Chapter 46

Shui Wuyuan declared decisively, "Second Brother He Qinglan."

Mm, for the next tens of thousands of years, He Qinglan could only be the perennial second-in-command of the water system beneath him!

Then the perennial second-in-command finally lost his patience and kicked a certain self-proclaimed big brother—an elementary school kid?—out, ruthlessly shutting the door in his face.

"How could you lock me outside? I was the one who paid someone to build this house, okay?!"

"You don't like being called second? If you've got the guts, let's go another round right now. Even if I gave you one hand, you still couldn't beat me!"

"Tch, fine, name it whatever you want, all right? I was just giving you a suggestion. Hey, you can kick me out, but if I'm out here, those two Potatoes can't stay inside either!"

"He Qinglan, did you hear that? Little River? Clear Ripple? Down-and-out Lanlan? Hurry up and give me those two Potatoes—ugh!"

Unable to endure a certain Rain God's endless prattling any longer, Down-and-out Lanlan sent his two Potato followers out as well.

Standing outside, Qi Xiaoyuan and Xia Youyu both wore expressions too complicated for words as they looked at Boss Water.

Clearly, when this big shot was alone, he had a wicked, unrestrained air and an overwhelming presence. No matter how one looked at him, he was domineering, handsome, and stylish. So why did he suddenly become childish, as if his intelligence had dropped, whenever he was in front of their Lord River God?

What was more, that childishness was strangely mixed with some other emotions and thoughts.

"Oh, now that you two Potatoes are out, get going. Number One, go back on your own. Number Two, didn't you bring a tent? You can put it up now. Other than him and me, no one else gets to sleep in a bed in this house. No one is spending the night inside."

"Sleeping on the floor isn't allowed either."

Xia Youyu put on his trademark respectful fake smile. "Okay, Boss. I'll go set up the tent right away, Boss."

After the two of them had walked quite some distance away from Shui Wuyuan, Xia Youyu suddenly sighed. "A person's childhood is very important."

Qi Xiaoyuan paused, nodded, then added, "When dealing with people, it's better not to hold grudges too deeply."

Potato One and Potato Two, who had always been rivals with conflicts between them, exchanged a glance. All of a sudden, they felt a tacit understanding of letting bygones be bygones and facing the enemy together.

So Boss Water was just a petty grudge-holder whose childhood had been messed up by their Lord River God!

Still standing outside and knocking on the door, Shui Wuyuan suddenly narrowed his eyes and gave a cold laugh.

And so, it rained in Bicheng again today.

The Rain God persona remained intact, except the rain fell with pinpoint accuracy directly over two people's heads.

Qi Xiaoyuan, Xia Youyu: "..."

They were so stupid. Just because it hadn't rained for one day, they had forgotten the terrifying Rain God curse that targeted them with such precision, ahhh!!

In the end, Shui Wuyuan still failed to get back inside for a second time. He could only grumble inwardly about Down-and-out Lanlan's pettiness before returning to his seaside mansion.

However, the moment Shui Wuyuan returned to his mansion, he followed the account "River's Clear Ripple," which the Down-and-Out River God had finally successfully registered.

He was also the first to like, comment on, and even condescend to repost "River's Clear Ripple," whose profile picture was a photo of a real, ugly river beneath the sunset.

River's Clear Ripple: [#Qinglan River Sunset Photo# #Qinglan River Garbage Photo# One day, it will once again become a mighty river, surging onward without end.]

Shui Wuyuan V: [#Reposted Weibo# Though I don't know whether that day will come in the Year of the Monkey or the Month of the Horse, I greatly look forward to its arrival.]

Thus, at 7:03 that evening, netizens who had finished eating their fill of gossip and were growing somewhat bored saw Boss Water suddenly repost and comment on a Weibo post.

Looking more closely, Boss Water had not only reposted and commented, but also followed someone! He had even liked that person's post! This was Boss Water's first time ever following, commenting on, reposting, and liking someone!!

Ever since Shui Wuyuan started his Weibo, this big shot had always been lofty and aloof, never sparing anyone more than a glance. Commenting, reposting, and liking were even more out of the question.

The excited netizens followed Boss Water's Weibo straight to the account "River's Clear Ripple." Then, looking at the post's content and pictures, the answer practically slapped them in the face once they thought it through!

[Ahhhhhhh!!! Immortal Pretty Boy's Weibo!! I'm the first one here after Boss Water, ahhh!]

[A miracle has appeared—Immortal Pretty Boy actually opened a Weibo account!! Boss Water's first-ever follow, repost, comment, like, screenshot, all in one go! What kind of divine friendship is this?!]

[The person above is wrong! This is love, screamed until hoarse, ahhh! Divine love!!!]

[His first Weibo post is planting a flag for environmental protection. I believe Immortal Pretty Boy truly aspires to clean up the Qinglan River and restore its former glory. Reposting to express my respect.]

Thus, with Shui Wuyuan, this top-tier big shot, lending his support immediately—and for the first time ever—the River God's first Weibo post instantly gained more than ten thousand reposts and likes, and they continued rising at an extremely frightening rate afterward.

As for the River God's follower count, it was explosively flooded by looks-obsessed fans and gossip hounds, rising so quickly that popular young stars shed tears of lemon.

Yet this breathtakingly beautiful Immortal Pretty Boy, who was highly likely to become the second top influencer outside the entertainment industry after Boss Water, had no intention whatsoever of entering showbiz, just like Boss Water. Even his explosively rising follower count, comments, and likes could not make him spare them a second glance. As long as he knew humans had seen his pictures and words and would slowly be influenced by them, that was enough.

Mm, his Number Two follower had said that to gain followers on Weibo, he needed to post more often. He also had to respond to fans in order to retain them and increase their attachment. So it was best to post one Weibo every day, perhaps with a selfie attached...

But the initial benefits should not be too generous either. They were not doing this for money anyway. If he did not want to show his face, he could photograph whatever he wanted, as long as he remembered to make a post.

Today's first Weibo post had been about his goals and ideas, so it did not count as daily content. Then what daily post should he make?

Sitting in the Crystal Cottage, the River God thought for a while. Finally, his gaze settled on the Black Carp circling around in the fish tank on the table, and the small altar of River God offerings beside it that Xia Youyu had carried back.