Ch8 - I’m 21 years old, can I call you Gege?

Edited by Divetus and kat

It was only after Fu Mingyuan sent these gifts that he noticed the ID that Du Jing had created for him. 

He looked around the interface, but couldn’t find where to go to change his username.

The barrage was silent for a while, and even Shen Qi himself was stunned.

“Thank you…this Gege.” Shen Qi stared at the top ranking ID on the contributors list. He really didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, but after thinking about it, he still said, “Private message me your Alipay, and I’ll give your money back.”

[Cyber Sweetie’s Gege: No need, is your popularity score high enough now?] 

Shen Qi looked at the upper left-hand corner, and saw his popularity score had almost caught up to the platform’s top ranked anchors. Many new people had also flocked to the livestream.

How could it not be enough?

However, he wouldn’t take this money.

[Prostrating myself to worship the rich person]

[This popularity score, I’m jealous. Where did this immortal Gege come from?!]

[Onlooker watching the rich person]

[An uncontracted anchor???]

[Wow, little Gege, your hands are so good-looking!] 

……

Seeing this somewhat familiar way of speaking, Shen Qi glanced at Pink Loli Head who had gone offline, and then tentatively asked on WeChat.

Your Qi Ge: Are you that Gege?

The message was sent out, but the other side still didn’t reply. 

Shen Qi scratched his hair and then sneezed.

After staying up all night, he had really caught a cold.

He killed the last person, and the results screen jumped out. Shen Qi’s number of fans rose again.

[Good-looking hands, and it looks like his skills are good too! I’m now a fan] 

[The damage is insane]

[Little Gege is great!]

[Cyber Sweetie’s Gege: Go out and buy cold medicine]

Fu Mingyuan didn’t cancel the barrage special effects, so his barrage message once again floated in the middle of the livestream. It was very eye-catching. 

As soon as Shen Qi saw this, he knew it was really him.

The old fans in the livestream also suddenly reacted.

[Today is also a day to shed tears for others]

[I’m willing again!!] 

[What’s going on???]

The old fans began to explain to the new fans: this was Sweetie’s Gege!

En, that’s right, his Gege. The “Gege” who was different from a female anchor’s Gege.

Shen Qi sniffled, and then he moved the hand gripping the mouse and said in a stuffy voice, “En, I’ll go out in a bit to buy some.” 

Although he said that, he wasn’t really planning on going out.

For a cold, he could just drink some more hot water and didn’t need to take medicine. After a few days, he’d be good.

[Cyber Sweetie’s Gege: I’m logging off]

Fu Mingyuan moved the cursor, and didn’t ask how to change his username in the end. 

Anyway, he wouldn’t particularly be logging on with this account much.

“Okay, goodbye…” Shen Qi looked at the WeChat message again. “Gege, get back to me on WeChat?”

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With that, he took his cellphone and waved it in front of the camera. The cellphone case that had an image of a chibi cartoon God A flashed in front of the camera.

Vbwfbcf lc atf yjggjuf lwwfvljafis vlrmbnfgfv la. 

[Ahhh, did his cellphone case have a picture of God A?]

[He’s definitely a true-love fan!]

[My favorite anchor and I are fans of the same e-sports player, wuwuwu I’m moved]

“Xblcu cbk?” Ge Alcu qjmxfv eq tlr atlcur jcv rabbv ja atf vbbg tbivlcu j qlif bo cfk rmglqar ktlif egulcu tlw ab ub. 

Me Zlcusejc uijcmfv ja atf mjwfgj. Lf tjv jc lwqgfrrlbc bo atja mfiiqtbcf mjrf; Ccugs tjv yffc qtbabugjqtfv lc j qgfnlber mbwqfalalbc klat atf rjwf mfiiqtbcf mjrf.

It was a very popular product.

He had one too.

But he had never used it. 

Fu Mingyuan turned off the livestream and lowered his head. It seemed that he thought for a while before opening WeChat and clicking on the chat window with the user Your Qi Ge.

fmy: Yes, it’s me

fmy: How old are you?

