Su Yan felt a wave of dizziness as she stepped through the door.
When she opened her eyes again, she was back on the school path.
Xiaoya on her phone looked absolutely thrilled, “Master, you’re amazing! You won your very first game!”
Su Yan, who had successfully tricked everyone, seemed in excellent spirits.
She smiled and said, “I expect I’ll have a lot of new followers today. Oh, did you see my performance?”
Xiaoya shook her head, “When I’m in the phone, it’s like I’m on Earth. I can’t see what’s happening in the show. I’ll definitely watch it once I’m back!”
Su Yan smiled mysteriously, “I suggest you skip the very last part.”
Xiaoya nodded, still a bit confused, then excitedly said, “No matter what, clearing the first game, Master, you’re super impressive!”
“What about the money?”
Su Yan was only concerned with the money. “When will I get my 120,000?”
Xiaoya replied, “As soon as you link your bank card, it’ll automatically arrive. But wasn’t it 100,000? Why did I receive 120,000?”
Su Yan linked her bank card, chuckling, “Ah, that’s another story. I’m a college student with over 100,000 in savings now! I’m going to buy some milk tea later, with extra coconut jelly and pudding!”
***
“Wow!”
Xiaoya suddenly exclaimed, “What’s going on? Master, why do you suddenly have so many followers? And why are there so many comments under this video, oh my goodness!”
She looked utterly shocked, “Master, what did you even do on the show?”
Su Yan smiled mischievously, “Open those comments for me. I hope they’re still in a good mood.”
As she said this, Su Yan had already linked her bank card.
Almost the second she finished linking it, she received a text message from the bank, 120,000 yuan deposited.
“This money wasn’t easy to earn, but it feels amazing!” she sighed.
Xiaoya opened Su Yan’s latest video, then scrolled to the very bottom, revealing 99+ comments.
To think, she had only just left the show!
The three most liked comments were prominently displayed at the top.
“AAAAAH! Yan Jing, you old scoundrel, you’re not human!”
“Can someone tell me whose face that is first? Please, please!!”
“Constantly pulling off brilliant moves, I’m following, I’m following.”
Xiaoya looked at Su Yan strangely, “I remember… wasn’t this game called ‘River of Colors’? What’s this about a face?”
Su Yan continued to brush her off, “That’s another story.”
This time, she wasn’t making things up; it really was another story.
“How many followers do I have now?” she asked.
Xiaoya waved her small hand, jumping to the follower interface.
The page was still gray, but the number was surprisingly large—”357.”
Su Yan looked a little disappointed, “Only that many? How long will it take me to reach my 50% goal?”
Xiaoya’s face was full of “you don’t know how good you have it.”
She said in awe, “Master, please don’t expose your ignorance. You know, a live broadcast of a show can only have five hundred viewers.”
“Only five hundred?”
Su Yan raised an eyebrow, “That few?”
If that were the case, then having over three hundred followers was indeed quite good.
Xiaoya also looked a bit helpless, “Mainly, the ‘Childhood Variety Show’ production team’s server is terrible; it crashes when too many people are on. I wonder where they’ve used all the money they’ve fleeced from us. I wish they’d fix the server.”
Su Yan thought for a moment, feeling like that last statement was subtly implying something else.
She shook her head and refreshed the interface.
The original “357” had already changed to “422.” Now, Xiaoya’s expression couldn’t be described as mere surprise; her look at Su Yan was incredibly complex.
It was shock mixed with a hint of terror.
Su Yan had a feeling she was about to say something startling.
Sure enough, Xiaoya took a deep breath, her expression appearing much calmer.
She carefully asked, “Did you… bewitch them?”
Seeing Su Yan’s expression, she immediately added, “Oh, I’m not saying that bewitching is bad; I’m just surprised you have such a skill. A Miao person among us?”
She swallowed with difficulty, “What do you usually study?”
Xiaoya mistakenly thought she’d guessed correctly and said somewhat proudly, “To be a qualified guide, of course, I’ve been learning Earth knowledge.”
Su Yan remained silent.
She was very curious how Xiaoya managed to learn about that kind of “Earth knowledge.”
Xiaoya cautiously glanced at her face, then advised, “Ahem, that sorcery stuff is very powerful, but if it’s discovered, the consequences could be dire. Although I recommend that since you’ve only used it once, we should stop as soon as possible.”
Su Yan said helplessly, “I didn’t. You’ll see when you watch it. We Marxists don’t bother with that kind of thing. I suggest you go learn a bit about Chinese politics instead of always learning this useless stuff.”
Xiaoya hadn’t expected to be wrong.
Recalling what she had just said, her face instantly flushed, and she stammered, “Ah… ah, is that how it is? Then… Master, you’d be even more amazing if you learned how to use hexes.”
“No!”
She instantly realized the nonsense she had just spouted, her face turning crimson from her forehead to her neck, “I was just rambling! Wuwuwu, Master, don’t mind me, I was just too excited!”
