"Chu Ge, think of something, Chu Ge."
Early the next morning, Chu Ge had just gotten up groggily to wash when Qiu Wuji caught hold of him. "They've all switched to that avatar. At a glance, it looks like the same person is saying everything."
Chu Ge felt there was nothing he could do. "I once saw another author's little ghost avatar all over half the Book Readers' Circle, too... ah, the craze will die down after a while..."
"That's my own avatar! Are they all Qiu Wuji?"
"It means you're popular." Chu Ge tried to reason with her. "Pick any celebrity fan group, and you'll find that ninety percent of their avatars are that celebrity. It means you're a star now."
"They don't even know me. That's a character in a book. Does that count as a star?"
"That's called a virtual idol. Look at my avatar-it's an anime girl, too. Other people use the same one sometimes."
"...Speaking of which, I forgot to ask. Who is that in your avatar?"
"...A foreign virtual star called Qiuyue Aili. You don't need to know her."
"I don't want to be a star!"
"It's fine. It's only virtual. It's not you."
Qiu Wuji felt that listening to him was like listening to nothing at all. He might as well have said nothing.
Yet despite not wanting anyone else to use her avatar, seeing Chu Ge use some foreign Aili instead made her unhappy. "You change yours to mine, too. No using foreigners."
Chu Ge said, "...All right, all right."
As he spoke, he went into the bathroom to wash up. "Let's go visit Pan Da and A Jun today."
"Oh." Qiu Wuji had completely forgotten that she had only just blocked them last night. "We should visit them. Pan Da worked