After sending that, he put away his cellphone and went to the door. 

It seemed a little inappropriate to ask someone their age so quickly.

The other party should be young. Fu Mingyuan took a few steps, then stopped. He took out his cellphone and glanced at it, but there was no reply.

He shook his head again. If the other party replied, then he needed to tell him not to not to use exploitive WeChat usernames.

And also, to not call him Gege. 

Du Jing looked back in bewilderment. “What’s the matter? Your little anchor…?”

Fu Mingyuan raised his head to glance at him and grabbed the script in Du Jing’s hands. “He’s not mine.”

Du Jing: “….”

I didn’t say he was yours, did I ah? 

When the two men exited the company building, there were even staff members who rushed up to ask for autographs.

Fu Mingyuan gave them autographs, and Du Jing sighed beside him. “Reasonably speaking, you’re already this famous, so you deserve to have an assistant. Do you think it’s easy for me as your only manager?”

The staff member nearby immediately voiced, “Of course it’s not easy! Thank you Du Ge for taking care of our Fu Ge for so many years ya!”

Du Jing snorted coldly. “That’s more like it.” 

Fu Mingyuan pressed the paper against the wall and signed his name, character by character. Today, he was wearing a navy blue pullover sweatshirt, and because his arms were raised, the edge of his jeans’ belt was slightly exposed.

After hearing what was said, he tilted his head, the corner of his mouth drew up, and he said, “En, you’ve worked hard.”

The two female staff members both clasped their hands together, and let out an excited “ah.”

How could Fu Ge be so alpha?!! 

They felt like they were going to drown when he tilted his head and smiled at them!

When Fu Mingyuan and Du Jing left, they were still staring at Fu Mingyuan’s back.

“They say Fu Ge is going to strike out on his own, and we won’t be able to just bump into him at the company anymore.”

“Wuwuwu, Fu Ge is too good. He’s the best tempered celebrity I’ve ever seen!” 

“It would be better if he posted more Weibo posts about his schedule!”

……

“Weibo?” Shen Qi started another match and sneezed.

[Yes ya, Sweetie!] 

[If we can’t follow you through WeChat, then seeing updates on Weibo would also be fine!]

“I don’t do Weibo. I’ll see you guys here every day, okay?” He licked his upper teeth and said with a slight smile, “That way, you guys will miss me a bit more.”

[???]

[Do you have any shame?] 

[Unfollowing now, goodbye]

“Aren’t I just telling the truth?” He glanced at the plane route and sneezed again.

[Do you really have a cold ya??? Quickly go take some medicine]

[Drink plenty of hot water!!] 

His nose ached a bit. He raised his head and looked out of the window. After autumn had ended, the weather was always erratically cloudy or sunny. It was clearly only three o’clock in the afternoon, but the sky was already a bit dark.

Shen Qi got up and poured himself a cup of hot water.

“After this match, I’ll go out and buy medicine.” He touched his forehead. His sleepiness had dissipated a lot, but his head hurt a little.

“The person who wins the lottery will hear from me soon.” After thinking about it, he added, “I’ll have to keep the gifts sent from Gege.” 

[????]

[We all understand!!]

Shen Qi let out a somewhat cheerful “en” and said, “En, they’re all betrothal gifts.”

…… 

At around 4 p.m., Shen Qi changed into a navy blue sweatshirt, dark-colored jeans, and wore a hat. He thought about it before also putting on a black mask, and then went to the drugstore outside the neighborhood to buy some medicine.

He had already lived here for more than half a month, but he had never gone out to stroll around before.

The apartment was under Shen Bozong’s name.

The neighborhood’s security was very good, he had heard that many celebrities lived here. 

……

Shen Qi lowered his head to reply to the WeChat messages.

Your Qi Ge: Transferring 10,000 yuan

Your Qi Ge: Gege, are you taking a census of my household? 

Your Qi Ge: Gege, I’m going out to buy medicine.

