"I Want a Hug~"

The next morning at six o'clock.

Chen Wen got up on time, washed up, and then went out for his usual exercise.

Pushing open the door to 901, Chen Wen had just stepped out when the door to 902 opposite him opened in response.

Jiang Qiuyi, dressed in a pink tracksuit, poked her head out, tilting her head towards Chen Wen with a playful smile.

Since moving out at the beginning of the second semester of their junior year, their morning runs had become a daily ritual for the two of them for over two months.

Walking into the elevator, Jiang Qiuyi quietly moved to Chen Wen's side, took his arm, and smiled happily.

"Actually, I hate morning runs. Getting up this early every day to torture myself, I don't get enough sleep," Jiang Qiuyi said, resting her head on Chen Wen's shoulder and yawning with her hand covering her mouth.

Chen Wen was taken aback, "Didn't you say you wanted to maintain your figure?"

"Isn't it just to spend more time with you!" Jiang Qiuyi pouted, displeased. "But you always leave me far behind. I run one lap, and you run three."

"...It can't be helped, you run too slowly," Chen Wen said truthfully.

Provoked by Chen Wen's words, Jiang Qiuyi angrily grabbed Chen Wen's large hand, squeezing and kneading it forcefully, wanting to get revenge.

But Chen Wen's hands were too rough. She only felt a gentle, soft little hand massaging him, which was very comfortable.

Exiting the elevator, the two arrived at the entrance of Huajing Garden residential complex. After warming up, they began to jog around the complex.

With his girlfriend's feelings in mind, Chen Wen first accompanied Jiang Qiuyi at a slow pace for one lap before accelerating for the remaining two laps.

After stopping, breathless, Jiang Qiuyi went to the breakfast shop at the entrance of the complex to buy breakfast.

"Xiao Qiu, the usual?" Aunt Liu from the breakfast shop asked with a smile.

"Mhm, thank you~" Jiang Qiuyi wiped the sweat from her forehead. "Beef and vermicelli, no scallions, please."

"Got it," Aunt Liu said, shaking her head with a smile. "You remind me every day, but I haven't seen that Chen Wen boy catch on yet."

In the past, when Aunt Liu said this, Jiang Qiuyi would definitely have blushed and looked around nervously.

But today, the situation was vastly different.

Jiang Qiuyi clasped her hands behind her back, stood up straight happily, and said proudly, "We're already together~"

"Oh?" Aunt Liu scooped a bowl of salty tofu pudding and handed it to the plate, her face showing surprise. "It wasn't easy. I thought that boy was just a block of wood."

"Don't say that, he's actually quite good to me," Jiang Qiuyi said, stomping her feet shyly and fidgeting. "He's just a bit slow when it comes to relationships."

A bowl of tofu pudding, a bowl of beef and vermicelli, a serving of xiaolongbao, and a serving of pan-fried dumplings.

Jiang Qiuyi carried the plates to a table and began to eat slowly.

She ate with small, deliberate bites. By the time Chen Wen finished his run and came to eat with her, he had already finished, and she still had a small bowl of tofu pudding left.

"Chen Wen, your video seems to have made it to the homepage!" Jiang Qiuyi said while eating breakfast, taking out her phone to browse Bilibili. She excitedly showed her phone to Chen Wen.

Chen Wen took a look and saw that the video he uploaded last night, "Meal Card Ring Transformation," was indeed on the homepage recommendation list.

He took out his own phone and saw that the backend notifications were already over 99+.

The playback count was over 50,000+, likes were over 10,000+, coins were over 3,000+, and favorites were surprisingly over 10,000, similar to the likes.

These stats were definitely quite good for a new uploader who had only uploaded for less than ten hours.

Especially for a uploader in the crafting section, these stats were already considered a minor success.

As long as the subsequent growth was stable, the playback count had a good chance of breaking the 200,000 mark within a week.

