He Ran's Interlude

After Chen Wen left, Jiang Qiuyi stood up from the bed.

On the wall above Chen Wen's headboard, there was a protruding shelf for placing items.

And on this shelf, a camera had been placed at some point.

Judging by the red light, it was clearly in recording mode.

Jiang Qiuyi tiptoed, carefully took down the camera, quickly reviewed the recorded video, and finally nodded in satisfaction.

That's right, the entire bedroom had been in recording mode since Chen Wen returned at noon.

It wasn't that Jiang Qiuyi didn't want to tell Chen Wen in advance.

She was just afraid he wouldn't be able to relax in front of the camera and wouldn't be able to capture his genuine reactions.

As for Jiang Qiuyi's menstrual pain, it was naturally real.

She wasn't at the point of acting for the sake of the show; she simply wanted to record Chen Wen's true reactions.

Placing the camera on the desk, Jiang Qiuyi lay back down on the bed, idly flipping through her English vocabulary list.

After a few seconds of looking, she'd pull out her phone to scroll through her WeChat Moments, browse Bilibili, and then look at the list for a few more seconds.

When she heard the sound of the door opening, Jiang Qiuyi immediately sprang up from the bed, sat up straight, and put on a well-behaved appearance of diligently studying.

Chen Wen walked into the bedroom carrying the preserved egg and lean pork congee. He brought in a stool from the living room and placed it next to the desk. "Get up and eat the congee."

Putting down the English vocabulary list, which she hadn't even touched, Jiang Qiuyi climbed off the bed and sat on the stool, taking a bowl of congee.

"Why is the camera here?" Chen Wen asked, sitting down on a chair, his brow furrowed.

"Hehe." Jiang Qiuyi chuckled slyly. "You'll know once you transfer the new footage to your computer~"

Chen Wen glanced at Jiang Qiuyi suspiciously and plugged in the data cable.

Soon, several hours of recorded video were loaded onto the computer.

Chen Wen clicked play while eating the congee, and his eyes widened in shock as he saw the screen. "You've been filming the whole time?"

Jiang Qiuyi giggled, "Yep~"

"I was thinking of editing it into a video and posting it on our joint account. What do you think?"

"After my exams this month, I'm waiting for your exams at the end of the month so we can go home together."

"Besides practicing piano and filming videos for our main channel, there's nothing else to do."

"When the time comes, I'll edit the vlogs I've recorded during this period. I should be able to make several videos."

"If you agree, I'll upload them then."

Chen Wen casually skimmed through a few points in the video and recalled what had happened. Aside from holding his stomach, there didn't seem to be anything particularly outrageous.

Compared to the content in the video, what happened in the supermarket was more embarrassing for him.

"If you like it, post it. I have no objections."

After finishing the congee, Chen Wen tidied up the table, and then received a message on WeChat.

He Ran: Master, are you home? I'm here to drop off the Elucidator.

Chen Wen glanced at it and remembered that this was Si Jiao Ji's sister, so he replied.

Ill-informed Wen: I am.

He Ran: Then I'll arrive around 5 o'clock~

"Who is it?" Jiang Qiuyi asked curiously, seeing Chen Wen open WeChat.

"Si Jiao Ji's sister, coming to drop off the Elucidator."

"Oh~" Jiang Qiuyi nodded.

Jiang Qiuyi already knew about the Elucidator being lent out, so she didn't react much.

However, as it neared five o'clock and the doorbell rang, Jiang Qiuyi immediately got up and ran out of the bedroom, saying as she ran, "I'll get it, you just stay put."

Running to the door, Jiang Qiuyi peeked through the peephole, only to see two people.

Huh?

The person on the left was indeed that He Ran, but who was this rather delicate-looking young man on the right?

He looked quite shy.

Opening the door, He Ran was momentarily stunned when she saw Jiang Qiuyi, then immediately flashed a sweet smile. "Hello, senior Qiuqiu~"

The young man beside her nodded at Jiang Qiuyi.

