yao felt like time was dragging on forever.
There was no reply from Oyster Sauce on the other end of the line—he seemed busy with something else.
She kept staring at the screen, afraid of missing a message, but after more than ten minutes of waiting in vain, Su Yao lost patience.
She got up from the bed, glanced at her phone one last time, then tossed it onto the charger.
Sitting at her desk, Su Yao turned on her computer and first opened her Writer Backend.
Looking at her newly approved New Book, she clicked in with a small spark of hope.
Of course, the actual results were secondary; as long as she could earn a minimum income, Su Yao was satisfied.
It was only the first day after release, and without any traffic, there were only a handful of bookmarks.
She uploaded her drafts, then opened the Details Page of the book.
Seeing the affirmations from Xiaobai Readers lifted her spirits somewhat, but then she noticed a harsh critique from a high-level Veteran Reader account, which made her pout and dampened her mood again.
But it was just the beginning, so Su Yao didn’t dwell on it.
She closed the page and browsed the usual video sites, scrolling through videos while she waited.
Mu Nanqiu drove back to her apartment complex’s parking lot, then went upstairs and returned home.
The central air conditioner in the room was still running, keeping the temperature much warmer than outside.
She immediately felt the pleasant warmth upon entering and took off her coat.
Just as she was about to head to her room, she noticed her younger sister sitting upright on the sofa, staring at the television that wasn’t even turned on.
Noticing this, Beizhi hurriedly searched for the TV remote and pressed the standby button, but there was no response.
A bead of sweat formed on Beizhi’s forehead as she muttered to herself, “Damn, forgot the TV’s not plugged in since no one ever watches it!”
Mu Nanqiu frowned slightly; she had sensed Beizhi acting a bit strange lately.
She took a few steps closer.
Because she hadn’t changed her shoes yet, the hard heels of her boots clacked against the tiled floor, startling Beizhi, who immediately straightened her waist.
Mu Nanqiu stood behind her and glanced at the phone clutched tightly in Beizhi’s hand.
Placing a hand on Beizhi’s shoulder, she asked with a hint of puzzlement, “What’s wrong?”
“N-nothing, sister, nothing!”
Beizhi raised her head with a righteous expression, but her eyes involuntarily darted off into the distance.
Mu Nanqiu could tell at a glance that her sister was lying.
She smirked inwardly and gave Beizhi a light tap on the head.
“Ouch! Sister, why’d you hit me?”
After the sting, Beizhi pouted with a pitiful look, eyes brimming with tears.
Mu Nanqiu’s mouth twitched as she scolded with a smile, “How old are you now?”
“Umm…”
At Mu Nanqiu’s words, Beizhi’s coquettish act intensified.
She opened her arms, ready to give a hug.
Mu Nanqiu wasn’t about to let her come close; she stepped back and pushed against Beizhi’s face with her hand, speaking in a slightly disdainful tone.
“Don’t come over here. Go hug your little girlfriend instead.”
“Hehe.”
Since she had already been found out, Beizhi laughed happily.
Looks like she’d been having a good time recently.
Mu Nanqiu sighed softly and turned to walk into her room without changing her shoes.
After all, it was her own home, and she didn’t need to worry about appearances.
As for the sigh… it was because everyone around her seemed to have secret thoughts lately, and none of them were telling her.
First Su Yao, then her own sister—what exactly were they hiding from her?
Maybe it was because they felt too close?
Taking her phone out of her pocket, Mu Nanqiu unlocked it with her fingerprint and immediately opened Xiaohao.
Oyster Sauce’s account only had Su Yao as a friend, so no one else could have sent a message.
Sure enough, Mu Nanqiu saw a message from “Love watching Big White Steamed Bun,” labeled “My Family Yaoyao,” containing a few dozen words.
She quickly skimmed through it, a pleased smile naturally tugging at the corners of her mouth.
“Let me see… how should I put this.”
Su Yao asked Oyster Sauce what she could do to make her partner firmly attracted to her, so that all eyes would be on her.
Mu Nanqiu herself had changed “her” in the message, because although Su Yao was female, the online “Steamed Bun Teacher” still referred to himself as male.
Conveniently, Oyster Sauce’s account was also a real-life male.
The two were not just sisters offline, but also close brothers confiding in each other online.
Su Yao thought Oyster Sauce was a man because he was chasing after his junior, and she never expected it to be Mu Nanqiu.
“Is Steamed Bun Teacher having relationship problems?”
After receiving Oyster Sauce’s message, Su Yao was silent at first; she hadn’t expected such a straightforward question.
Not exactly problems, just worries.
“Does that mean the Shiniang has someone else around her?”
“Umm… not really?”
Su Yao thought it over.
Mu Nanqiu had been quite indifferent to that girl, so logically she shouldn’t be anxious.
But she always felt like she paled in comparison, that she had problems in every aspect.
Maybe it was just a long shot, but Su Yao couldn’t afford to lose.
“Actually, I just feel like I’m not attractive enough. I’m afraid she’ll lose interest in me.”
“That’s easy to fix. Just dress up nicely, go seduce her. Once she’s tasted it, she won’t lose interest!”
“Huh?”
“I can teach you~”
Su Yao was stunned.
What kind of move was this?
She had never seen anything like it!