"Ten thousand followers." Chen Wen lightly held both of Jiang Qiuyi's hands in one hand while opening Bilibili on his phone with the other. Only after seeing the official notification in the backend did he learn the news.
"Let me see, let me see." Jiang Qiuyi lifted her upper body until her head rested on Chen Wen's shoulder. "It's already over twelve thousand. How did you only just notice?"
"...I wasn't paying much attention," Chen Wen said honestly.
Jiang Qiuyi still held Chen Wen's left hand in her own left hand, while slipping her right hand free to scroll across the phone screen. "Some fans are congratulating you in the comments."
[Ri Dangwu de Chuhe]: Congrats on ten thousand followers! When are you going to make good on that cross-dressing reward you promised for ten thousand followers? (doge)
"Ha ha!" Jiang Qiuyi pulled Chen Wen's left hand around behind her back, making him wrap an arm around her slim waist. She obediently nestled in his arms, trembling with laughter. "You can borrow my clothes to wear~"
Chen Wen kept a straight face. "I never agreed to that."
[Miao O]: Uploader, how about a face reveal? With such a nice voice, you must be pretty handsome, right? (drooling)
"Are you going to show your face?" Jiang Qiuyi asked curiously.
Chen Wen shook his head. "Why would someone who makes handicrafts show his face?"
"That's good." Jiang Qiuyi happily rubbed her cheek against him. "The moment you show your face, I'll definitely have a lot more rivals."
"It's not that exaggerated."
"How is it exaggerated?" Jiang Qiuyi widened her eyes in protest. "Did you forget freshman year? Girls messaged you on WeChat every day. If you hadn't been so clueless, who knows how many girlfriends you'd have gone through by now."
Chen Wen fell silent. After thinking back for a while, he remembered that there really had been such a period. Things only quieted down after he blocked those girls.
Looking down at Jiang Qiuyi in his arms, dressed as a blonde elf, Chen Wen still felt a little dazed. Wasn't their relationship progressing a bit too fast?
"Why don't you just use the Dark Repulser as the ten-thousand-follower special?" Jiang Qiuyi hadn't noticed his gaze. She was still reading through his fans' comments as she made the suggestion.
Chen Wen came back to himself. "I was originally planning to use the Dark Repulser as a giveaway prize, but if you're taking it to the convention, we can't hold the giveaway for now."
"I see..." Jiang Qiuyi's eyes shifted as she thought of a way to make up for it. Then she broke into a smile, took Chen Wen's phone, and said, "I've got an idea~"
On Chen Wen's Bilibili account, Jiang Qiuyi tapped to post an update and selected a poll. Once she had filled in the content, she showed it to him. "If you don't have any objections, I'll post it?"
[Ten-Thousand-Follower Special]: Which sword would you like me to make?
1. Dark Repulser (Kirito's sword from Sword Art Online)
2. Dark Repulser (Kirito's sword from Sword Art Online)
3. Lambent Light (Asuna's sword from Sword Art Online)
"Aren't I making all three of these swords?" Chen Wen asked in confusion.
When they had previously discussed making the Dark Repulser, Jiang Qiuyi had wanted Chen Wen to make Dark Repulser and Lambent Light as well, so the two of them could cosplay as Kirito and Asuna at the convention.
So Chen Wen had naturally planned to make all three swords.
"Exactly." Jiang Qiuyi giggled. "First, let the fans pick the most popular one as the special reward."
"After satisfying that group of fans, you'll then make the other two swords that you 'weren't originally planning to make.' The fans who were initially a little disappointed will be happy too."
"That way, the fans get to participate, and everyone gets what they want. Isn't that killing two birds with one stone?"
Chen Wen was speechless. He hadn't expected there to be so many tricks to it.
"Then go ahead and post it."
After tapping send, Jiang Qiuyi got up with Chen Wen's phone and opened the camera. "You promised to let me take pictures of you earlier. Sit on the sofa and strike a pose."
Chen Wen obediently looked into the lens, his expression solemn.
"That looks so dumb." Jiang Qiuyi held back her laughter as she directed him. "Rest your right hand on the sofa, then look toward the window on the left. Relax your body."
Chen Wen did as she said.
"Very good~" Jiang Qiuyi snapped several photos in succession, then had Chen Wen stand up and change locations and poses. She took a great many pictures.
"One phone wallpaper should be enough, right?" Chen Wen asked, puzzled.
Jiang Qiuyi wrinkled her delicate nose in an adorably defiant gesture. "I want to change it every day and cycle through them every week. Is that not allowed?"
After sending the photos to herself through Chen Wen's WeChat, Jiang Qiuyi pulled him back onto the sofa. Right in front of him, she changed the contact note for "Jiang Qiuyi" to "My Sweet Little Girlfriend."
Chen Wen: "..."
"Well?" Jiang Qiuyi smiled smugly.
"Too cheesy."
"Hmph!" Jiang Qiuyi pouted sulkily. After returning the phone to Chen Wen, she warned him, "You're not allowed to change it back!"
Chen Wen looked at the contact note, "My Sweet Little Girlfriend," and his expression twitched for the rarest of moments.
Fortunately, WeChat was private enough that no one else would normally see it, so Chen Wen didn't really mind.
"I'm going to change into pajamas, and then I need to edit the video." Having achieved her goal, Jiang Qiuyi spoke with satisfied contentment.
Chen Wen stood up. "Then I'll head back first..."
"No!" Jiang Qiuyi grabbed the hem of Chen Wen's shirt and pouted. "You don't have anything to do right now anyway."
"The last video was just posted, and the lumber for the next one hasn't arrived yet. You'd only be reading if you went back, so you might as well keep me company a little longer~"
"Then I'll go back, switch books, and come over again."
Chen Wen returned to his own place, swapped out Complete Book of Woodworking for Blueprint Details Explained, then went back to sit on the sofa in Jiang Qiuyi's living room in unit 902.
A few minutes later, Jiang Qiuyi came out wearing pink pajamas and called Chen Wen into her bedroom.
Unlike Chen Wen's plain, dark-colored bedroom, Jiang Qiuyi's room had a distinctly girlish feel.
The bedsheets and duvet cover were pinkish purple, while the desk and matching chair were off-white.
To the left of the door stood not only an enormous wardrobe, but also a large display cabinet filled with figurines of various anime characters.
If no one knew this was Jiang Qiuyi's room, nobody could possibly connect this room brimming with otaku style to the gentle, friendly musical prodigy Jiang Qiuyi of everyday life.
"Help me upload the footage from the camera onto the computer." Jiang Qiuyi pulled Chen Wen down into the comfortable chair, a sly smile curling at her lips.
Without suspecting anything, Chen Wen transferred the footage to Jiang Qiuyi's computer.
Once he was done, he was just about to stand and give up the seat when Jiang Qiuyi repeated her old trick and plopped herself down onto his lap.
"You..."
"What's wrong?" Jiang Qiuyi leaned back against him, resting her little head on Chen Wen's shoulder as she turned to reveal wide, innocent eyes.
Before Chen Wen could finish speaking, Jiang Qiuyi realized something. Her face flushed bright red as she fidgeted with the keyboard.
Chen Wen sat stiffly in the chair, somewhat awkward.
For a while, neither of them spoke.
[Pu Jie Ri Ji]: Today, I went to Hangzhou with my classmates to play a murder mystery game. I was really happy to get MVP for our session, hehe. I wrote this chapter on my phone while squeezing in time on the subway. Updates should return to normal tomorrow or the day after~ It's not easy for a newbie author to write a book, so please support me with bookmarks, recommendation votes, and investment~
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