Jiang Qiuyi nodded back. "Hello to you both."

"This is Master's Elucidator. Please take it, senior." He Ran took the wooden sword from behind her and handed the Elucidator and its sheath to Jiang Qiuyi.

"Thank you for your trouble." Jiang Qiuyi replied politely. Seeing them about to leave, she couldn't help but ask, "And who is this next to you?"

"Oh, him." He Ran wrapped her arm around the young man's arm. "He's my boyfriend~"

Hearing this answer, Jiang Qiuyi was clearly a little surprised and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

She was fawning over Chen Wen just a few days ago, and now she's already with another guy?

This guy... he must be the one she was trying to pursue when she made that ring, right?

"If there's nothing else, we're off on our date~" He Ran waved at Jiang Qiuyi. "Bye, Qiuqiu senpai~"

"Mhm, bye."

Jiang Qiuyi watched He Ran and her boyfriend enter the elevator, still a bit dazed.

This is for the best.

Jiang Qiuyi shook her head, closed the door, placed the Elucidator in the display case on the wall of Chen Wen's workshop, and then returned to the bedroom.

"Hey, that He Ran has a boyfriend now."

"Oh."

"Why aren't you surprised at all?"

"Didn't she make a ring to pursue someone else? It's pretty normal for her to have a boyfriend, isn't it?"

"..." Jiang Qiuyi was speechless. "Pretend I didn't say anything."

With that little interlude over, the two returned to their daily routine.

Chen Wen continued to spend his evenings in the workshop, working on Lambent Light. At the current pace, he estimated it would be done by Friday.

Jiang Qiuyi practiced piano in the music room for a while, then finally got serious about reviewing the cultural courses for her final exams.

When the time was right, she took a shower and slipped into Chen Wen's bed.

Lying in bed, Jiang Qiuyi was scrolling through Bilibili when she noticed that the video she posted that afternoon had already surpassed 800,000 views! At this rate, it would likely break a million before tomorrow. If it continued to gain traction for another week or two, two to three million views might even be achievable. This was definitely a pleasant surprise compared to her usual average of eight to nine hundred thousand views. Moreover, this Conan-themed cosplay was completely in a "silly" style, a stark contrast to her usual approach, and it had opened up a new direction. This was a field she could continue to explore for her main account's future creative ideas.

Thinking this, Jiang Qiuyi felt a bit happy and couldn't wait to share and brag to Chen Wen. However, she waited until 10:30 PM and still hadn't seen Chen Wen come into the room. This made Jiang Qiuyi a little confused. She got out of bed, left the bedroom, and walked into the living room, only to see a figure on the sofa.

"What are you doing?" Jiang Qiuyi walked over curiously, only to see Chen Wen eating ice cream, with three empty ice cream wrappers on the coffee table.

"Eating the rest of the ice cream so you wouldn't sneak any," Chen Wen finished the fourth ice cream, and all the ice cream in the fridge was gone. "Let's go, time for bed."

"..." Jiang Qiuyi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She looked at the wrappers on the coffee table with a bit of longing, but thinking that Chen Wen was looking out for her made her a little happy. "You're so silly."

Jiang Qiuyi snuggled into Chen Wen's embrace, wrapping her arms around his sturdy back and giggling twice. "But I like it."

[Pu Jie Ri Ji]: For this book, only Chen Wen and Jiang Qiuyi are the most important and irreplaceable. Since I had problems with my writing and the image I created for the character He Ran, I won't force myself to continue writing her. She will definitely appear again in the future, but she is destined to be a minor character in the early stages. As for what happens later, we'll see. After all, I've only written the first volume of my detailed outline... PS: Recently, many new readers have been curious about my gender... Perhaps my pen name is a bit misleading... I'll state here that I am male. (I never thought I'd be suspected of being female while writing in a male-oriented section...)