Just as he was looking through his private messages and comments, Zhao Lusi called him on video!
Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately answered.
“Baby, what’s wrong?”
“Brother Xiaofan, did a lot of people rush onto your account?”
Zhao Lusi looked apologetic.
“Yeah, quite a few. But it’s fine. I actually gained quite a lot of followers, hehe. I originally only had 123 followers, but after you replied to me, I gained tens of thousands of followers!”
“Brother Xiaofan, I saw your comment earlier and got so happy that I didn’t think about it. I’m sorry!”
“It’s okay. I was actually worried that it might cause problems for you.”
“It won’t!”
“That’s good, then. Have you packed your luggage?”
“Already packed! Hehe, Brother Xiaofan, I’m a little nervous!”
“I’m a little nervous too. I’m about to meet my baby in person!”
“Really?”
“Of course!”
The two of them chatted for a long time before reluctantly ending the video call.
By then, it was already getting dark.
His parents had also returned home.
That evening, the family of three had no plans to eat out.
After all, there were still quite a few things they needed to discuss.
Wang Yifan went into the kitchen and prepared dinner together with his parents.
Sitting beside the fire and eating hot food, he occasionally had tears brought to his eyes by the smoke from the smoked cured meat.
“Son, you’re going to need the car tomorrow, right?” Wang Yifan’s father asked.
“Yes, Dad. Lusi’s train arrives at Guizhou North Station at one tomorrow afternoon, so I need to drive there to pick her up.”
“Be careful when you drive.”
“I know.”
Wang Yifan’s family had a second-hand MG5 that his father had bought.
At the time, the car had cost them 30,000 yuan, which had been all the savings their family had.
Although the car wasn’t anything special, at least it could still be driven.
And Wang Yifan rarely drove it.
Most of the time, his father was the one using it.
“Dad, why did you and Mom go to Grandma’s house today to get those chickens?”
“What else could it be for? Lusi is coming tomorrow, so we’re going to cook them for her.”
“Oh, okay!”
“Son, your father and I brought back two free-range chickens and a duck from your grandmother’s house today. We’ll make chicken for Lusi tomorrow and duck the day after. By the way, how long is Lusi going to stay?”
“Well, I’m not really sure. But she’ll probably stay for three or four days.”
“Good!”
Wang Yifan looked at his parents bustling around for his sake and felt a pang of emotion.
Now that he had so much money, he no longer wanted his parents to go out and work anymore.
Perhaps he could wait until after Lusi arrived.
“By the way, Son, in five days, your eldest uncle, who’s the director of the county’s Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, is going to organize everyone in the village to celebrate the New Year together. Each family is contributing 500 yuan to buy cattle, sheep, pigs, and other things for a big feast. You might even have to perform on stage. If you have time, prepare a program.”
“Huh?”
Wang Yifan was stunned.
Perform?
What the heck could he perform?
He couldn’t perform anything!
What was he supposed to do—perform sleeping?
Perform scrolling through Douyin?
What did he know how to do?
Absolutely nothing!
“Dad, I can’t.”
“Didn’t you always play the guitar before? You can’t play?”
“I was just messing around with it. I don’t actually know how to play!”
“This…”
Seeing his father’s troubled expression, Wang Yifan fell silent.
He knew that his father simply wanted to save face in front of everyone.
But he really couldn’t perform anything.
Zhao Lusi could, of course, but asking her to perform immediately after arriving still felt a little inappropriate.
However, he didn’t want his father to lose face again.
Besides, now that he had the system, there was no reason for him to keep shrinking back.
That wouldn’t be right.
And five days from now, his rewards for the new week of watching videos would have refreshed.
If necessary, he could perform together with Zhao Lusi.
But before agreeing to his father’s request, he would have to discuss it with Zhao Lusi after she arrived tomorrow.
“Dad, I’ll ask Lusi tomorrow. If she agrees, I’ll perform with her.”
“Can Lusi perform?”
“Of course! She’s a celebrity. She’s beautiful and talented.”
“Is Lusi really that capable?”
Wang Yifan’s parents looked a little worried.
They felt that Zhao Lusi was so outstanding, while their family was just an ordinary rural family.
They were worried that Zhao Lusi might look down on them.
“Yeah. Dad, Mom, don’t worry. Your son isn’t bad either!”
“Of course my son isn’t bad. Son, I don’t care whether Lusi is a celebrity or not. All I know is that if she’s willing to come home with you, then she’s our Wang family’s daughter-in-law!”
“Mom, don’t worry.”
“Oh, and Son, when you go to pick up Lusi tomorrow, buy some cigarettes too.”
“Okay, Mom.”
“Yes. I’ve already borrowed a car from your Third Uncle and the others. You can take our car to pick up Lusi.”
“Okay. Dad, do you and Mom have enough money? If not, I can transfer some to you.”
“You silly child, you’ve only just found a job and you’re already trying to give us money. Your mother and I have enough. You’re the one going to pick up Lusi. Do you have enough money?”
“Mom, I have enough.”
…
The entire evening, the three members of the family talked about Zhao Lusi.
At eleven that night, Wang Yifan returned to his room and lay down on his bed.
As soon as he settled down, he sent messages to Zhao Lusi and Liu Yifei.
Neither of them replied, so he lay there scrolling through videos.
As he scrolled, he came across quite a few videos featuring beautiful women.
He felt that every woman on Douyin seemed to have fair skin, beautiful looks, and long legs.
There were black stockings, high heels, JK uniforms, and mature-looking outfits everywhere.
He couldn’t tell whether the beauty filters were simply too powerful or whether there really were that many beautiful women!
It even got him a little excited.
“I hope next week’s video-watching reward gives me some kind of singing ability. Then I can perform on stage, shock everyone, and help my parents save some face!”
Suddenly, he thought of something.
He was the person in charge of Yinfu Tiaodong.
Could he have the people at Yinfu Tiaodong directly replace the first three videos in his feed with whatever videos he wanted?
Wouldn’t that allow him to obtain whatever rewards he wanted?
If he wanted something, he could simply arrange for it to appear!
But the moment that thought crossed his mind, the system’s voice rang out in his head.
[Ding! Warning to the host: The videos must be random. If the host deliberately interferes with the selection, no further rewards will be granted!]
“Damn it, system! You’re cheating! Why didn’t you tell me before?”
[Host, you never asked.]
“Damn!”
The system completely killed his idea of cheating his way into the rewards.
Sigh.
Since that route was blocked, he stopped thinking about it and continued scrolling through Douyin.
After watching videos for a while, he went to sleep.
When he woke up, it was already the next morning.
He got up unusually early that day.
The thought that Zhao Lusi was coming made him so excited that he couldn’t sleep.
His mind was filled with images of finally meeting her in person.
He was incredibly excited.
After getting up and washing up, he checked the time.
At eight o’clock, he set off to pick up Zhao Lusi.