Social Death

4 PM, Hu City residential area.

Since he only had one delivery this afternoon, Wu Jianwen returned home early, took a shower, and sat down at his computer to relax.

Ten minutes later, a wad of tissues landed in the nearby trash can. Wu Jianwen went to the bathroom to wash his hands, then returned and opened Bilibili to browse.

"Qiuqiu posted a new video," Wu Jianwen said curiously.

"[Revealing Face] First face reveal video, please be kind~ The three most classic soundtracks from Detective Conan, don't call the police!!!"

Seeing the title, Wu Jianwen's interest was immediately piqued.

Although he didn't care whether the uploader revealed their face or not, any fan would be a million times more willing to get a glimpse of Qiuqiu's true appearance.

As soon as the video loaded, Wu Jianwen was stunned.

[A person in a black-clothed character cosplay costume sat in front of the camera, waving hello to everyone.]

"This is considered a face reveal?"

"Hahahaha!"

"So funny!"

"Clicked in with excitement, left in fear."

Wu Jianwen stifled his laughter. He hadn't expected a face reveal to be this kind of trick. He mentally accused Qiuqiu of clickbaiting but couldn't bring himself to dislike it.

[The person in black began to play the piano, and the eerie soundtrack from the murder scene began to play, interspersed with clips of the black-clothed character appearing in the anime.]

"Scary."

"Scary."

"Scary."

"..."

Honestly, as soon as Wu Jianwen heard this soundtrack, goosebumps popped out all over his arms.

The black-clothed figure combined with Conan's eerie and thrilling music was incredibly effective.

[After a few dozen seconds, the music changed to the classic tune that plays after a case is solved.]

"This is so classic."

"That figure."

"Crime scene."

"Criminal outside the law."

After taking a sip of water, Wu Jianwen couldn't help but send a few bullet comments.

[The last piece of music, which often plays when Conan solves a case, flashed by with related video clips from the anime.]

"A lightning strike."

"There is only one truth!"

"Holy crap, everyone stand up!"

"I get it."

"Cheating time."

"Kogoro Mouri: My neck hurts just hearing this."

After watching the video, Wu Jianwen let it loop and scrolled down to the comment section with his mouse.

[Wang Zai]: This woman is clearly good-looking but ridiculously silly

[Lei Puton]: So every crime scene has a little black guy hiding in some unknown corner playing the piano?

[Mou Kaopu Chengnian Feizhai]: This is from an original anime episode of Detective Conan titled "The Piano Room Murder Case." The plot here depicts the culprit's method of committing the crime and Conan recreating the scene himself. It was deleted due to being too suspenseful and terrifying. I saw it here today, thank you, uploader.

[Mo Qiuli]: Those black stockings are too black.

[Xiang Qing Er Xing]: You can't tell if the little black guy is male or female, but your chest is too obvious (doge).

[Tian Sha Gu Xing De Gu]: I clicked in excitedly when I saw "face reveal," but it instantly made me lose interest.

Wu Jianwen chuckled at the silly netizens' comments, reached for his keyboard, and started thinking of witty remarks, planning to join the fray and aim for a top comment.

"Stop looking at your phone and focus on your review." Chen Wen finished editing for a while and turned to see Jiang Qiuyi scrolling through Bilibili on the bed.

"Just a moment." Jiang Qiuyi lowered her head and tapped the screen a few times, then held up her phone to show Chen Wen. "Look, look, it's already over 100,000 views in just over an hour~"

"Mm," Chen Wen nodded. "Five more minutes, and I'll start testing you on your vocabulary."

Jiang Qiuyi pouted, huffed, threw her phone onto the bed, and picked up her English vocabulary list to memorize.

Memorizing vocabulary was the worst!

"I'm so hungry..." Jiang Qiuyi's eyes darted around. She put down her book and touched her stomach, saying, "Didn't we skip lunch?"

"Mm," Chen Wen nodded. "I just had a piece of bread to tide me over."

Previously, Jiang Qiuyi had a stomachache and couldn't eat, so Chen Wen didn't eat much either.

It was already past four o'clock, and he was indeed a bit hungry.

"Let's eat after we finish dictation."

"Nooo~" Jiang Qiuyi crawled to the edge of the bed and whined like a puppy, "I'm so hungry right now~ I want to eat~"

Seeing her poised to pounce, Chen Wen had no choice but to let go of the mouse and keyboard and ask, "What do you want to eat?"

"KFC?"

"You just got your period and you're eating fried food?" Chen Wen frowned. "Choose something else."

"Mmm..." Jiang Qiuyi rolled over on the bed, facing upwards and looking at Chen Wen upside down. Her beautiful hair cascaded down the edge of the bed like a waterfall. "Braised chicken?"

"Something lighter."

"Ah~" Jiang Qiuyi made a cute sound, then finally flipped over, lying on her stomach. She reached out, poking Chen Wen's pant leg as she said, "Then how about Aunt Liu's century egg and lean meat congee from the entrance of the complex?"

"Okay, that works." Chen Wen got up, grabbed his keys and phone, and walked out of the bedroom. Before leaving, he turned back and instructed, "Keep memorizing words. We'll have dictation after we eat."

"...Got it."

Taking the elevator, Chen Wen exited the complex and arrived at the usual breakfast shop at the entrance.

"Two bowls of century egg and lean meat congee, please."

"Coming right up!" Aunt Liu, who had been resting while looking at her phone, put it away and stood up. She took a closer look and exclaimed, "Oh, Chen Wen! Where's Qiuyi?"

"She's at home."

"Oh, right. She's not feeling well, is she?" Aunt Liu said thoughtfully. "Girls are sensitive at that time, you really need to take good care of her."

"?" Chen Wen was confused. He felt like Aunt Liu knew everything. "Did she tell you?"

Although Jiang Qiuyi was usually polite and well-behaved with Aunt Liu, their relationship wasn't that close, was it?

"Not at all." Aunt Liu chuckled as she scooped the congee for him. "Didn't you buy two packs of sanitary napkins for your girlfriend at the supermarket at noon?"

Chen Wen: "?!"

"How did you know?"

"We were chatting in the complex's group chat!" Aunt Liu covered her mouth and laughed heartily, then handed the two bowls of congee to Chen Wen. "It looks like you two have a great relationship. Your WeChat nicknames are so romantic."

"..." Chen Wen stiffly took the congee, feeling as though the entire complex was filled with malice directed at him. "Thanks. How much?"

"20 yuan."

After scanning the QR code to pay, Chen Wen left in a hurry.

It seemed like he'd have to find a new place for breakfast after his morning run from now on.

But if Aunt Liu was saying this, it sounded like everyone in the complex's group chat knew. That would be too embarrassing...

How bored was that supermarket cashier to be chatting about something like that in the group chat?

Chen Wen got into the elevator, watching the floor numbers tick upwards, his mood inexplicably heavy.

He took out his phone and looked at Jiang Qiuyi's WeChat nickname. He wondered if he should discuss changing it to something more normal later.

[Pu Jie Ri Ji]: A big shot tipped the guild leader yesterday, so I'm adding an extra chapter today. There are two more to go.