Sunday afternoon, May 25.
Si Jiao Ji, the well-known Bilibili gaming uploader He Ji, was getting ready to set off from his enormous villa.
He carried a camera himself, with two assistants following behind him. One lugged another panoramic camera, while the other helped carry miscellaneous supplies.
His younger sister, He Ran, sat on the sofa fiddling with all sorts of little gadgets, all essential tools for making a Meal Card Ring Transformation.
"Hello, everyone! This is Si Jiao Ji!"
"The main content of this episode is..."
In the living room, Si Jiao Ji was filming introductory footage before setting off.
Since no one knew how the later video would develop, even if the opening had been filmed, they would likely need to reshoot parts of it after returning, depending on the actual situation.
That was why the various vlog-style short videos viewers usually saw often had shots arranged out of chronological order.
"...Anyway, as an older brother, I've really worried myself sick over my little sister's love life, even though I'm still single myself!" Si Jiao Ji skillfully cracked a self-deprecating joke at the camera and continued.
"So after my tireless efforts, we finally found the uploader behind this Meal Card Ring Transformation video, thanks to an introduction from the music uploader Qiuqiu."
"Luckily, he also lives in Hu City, not too far from us. So after getting in touch, we're heading over today to pay him a visit and learn from the master!"
"Without further ado, let's go!"
Once the opening was done, He Ji let out a breath, reviewed the footage, and, after deciding there were no issues, called everyone out.
His younger sister He Ran had short hair and heavy makeup. She wore a light black trench coat and a pair of ultra-short black hot pants that were completely hidden beneath the coat's hem.
At a glance, all anyone could see were her slim, fair legs, making it seem as though she was not wearing pants at all.
"Hurry up already. You could film this stuff when you get back anyway," He Ran urged impatiently.
"Damn it! Who was the one that found the guy for you? Ungrateful brat." Carrying the camera, He Ji walked into the garage, glanced over the cars worth several million on average, and decided to give the Mercedes worth a mere eight hundred thousand a rare outing.
After getting into the car, He Ran was still somewhat dissatisfied. "I only asked you to help me find him. I didn't ask you to tag along and film a video."
"What's wrong with me accompanying you and shooting some footage?"
"Who asked you to come with me? I could go by myself."
"What are you talking about? You're a girl going alone to some guy's home, and someone you've never even met before at that." He Ji laughed in exasperation. "If Mom and Dad found out, they'd beat me to death."
"They'd beat you, not me." He Ran played with a lock of pink-dyed hair and spoke indifferently.
He Ji started the car and drove out, threatening her as he went. "Do you still want that new designer bag? If you do, behave yourself."
The moment she heard that, He Ran immediately quieted down. After giving an "okay," she pulled out a lollipop and popped it into her mouth, indicating that she would shut up.
Once the Mercedes hit the road, He Ji continued recording footage through the camera mounted on the rearview mirror as he drove.
Although most of that footage would probably go unused, spontaneous conversations caught there could often make the video explode in quality.
Many wildly popular memes were often uncovered by fans in just such accidental moments.
"Once we get there, mind your attitude. When you're asking someone for help, don't put on such a haughty face," He Ji reminded her. "I heard Gu Wen has a pretty straightforward personality. Don't you two end up clashing."
"Oh, don't worry. How many times have you said that already?" He Ran popped the lollipop out of her mouth and rolled her eyes. "It's not like I'm talking to you. I'm perfectly polite when I talk to other people."
"So you know you're rude to me?" He Ji shot her a glance. "No idea when you'll ever change."
"When you buy me bags~" He Ran said with a blink, then put the lollipop back into her mouth and began sucking on it again.
"Tch!" He Ji curled his lip. "Hurry up and win over that male classmate of yours. Then I can relax a little too."
"I'm working on it," He Ran mumbled around the lollipop.
The Mercedes drove on, and around twenty minutes later, He Ji and the others arrived at the entrance to Huajing Garden.
The cameraman from the back seat got out first, hoisting the camera onto his shoulder to record footage.
"Be careful not to film too much of the exterior." He Ji still remembered Chen Wen's request. "We'll just shoot some footage of ourselves entering the residential complex nearby. We'll deal with the rest once we're at his place."
"Don't film the entrance to the complex, or people might identify the address."
After saying that, He Ji briefly filmed some footage beside the road outside the entrance, then led everyone into the complex while making a phone call.
Once the call connected, He Ji put it on speaker. A sexy, magnetic voice immediately came from the other end. "Hello? Have you arrived?"
He Ran, who had a thing for voices, was immediately drawn in and pricked up her ears beside him.
"Yeah, we're already inside the complex. We'll be downstairs at your building soon," He Ji said. "Once we get out of the elevator, I'll turn the camera on. Is that okay?"
The person on the other end fell silent for a moment. After thinking it over, he replied, "The living room and craft room are fine. Just don't go into the bedroom."
He Ji said, "Okay, then we'll be troubling you today."
At that moment, in the bedroom of apartment 901, Chen Wen put down his phone and looked at Jiang Qiuyi, who was lying on his bed after waking from her afternoon nap, and at the long, dazzlingly fair legs beneath her white hot pants. He sighed helplessly. "If you don't leave now, you won't be able to leave later."
"Didn't you say they weren't allowed into the bedroom?" Jiang Qiuyi buried her face in the pillow filled with Chen Wen's scent, revealing only her large smiling eyes. "I'll just hide in your bedroom. They won't find me~"
After saying that, Jiang Qiuyi rolled back and forth across Chen Wen's bed again, commemorating the first time she had slept in her boyfriend's bed.
Unfortunately, Chen Wen absolutely refused to take an afternoon nap with her. What a little regret... Jiang Qiuyi silently sighed to herself.
She had already been so proactive.
But how could she have known that, from her perspective, after liking him for more than ten years and suddenly successfully confessing to him, it should have been perfectly natural for them to quickly move on to kissing, hugging, and being lifted into the air?
But from Chen Wen's perspective, everything was happening too fast.
So fast that he had not even had time to react or adjust.
They had been dating for less than a week, and they were already at the stage of sleeping in the same bed. Naturally, Chen Wen felt like things were moving too fast.
Just as Jiang Qiuyi lay in bed dragging her feet and refusing to get up, He Ji and the others had already taken the elevator to the door of apartment 901.
The next moment.
Ding-dong~
The doorbell rang.
"Go answer the door."
Jiang Qiuyi stretched out her soft, fair foot and lightly kicked Chen Wen's exposed calf below his shorts.
[Pu Jie Ri Ji]: Mom dragged me into cleaning her refrigerator... We took apart every single component of the freezer... emmm... Okay, mostly I was just chatting in group chats... Today, a female author in the author group was scoring all the male authors... It was hilarious... Sadly, a lot of the jokes developed within the author group itself, so you probably wouldn't understand them. I won't post them...
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