Keep in mind that Chen Wen's previous two videos had only just surpassed 10,000 playback counts over several months.

This showed the effectiveness of this latest video.

After checking the backend data, Chen Wen clicked on his private messages and found that many people had specifically messaged him asking for details on how to make the ring.

He didn't reply immediately, planning to answer them slowly on the subway when he went to school.

Entering the comment section, the top-ranked comment, with thousands of likes, was:

[Ri Dangwu de Chuhe]: Based on the description, did the uploader succeed in confessing with this ring? I don't believe it. (doge x3)

A string of replies below the comment were all uniformly "I don't believe it either."

Chen Wen strongly agreed with this sentiment and thus replied, "I don't believe it either."

[Buyao Longwang de Shuihuo]: Is it okay to embed the chip into dentures? Just smile when you swipe the card.

[Mou Kaopu Chengnian Feizhai]: You posted this after 520 passed? Reported (doge) Brothers, am I doing the right thing? (doge)

[Miao O]: Am I the only one paying attention to the uploader's voice? It's so magnetic and sexy! (cat shocked)

Chen Wen scrolled through a few more comments and, finding it boring, put his phone away.

On the other hand, Jiang Qiuyi beside him was still scrolling through his comment section, laughing uncontrollably, and even nudging Chen Wen to share it with him.

Normally, her own videos easily got hundreds of thousands or even millions of views, and her comment section and private messages would explode, but she hadn't seen her this happy before.

"My cosplay outfit has arrived. Can you help me get it later?" While reading comments, her phone popped up a delivery notification from Beehive Express, so Jiang Qiuyi turned and said.

Chen Wen was stunned for a moment, then realized, "A benefit for reaching a million followers?"

"Eh? You knew?" Jiang Qiuyi looked surprised, a happy smile on her face. "I thought you didn't even pay attention to my updates."

"I don't follow it," Chen Wen said honestly. "You mentioned it yourself last week when we were eating. Did you forget?"

"..." Jiang Qiuyi's face fell, and she let out an displeased hum before saying helplessly, "Should I call you dumb or honest?"

Chen Wen didn't take the bait and changed the subject. "What cosplay outfits did you buy? You didn't mention that."

"A few female characters from the Sword Art Online series," Jiang Qiuyi flipped open her Bilibili post from half a month ago and showed it to Chen Wen. "I posted a poll when I hit a million followers, and Sword Art Online got the most votes."

"I bought outfits for Asuna, Suguha, Lisbeth, and Sinon. I'll try them on for you when I get back, okay?"

Chen Wen shook his head. "I have an early class this morning. I'm free in the afternoon."

"Mmm..." Jiang Qiuyi made a sound of regret and annoyance. "I have classes all morning and afternoon. I won't be back until tonight."

"Are you eating dinner here tonight?" Chen Wen asked.

Jiang Qiuyi shook her head in disappointment. "My last class doesn't end until 5:30. I'll probably just go eat with my classmates."

"Then we'll talk tonight."

After breakfast, Chen Wen held Jiang Qiuyi's hand and walked into the residential complex under Aunt Liu's smiling gaze.

After taking the cosplay outfits to Jiang Qiuyi's room, Chen Wen went back to his own room to pack his schoolbag. After showering and changing, the two walked out of the complex hand-in-hand again.

"I want a hug~"

Before parting at the complex entrance, Jiang Qiuyi tilted her head back, opened her arms, closed her eyes, and put on a silly expression.

Chen Wen noticed the stares of passersby and stiffly embraced Jiang Qiuyi's soft body.

"See you tonight~"

"Yeah, see you tonight."

[Pu Jie Ri Ji]: I mailed out the contract this afternoon. After writing for a year, I finally got a proper internal submission contract. It was so difficult... If it weren't for the internal submission, with this book's content, it would probably have been another agonizing solo journey... So, it's not too much to ask for a recommendation vote, right? (.-`ω-)