The other side didn’t reply, and Shen Qi pulled on his mask and pulled down his hat to cover himself up.

As soon as the wind blew, his head seemed to hurt more.

Walking to the neighborhood gate, Shen Qi caught a glimpse of a man who had wrapped his face extremely tightly like himself. He stepped out of an RV, carrying a pile of papers in his hands. 

Shen Qi glanced over his shoulder a few times.

Then, he looked down at the clothes he was wearing.

They seemed to be the same.

However, the other party was a little bit taller than him, and it looked as if his figure was also a little bit better than Shen Qi’s. 

His clothing was obviously slightly loose, but on the other party, the sweatshirt’s sleeves were a little short.

Maybe his gaze on the other party was too obvious, but the other party noticed him and looked back at him.

Then, he slightly nodded his head, as if to say hello to him.

Shen Qi was stupefied and stood in place, looking at the other party’s back. 

It was only when the autumn wind blew against his face that he snapped out of it.

His eyes looked a bit attractive.

Shen Qi rubbed his cheeks, which were still burning hot even with the wind.

Sure enough, he had a fever. 

……

Shen Qi bought some medicine and went to the supermarket on the way back to buy some things before going home.

Thinking back, he didn’t know how long it had been since he had last been sick.

The contents of the movie he had seen last night had already been filtered out of his mind. Watching so many movies still wasn’t as impressive as that person showing his face on stage. 

After taking the medicine, he lay on the bed and scrolled through Weibo.

After pausing on the supertopic interface for a while, he ended up still clicking on the M1G supertopic.

Without a doubt, everyone was praising how handsome Rong Jing looked in the new photo set. There was also his little apprentice, Ye Lai, who was also popular with female fans because of his baby face.

Shen Qi sneered. Why didn’t M1G change careers and debut as idols? 

He also opened up the supertopic about him, and the multitude of antis that Lu Tun had screenshotted for him yesterday were no longer there.

#CheckingIn, God A come back#

#CheckingIn, has God A shown up today#

…… 

He touched his cellphone, licked his somewhat dry lips, and felt his headache dissipate a bit.

Then, he screenshotted it and sent it to Lu Tun.

Your Qi Ge: [screenshot] Although Ge is no longer in the Jianghu, his legend still lives on in the Jianghu

Lu Tun replied in seconds: ??? 

Lu Tun looked at these Chuunibyou syndrome and found it a bit hard to believe.

Your Qi Ge: Not training?

Little Apprentice: Shifu! #Weeping# Lu Tun got sent back to youth division training.

The message from Ye Lai, his little apprentice, popped up at the same time. 

Shen Qi deleted his teasing words and replied to Ye Lai, “Got it.”

Lu Tun: Idol, did you actually catch a cold?

Your Qi Ge: Yeah, I caught a cold. When are you going to come see your idol?

Lu Tun was a little happy. 

He glanced at the tightly closed door of the youth training building, and his mood suddenly became gloomy.

The treatment of those in youth training was very poor, and management was very strict.

Lu Tun: It’s been pretty busy recently, I have to prepare for the playoffs!

Shen Qi made an “en” sound and didn’t expose him. 

He closed his eyes. His brain was a little bit muddled, but he still couldn’t sleep.

He picked up his cellphone again, just to see that Gege had sent a message.

fmy: Not taking a census of your household.

fmy: No need for the money. 

Shen Qi looked at the other party’s prim and proper answer. Although he couldn’t see the other party’s expression, he subconsciously felt that he should be a prim and proper person, and felt that he was a little cute.

Your Qi Ge: I’m 21 years old, can I call you Gege?

Your Qi Ge: Is this money a sugar baby maintenance fee?

Your Qi Ge: Do I need to change my tune? 

Your Qi Ge: Am I so cheap?

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The author has something to say:

Couple clothing get, remember this outfit 

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Juurensha: Hahahaha, it seems our first (reunited?) meeting has already occurred!

Divi: Unintentional couple outfits and them happening to live in the same neighbourhood already? Wow, it’s fate.