Feeling like she was only making things worse and couldn’t explain herself, Xiaoya waved her hand in despair.
With a “whoosh,” an Ultraman mask suddenly appeared on her face. Xiaoya, wearing the mask, seemed much calmer.
Su Yan could only see her bright red neck and ears.
Su Yan asked, amused, “What are you doing?”
Xiaoya’s voice came from behind the mask, tiny, “I plan to wear this mask whenever I see Master from now on.”
Su Yan was utterly entertained and laughed, “Hahahaha, that’s really not necessary? Besides, even if you want to wear a mask, shouldn’t you wear a normal one? Isn’t an Ultraman mask even funnier?”
She said faintly, “I thought you were going to comfort me.”
***
Once Xiaoya calmed down a bit, she resumed her flattery, “Master, you are truly amazing! Out of five hundred people, you’ve gained the attention of almost all of them! What did you do to achieve that?!”
Su Yan, however, was very calm.
She knew she had performed well.
Gaining almost everyone’s attention was, at most, a pleasant surprise.
If she hadn’t gained so many, that would have been surprising!
But looking at her gray interface, Su Yan frowned, “So, one show can only get a maximum of five hundred followers? In that case…”
How long will it take me to reach that fifty percent goal?
Xiaoya interrupted her, “No, Master, it’s just that only five hundred people can watch a live broadcast at one time. After the live broadcast, this show will also be put on TV for other Nick Stars to watch. That’s when the critical period for follower growth is.”
So that’s how it worked.
Su Yan finally relaxed, nodded, and asked, “Then how many followers do you think I’ll gain when this episode is aired on TV?”
Xiaoya shook her head, “I don’t know that either, but Master, for you to gain over four hundred followers out of five hundred, I even think you might directly break into the top fifty percent in one go.”
She looked down at her small wristwatch, “According to Earth time, it should be released next week. We’ll know the results then.”
Still another week to wait!
Su Yan sighed regretfully, “Alas, I’ll just have to wait and see. I’m off to my next class.”
Xiaoya nodded and quickly reminded Su Yan before she left, “Master, don’t abandon me! Remember to come back often! I’ll vibrate to alert you if there’s any news.”
Su Yan made an OK gesture, turned off her phone, and rushed to her next class.
***
Returning to the dorm at nine with a milk tea, she was immediately met with everyone’s focused gaze. Feng Di stared intently at the milk tea in her hand and asked, “Did your family send you money? You’re actually buying milk tea?”
Su Yan just smiled, saying nothing.
Her mother, the empress dowager of the house, had indeed sent money that morning.
But she bought the milk tea not for that reason, but mainly because she had come into a windfall.
Neither admitting nor denying it, Feng Di and the others naturally assumed she had tacitly agreed.
Speaking of which, He Yuxin perked up, “The beginning of the month is great! I’ve been eating plain for three days! My mom said she’ll send me money tomorrow, and then I’m having hotpot! Friends, are you in?”
Su Yan’s eyes lit up, and she nodded, “I’m in, I’m in! It’s been ages since I had hotpot!”
Feng Di looked at her in surprise, “Don’t you always advocate spending less at the beginning of the month and living like an emperor at the end? Why are you so reckless this time? Aren’t you afraid of running out of money by the end of the month?”
“Hehehe, I have plenty of money this month, so I’m not scared,” Su Yan said with a smug smile.
And why not?
Twelve thousand yuan was more than enough to last her for quite a while.
“That’s more like it!”
Feng Di walked over and hooked Su Yan’s neck, “You’re clearly the richest one in our dorm, yet besides Wu Xiaoxiao, you’re the one who spends the least.”
The four dorm mates actually came from similar family backgrounds, and their living expenses weren’t much different.
However, Su Yan also had over a thousand yuan in manuscript fees each month, so when you added it up, she was quite a bit wealthier than the other three.
Wu Xiaoxiao pushed up her glasses and retorted, “Hey, don’t slander me! I just spend all my money on books and courses; it’s not that I don’t like spending money.”
After saying that, she looked at He Yuxin and also joined the hotpot camp, “I’m going too. Hotpot really needs a few people to have an atmosphere. I haven’t had it in a long time either.”
Su Yan stuck out her tongue, “You guys have no foresight. I’m a woman determined to have 50,000 yuan saved up before graduation! That way, I won’t be too flustered around graduation time.”
***
Only now, her savings already exceeded expectations.
She already had 30,000 yuan saved up, accumulated little by little.
In fact, Su Yan had recently been learning about futures investment, knowing that money making money was the right path.
He Yuxin interrupted Feng Di’s meaningless chatter, “Are you going?”
Feng Di nodded and said as a matter of course, “Since I finally have money, of course I’m going to indulge a bit.”
Su Yan shook her head, an expression of “this disciple cannot be taught” on her face.
She climbed onto her bed and opened her phone.
They had reminded her earlier; she hadn’t checked the reactions since posting the last chapter of her novel!
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