Make Your Debut, Brother

The job Qi Si had snatched from Zhou Linzhe was indeed easy—just arranging the goods and helping customers carry things when they came in.

Besides, by the time Qi Si took over from Zhou Linzhe, Zhou Linzhe had already organized most of the goods on the shelves. There was only a little left to finish.

It could be said that Qi Si had gotten a free bargain.

Meanwhile, Zhou Linzhe had been forced to give up his job and could only look for another one.

But there were only so many jobs to do in the village, and stocking the convenience store had been the easiest and cleanest one.

Zhou Linzhe wandered through the village aimlessly, looking for work that could earn him money. Along the way, he ran into several villagers carrying farming tools.

Whenever they saw Zhou Linzhe, they would unconsciously slow down and curiously study him and the cameraman following behind him.

Zhou Linzhe's expression remained cold and indifferent, as though he did not notice the looks around him at all.

Along the way, some villagers had wanted to come up and speak to him. But he smoothly ignored every single one of them.

The camera crew also knew very well how to stir things up. Whenever a villager passed by, they deliberately aimed the camera at the villager, who had opened their mouth only to hesitate and say nothing.

The scene became hilariously awkward.

[Help! Second Young Master Zhou, at least spare Uncle a glance!]

[I'm seriously going to die laughing in this livestream room. (covering face)]

[How many has that been? He can actually ignore every one of them. (awkward laugh)]

[Are these villagers NPCs handing out quests? I remember Best Actress Yang in the neighboring livestream got a task like that.]

[Yes, hahaha! (laughing tears)]

[Beautiful! A perfect miss! And to miss that many times, Second Young Master Zhou is pretty talented too.]

[Why do I feel like he isn't unaware? He's deliberately pretending not to see them? (confused)]

After passing another NPC, the cameraman assigned to Zhou Linzhe could not help reminding him, "Second Young Master, I think that villager wanted to say something."

Without even turning his head, Zhou Linzhe replied, "I know."

"Huh?" The cameraman was dumbfounded.

Zhou Linzhe explained, "I know they were arranged by the director."

The cameraman was shocked. "Then you were... doing it on purpose?"

"Mm."

"Why? Don't you want to make money?"

Zhou Linzhe said bluntly, "I do, but I don't want to work that hard. The jobs they wanted me to do looked dirty and exhausting."

The cameraman: "..." That was honestly not the reason he had expected.

Or rather, he might have thought of it, but he had not expected Zhou Linzhe to admit it so honestly.

[Uh... This is really not the outcome I expected. (covering face)]

[Pfft, he's so honest that I don't know what to do. (laughing tears)]

[No way, no way? In a place like this, he doesn't want to do dirty and tiring work, so why did he come? To be worshipped like an ancestor? As expected of a young master, so precious~]

[No need to be so sarcastic. If Qi Si hadn't snatched Zhou Linzhe's job, he would be doing just fine right now.]

[Exactly! Isn't this Qi Si's fault?]

[Qi Si only threatened him, didn't he? Would anything have happened if Zhou Linzhe had refused? What could Qi Si have done by going to find Lin Weiwei?]

[Isn't it obvious? Zhou Linzhe likes Lin Weiwei! He can't stand seeing the woman he likes being wronged!]

[You might as well say he doesn't want his love rival to get there first. (dog head)]

Lin Weiwei probably never imagined that even though she had not gotten involved with either of them, their livestreams could still have such a high Weiwei content level.

It was ridiculous!

Everyone was curious: if Zhou Linzhe refused to do these tasks, where exactly would he get the money to pay for his meals?

It was not just the viewers who were curious. Zhou Linzhe's cameraman and the rest of the production team were curious too.

As the sky gradually darkened, Qi Si's work at the convenience store came to an end.

When it was time to settle the payment, the owner tried to withhold the portion Zhou Linzhe had worked earlier. Qi Si caught her and got it back.

"Boss, this amount isn't right!"

"What's missing? Ten yuan an hour, and you only worked three hours, didn't you?"

Holding the thirty yuan in his hand, Qi Si smiled with a hint of roguishness.

"Boss, that's not very fair of you! I only worked three hours, but Zhou Linzhe worked for about an hour before I got here. What? That money doesn't count?"

"That was done by that young man, so it can't count toward yours!" The owner started playing dumb.

Qi Si said, "Fine, then don't count it. Just give me his share, and I'll take it to him."

The owner's eyes darted around. She clearly did not want to pay.

Qi Si did not give her a chance to make excuses and immediately said, "Boss, are you worried I won't give him the money? Don't worry, we're livestreaming. If I don't give it to him, the viewers will curse me to death!"

When the owner heard that it was being livestreamed, her expression changed.

In the end, she reluctantly took ten yuan from the counter and handed it over. "Fine, fine, take it! Remember to give it to him! See clearly, I didn't withhold his wages!"

"Got it! Wishing you booming business, Boss!"

Qi Si happily accepted the ten yuan from the owner, then left the convenience store in high spirits and headed back to Grandma Yu's house.

When he reached Grandma Yu's house, he saw a child lying on the table in the main room, doing homework.

Qi Si realized that this child was probably Grandma Yu's grandson, Yu Doudou.

"Hello, you're Yu Doudou, right?" Qi Si sat down by the table as though they were already familiar.

Yu Doudou looked up, his expression somewhat timid as he looked at Qi Si, then at the cameraman behind him carrying the camera.

"Hello, brothers. I'm Yu Doudou. Are you the brothers Grandma said came to film television?"

Qi Si laughed when he heard that. "Yes, yes, yes! We're here to film television, and we'll be staying at your house for a while. Do you welcome us?"

"I do." Yu Doudou looked at the handsome older brother before him. After hearing what he said, he smiled shyly too.

"Brothers, wait a moment!"

"Mm? What is it?"

Before Qi Si could finish asking, Yu Doudou stood up and pattered off toward the kitchen.

Qi Si did not know what he was going to do and hesitated over whether he should go take a look.

Not long after, Yu Doudou carefully walked back with two teacups in his hands.

Qi Si hurriedly got up to take them from him.

"I'll take them! Be careful!"

Yu Doudou did not resist. Watching Qi Si take the cups from him, he smiled shyly and said, "Brother, have some tea."

Yu Doudou was only eight years old and did not know much about social etiquette. He only knew that whenever guests came to the house, Grandma would make them tea.

So he copied what she did and made tea for Qi Si and the brother carrying that big thing.

Qi Si and the cameraman were both stunned for a moment.

"Wow! Doudou is amazing! This tea is so well made!" Qi Si lifted the cup, blew on it, and took a sip.

Then he praised him some more.

After that, he said to the cameraman beside him, "I'll carry your camera for a while. Have a few sips too. The little guy worked hard to make it, so you can't refuse him."

The cameraman had wanted to decline, but after hearing Qi Si say that, he glanced at the little boy beside him, who was eagerly watching him. In the end, he accepted Qi Si's suggestion.

Qi Si took the camera and aimed it at the cameraman drinking tea.

The cameraman was a little embarrassed and raised a hand to block the lens.

"Young Master Qi, don't film me! I'm not good-looking!"

"What do you mean, not good-looking? I think you're pretty handsome! Make your debut, brother!"

The cameraman's face instantly turned bright red.

The viewers in the livestream room were laughing themselves silly.