Eating Noodles or Eating Saliva?

In the living room.

Chen Wen, with a healthy dose of self-awareness, took out his phone, opened Bilibili, and found Jiang Qiuyi's account, "Qiuqiu yiyi."

The latest video, "[Million Follower Welfare]: Sword Art Online Series, Cosplaying Four Characters in One Go! Which One Captures Your Heart the Most?" showed it was posted just two hours ago.

He clicked to watch, and instantly, a flood of bullet comments scrolled by.

"Wife, I'm here!"

"Asuna is the best!"

"First up is the losing dog, Liz."

"A large-scale peach-stealing scene."

"Selling peaches in the front row."

"Looking and looking, Qiuqiu's cosplays are still the most comfortable."

"So the welfare isn't swimsuits? My youth is over!"

"Four characters, four times the happiness!"

As the video began, it split into four sections, each showing a character Jiang Qiuyi was cosplaying.

Chen Wen recognized them instantly; he had personally filmed them for Jiang Qiuyi these past few days.

A few seconds later, the first image, Liz's cosplay, zoomed in, and she began striking various poses, triggering another wave of bullet comment congestion.

Then the camera shifted, and the scene switched to the side of a piano, only showing Jiang Qiuyi from the neck down.

"As expected, the headless knight's final stubbornness."

"I thought she'd show her face for a million followers."

"Qiuqiu said she doesn't plan to show her face while she's in school, don't be nosy."

"Could it be a stunning figure with a killer face?"

"She gets cursed for attracting fans by showing her face and body, and then you guys guess wildly when she doesn't, you're really hard to please."

"I like it this way, can't we just focus on the cosplayed characters and the piano itself?"

Chen Wen was clearly used to the comments appearing in Jiang Qiuyi's videos. He just quietly listened to the piano piece Jiang Qiuyi had played countless times, hoping for a flash of inspiration, something he could use to praise her later.

The quality of this video was very good.

Besides the photos of Jiang Qiuyi showcasing her cosplayed characters at the beginning of each piano piece, some Sword Art Online plot points related to the music were inserted while she played.

Jiang Qiuyi had chosen four pieces in total.

One was an insert song from when Kirito and Liz were trapped in a dragon pit overnight. Another was the insert song from when Suguha learned that the person she liked in the game was her own brother.

The third was an insert song from when Kirito and Asuna kissed and spent the night together, followed by the ending theme song of Sword Art Online season 2.

As far as Chen Wen knew, besides practicing these four pieces at home, Jiang Qiuyi also sought advice from her teachers at school and even asked for opinions on musical arrangements.

When editing the video, Jiang Qiuyi would also seek help in the uploader's WeChat group from experts skilled in making anime MADs, to pair the piano pieces with appropriate anime plot points.

Compared to Chen Wen's casual attitude towards publishing videos on Bilibili, Jiang Qiuyi was clearly more invested and passionate about this work, or rather, this hobby.

This was also a major reason why she had slowly accumulated over a million followers in less than three years of college.

Even Chen Wen, who no longer had much impression of the Sword Art Online plot, could watch all four pieces with great interest without any excessive nudity or face reveals from Jiang Qiuyi.

After finishing the video, Chen Wen scrolled through the comment section.

Besides praise for the uploader and laments about why there weren't swimsuit benefits, there were discussions about whether music section uploaders should dress sexily.

Of course, there were also quite a few people clamoring for Qiuqiu to show her face, and many comments reminiscing about the Sword Art Online plot.

Chen Wen generally didn't pay much attention to these comments; he'd read them and move on.

However, one highly-rated comment caught his attention.

"Did anyone else notice that Qiuqiu has a new dark blue ring on her right ring finger?"

Many replies followed below.

"OP, you made me go back and watch again."

"Holy crap, it's true!"

"Right ring finger means marriage? Was Qiuqiu proposed to?"

"You're an idiot, the right ring finger means you're in a passionate relationship."

"Qiuqiu has a boyfriend?! Is that true or not?"

"Maybe it's just an accessory? You're overthinking it."

"Could 'passionate relationship' mean she has a great relationship with her million followers?"

"Thinking about it that way, Qiuqiu is thoughtful."

"Moved (Tears of Joy.JPG)"

Seeing the replies gradually go off-topic, Chen Wen felt slightly relieved.

It made sense, after all. He was just a small streamer who had barely crossed the ten-thousand-follower mark. No one would connect the two.

Jiang Qiuyi had already stated that she didn't want to tie her real-life identity to her streamer persona for now.

If it were just about exposing their relationship, Jiang Qiuyi wouldn't have minded.

But if Chen Wen's Bilibili account was also exposed and implicated, it would inevitably lead to all sorts of trouble.

Now that the video was already uploaded, withdrawing it would only arouse suspicion.

Since no one had discovered the connection between the ring on "Qiuqiu yiyi's" finger and the video "Ill-informed Wen" posted a few days ago, there was no need to be overly anxious.

Let nature take its course.

Just as Chen Wen finished watching the video, Jiang Qiuyi in the kitchen had already finished making tonight's noodles.

"Just pour the noodles from the pot into the bowl," Lin Meng said, ending her thrilling guidance. She finally breathed a sigh of relief after confirming Jiang Qiuyi was safe and sound.

Jiang Qiuyi lifted the pot with both hands and poured the beef, tomato, and egg noodle soup into a pre-prepared oversized bowl. After setting the pot down, she clapped her hands in satisfaction.

She picked up her chopsticks, slurped a mouthful of noodles, and her eyes lit up. She gave Lin Meng, who was on her phone, a thumbs-up. "This tastes really good! Just as expected from the top streamer in the food section~"

"Go away, go away. Next time I visit you, just treat me to a meal," Lin Meng said with a look of disdain. Then she asked suspiciously, "Why did you only prepare one bowl? Aren't you eating?"

"Hee hee," Jiang Qiuyi said, putting on her kitchen gloves and picking up the noodle bowl. "Of course, I'm eating with my boyfriend~"

"..." Lin Meng's face darkened. In a fit of pique, she ended the video call. "Goodbye!"

Jiang Qiuyi walked out of the kitchen, placing the noodle bowl on the dining table as she called out to Chen Wen, "The noodles are ready~ Come and eat."

Chen Wen put away his phone and sat down at the table. He couldn't help but be surprised. "Why is there only one bowl?"

"Why ask so many questions?" Jiang Qiuyi sat beside him, handed him the chopsticks, and urged, "Try it, is it good?"

Slurp, slurp~

Chen Wen didn't stand on ceremony. He lowered his head and took a bite of the noodles, then picked up a piece of beef and took a bite of the fried egg.

"It tastes good."

It was rare to hear Chen Wen's praise. Jiang Qiuyi's eyes curved into crescents as she smiled. She leaned her small head forward, opened her mouth, and said, "Ah~ I want to eat too, feed me~"

Chen Wen turned his head and saw Jiang Qiuyi's alluring lips leaning in. His hands immediately paused.

After snapping back to reality, he awkwardly picked up a strand of noodles with his chopsticks and brought it to Jiang Qiuyi's mouth, diligently feeding her.

Jiang Qiuyi sucked the noodles into her mouth, deliberately latched onto the chopsticks, and took a bite before nodding with feigned seriousness and a smile. "Mmm~ Delicious~"

[Public Information]: Lin Meng, a well-known food blogger, Bilibili account "Mengmeng's Kitchen," with nearly two million followers on Bilibili alone. She is currently 26 years old, pursuing a Ph.D. in Food Processing Technology, and has been single since birth.