novelinnhs Chapter 64 The Problem of Reputation
Chapter 64 The Problem of Reputation
After taking the medicine, I felt much better. I lay down on the sofa downstairs for a while...
Lin Jianlu became increasingly unable to get going.
Sigh, lying down is the most comfortable thing to do when I'm on my period. Why get up? Once it's full and satisfied, it needs to rest...
But she can't fall asleep, because if she does, she'll be completely unguarded, and it would be embarrassing if someone discovered her true gender.
So she had to fight off her sleepiness and take out her phone.
Sure enough, there were unread messages from Yan Yiyan on my phone.
[Yan Yiyan: It's alright now. I asked Chen Chen, and he said he went into the water, but he couldn't save anyone.]
Thinking about this makes me angry. Chen Chen, that idiot, why did he even go into the water if he couldn't save anyone? He could have just stayed on the shore.
[Lin Jianlu: That's why he's an idiot. He should just stay far away from things like this, why did he have to try to save people? And even if he wanted to save people, he actually dared to go into the water?]
[Yan Yiyan: Going into the water is one thing, but they didn't even tell you about it?]
Lin Jianlu: I didn't really want to know about this kind of thing...
[Yan Yiyan: Do you think I believe that?]
[Lin Jianlu: I don't care whether you believe it or not, Chen Chen and I are just like that. Don't think of us as too close, lest Cheng Xiuxiu misunderstand.]
[Yan Yiyan: Oh my, is she jealous?]
[Lin Jianlu: What do you mean I'm jealous? Let me tell you, I'd rather buy a bottle of vinegar and drink it than be jealous of Chen Chen!]
[Yan Yiyan: Okay, then I'll tell Cheng Xiuxiu that she can relax and date Chen Chen now.]
[Lin Jianlu: Hmph! What's the use? That Lin Baolong is so handsome, do you really think Cheng Xiuxiu would be interested in Chen Chen?]
[Yan Yiyan: You underestimate Chen Chen. To be honest, that's not necessarily true. I feel that Cheng Xiuxiu's affection for Chen Chen is quite obvious.]
[Lin Jianlu: Where can I see it?]
[Yan Yiyan: Voice message 41s]
Lin Jianlu turned on the voice chat and heard the conversation inside.
"Um... Yan Yiyan, actually Chen Chen gave me a gift today."
"Just call me Yanbao. What did Chen Chen give you?"
"It's this... I feel a little ashamed about it..."
A rustling sound of plastic packaging being unpacked rang out.
"Good heavens, white stockings? Chen Chen, is he really that bold?"
He said he wanted to see me wear this, that it would make me look especially cute.
"Well, on this point, I have to side with Chen Chen; he's definitely adorable."
"Then... I'll put it on."
[Yan Yiyan: Hehehe, cute white stockings! She's willing to wear these for Chen Chen.]
Damn it, that Chen Chen is such a pervert! Who gives gifts like this? He's like a weirdo.
Lin Jianlu suddenly felt that the deer head brooch she had given to Cheng Xiuxiu was a huge waste of money.
I should have kept that brooch for myself; it's so pretty.
[Lin Jianlu: Send me a picture first, I also like white stockings]
Yan Yiyan:
[Lin Jianlu: Oh, okay, white silk ice cream! Absolutely delicious! Thank you for the treat!]
[Yan Yiyan: If I like you so much, why don't you wear it?]
[Lin Jianlu: I don't wear it, it doesn't suit my style. Why don't you wear it?]
[Yan Yiyan: It gets dirty too easily, what a hassle]
Indeed, besides the requirement of having slim legs, the biggest drawback of white stockings is that they get dirty very quickly. They're barely okay to wear at home, but they get dirty very fast when worn outside, like disposable items.
[Lin Jianlu: There's something I'm hesitant to say.]
[Yan Yiyan: You speak.]
[Lin Jianlu: Actually, no matter what kind of "loser" they are, I find them quite interesting...]
[Yan Yiyan: Great minds think alike, so I don't like touching bare feet, I just love touching Xiuxiu's feet wrapped in white stockings. They're so smooth, so soft, so pleasant...]
You fucking want to touch me too!
The thought that she was now Lin Baolong instead of a girl who could enter Cheng Xiuxiu's boudoir made Lin Jianlu so angry that her uterus was about to hurt.
There was nothing she could do; she couldn't touch it.
[Lin Jianlu: Don't tempt me, or I'll tickle your feet next time I see you.]
[Yan Yiyan: Aren't you afraid I'll get athlete's foot?]
[Lin Jianlu: Get lost!]
So this person is really annoying. She steered a perfectly good discussion about white stockings to athlete's foot. Just thinking about it makes me sick.
Before the conversation went completely off track, Lin Jianlu abruptly ended it. She didn't want the image of those soft, white-stockinged little feet in her mind to suddenly turn into a pile of smelly, yellowish-white dead skin.
I'll just watch some videos for a while.
Thinking this, Lin Jianlu opened the video software.
Soon, she noticed a viral video from her local area.
She laughed when she clicked on it. It turned out to be a video recorded by someone who was present when Chen Chen confessed to Cheng Xiuxiu more than half a month ago. The video title was "When looking for a girlfriend, you must find one who can help you 'fill your penis'."
Aside from piggybacking on the popularity of the "Zoo God," Lin Jianlu felt that a major reason this video went viral was that Chen Chen was just too abstract. Who confesses their love to get the other person to recharge their game account? Only a top-tier OP like this, who keeps saying "Frinna is still in the gacha pool," could pull off something like this.
But after clicking on the comments section below the video, she realized that things were not as simple as she had imagined.
"Isn't this someone I know?"
A popular comment blatantly displayed this.
How did we become so familiar? Is the world really that small? How can you accurately find someone you know on a video app used by hundreds of millions of people?
—In fact, it is very easy to find. Shameless software companies love to read everyone's privacy, so you can easily find familiar people around you on this video software. For example, her grandmother has seen countless videos of her grandmother being asked to cosplay by Sister Xuanxuan.
Every time Grandma saw it, she would always praise, "This young man is so handsome," which always made her feel a little strange.
But this popular comment doesn't seem to mean that.
If it were someone close to Chen Chen, they wouldn't likely make such a comment, because they probably already have Chen Chen's contact information and would just forward the video to him to tease him.
This was the thought that had popped into Lin Jianlu's mind half a minute ago.
Therefore, comments like these are most likely made by "familiar strangers," who may have met Chen Chen a few times in real life but don't really know him, or may have only seen him online.
So which one is it?
She clicked on the replies under the top comments.
But to her surprise, there were no familiar faces here; instead, it became a battlefield that made her mind burn with rage.
"He saved him! My uncle was right there by the river; he saw Chen Chen jump in with his own eyes!"
"Jumping down doesn't mean he saved someone! What are you still arguing about at a time like this? If he really saved someone, shouldn't he just admit it openly? Why hasn't he dared to utter a single word yet?"
"He admitted it, then deleted the video later. What a clown."
"I think this guy is just trying to muddy the waters and take all the credit for himself. He's shameless!"
"It's only because the Zhengzhou municipal government gave him face and didn't expose him; otherwise, his reputation would be even worse than it is now!"