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Still have to go on a blind date\n
Before Xie Qingcheng came, he heard that the girl cared more about the manâs income, but unexpectedly, after he told her that his salary was not too high, the girl still did not dim her enthusiasm.\n
Bai Jing smiled: âProfessor Xie is really part of the intellectual group, so modest. Alas, it is not easy to find such a sincere man these days.â\n
Xie Qingcheng: ââŚâŚâ\n
âProfessor Xie also seems to be very tasteful. Isnât he a man who likes to talk about lifestyle/mood of life , right?â\n
Xie Qingcheng frowned: âNo, I-â\n
âOne look at your outfit and you can tell.â\n
Xie Qingcheng: ââŚâŚâ\n
He sat in confusion for a while, until Bai Jing could not help saying to him, âProfessor Xie, that T-shirt you are wearing is the authentic model of our counterâs brand. At that time, five or six T-shirts came to the whole of Huzhou, and they were very rare, and they could not be matched at 1:1. You really keep a low profile. â\n
It was only then did Xie Qingcheng finally realize that the original reason for the weird atmosphere of this blind date was because He Yu casually lent himself this change of clothes.\n
He pondered for a moment what the girl said, and then remembered He Yuâs understatement â âNo need to return it. Iâm not used to wearing clothes that have been worn by others. You can throw it away after you wear it, itâs old too.â\n
ââŚâŚâ\n
Evil capitalism.\n
Bai Jing smiled: âProfessor Xie, you are not being sincere on this date with me. Your clothes can almost catch up with many peopleâs salaries for a year, and without a little connection, it is difficult to buy this in the country,and you only treat me to coffee?â\n
Xie Qingcheng said, âYou misunderstood. I borrowed this dress from a friend.â\n
âBorrowed?â Bai Jingâs eyes widened instantly.\n
The conversation that followed was somewhat lackluster, and the original beaming counter sister returned to reality after learning the truth about this blind date.\n
Bai Jingâs interest in him has obviously waned, except for forcing him to take a picture together, she had been shooting the dessert and reversing the camera to take a picture of herself. From time to time, several clients sent messages, and she did not shy away to send direct voice repliesâ\n
âMrs. Zhang, donât worry, that limited edition bag is definitely reserved for you. Oh you donât need to send me extra thank you gifts. How should I react if you did?.â\n
âCEO Wang, the dress you asked for last time has arrived, when do you think it will be convenient for you to come to the store? Yes, it was altered in advance according to your size, large size, but the front is tightened by 2cm, donât worry, I have it all written down here.â\n
After an awkward meal, Xie Qingcheng settled the bill, and looked down at Bai Jing. The girl was about the same age as his students. He did not have any sincerity for the blind date in the first place. It was all to fulfill the wishes of Aunt Li, so he didnât take all the words and actions of the girl in mind. In addition, he was a male chauvinist, so he said, âIâll call a taxi for you.â\n
âAll rightâ Bai Jing said impolitely, âIâll trouble Professor Xie for this.â\n
But this road is one of the busiest streets in Shanghai, and now it was the evening rush hour, so the two waited for half a day, but all the taxis had passengers in them.\n
Xie Qingcheng sighed: âIf you donât mind, Iâll walk with you a little further. It will be easier to get a taxi at that intersection in front of you.â\n
Bai Jing: âOkay, but I have a live broadcast at eight oâclock, my time is fixed, fans will be unhappy if I postpone my appointment temporarily, do you mind?â\n
Although Xie Qingcheng did not use streaming software, but Xie Xue did, so he more or less understood what she was talking about.When he heard Bai Jing say this, he casually asked: âYouâre also an anchor?â\n
âYes, I work very hard, sooner or later I will be the top stream anchor, hehehe.â\n
Xie Qingcheng nodded: âItâs good to have a dream, so letâs go. I donât mind.â\n
âThank you oh brother. Although youâre not very rich, youâre quite handsome.â Bai Jing smiled as she caught up with him, âBy the way, I will turn the camera over to you later, it does not matter, right? Everyone likes to see handsome men.â\n
ââŚâŚwhatever you want.â\n
Ten minutes later, Xie Qingcheng regretted that he had said âwhatever wou wantâ ten minutes ago.\n
He was really out of step with the times. He did not know that there was such a form in the live broadcast played by young people now. Bai Jing fished out a pink selfie stick from the bag and began to move it from side to side, saying lines that made him feel inexplicable and nutritionless lines, rambling for about half a day, not knowing what she wanted to express.\n
âThis is the most prosperous street in Shanghai. There are many handsome boys and beauties. Hey, did you see that bag carried by that passerby? That is a high imitation, I can see it at a glance, if you want to know how to distinguish authenticity, remember to follow me oh.â\n
âOh yes, this one beside me is a handsome man I met today, superb temperament, high knowledge professor with an annual salary of a million, you see that out-of-print T-shirt on him, ah, yes, he is the one who invited me to dinner, and now he is sending me home. Thank you all for your blessings, thank you!â\n
Xie Qingcheng almost doubted whether she was deaf or not. just about to turn her head and refute her, Bai Jing has flexibly turned the camera and muted it â \n
âSorry brother, itâs not easy to make a living, donât expose me OK?â\n
Xie Qingcheng: ââŚâŚâ\n
He just canât figure out why someone would like to put false happiness on the Internet and use inflated materialistic desires to attract viewers.\n
But thatâs fine, he didnât want to argue with the little girl.\n
The blind date should have ended in such a stoic way â if they hadnât met someone else next.\n
That unexpected person appeared at the three-way intersection.\n
At this time, Xie Qingcheng and Bai Jing had walked for more than ten minutes to the sparsely populated roadside where there were fewer people waiting for a car. Bai Jing was introducing the seasonâs high-end luxury goods with a beaming smile to the fans of the live broadcast.\n
Halfway through the introduction, the perceptive Bai Jing suddenly noticed a blurred shadow not far behind her from the selfie camera, which swayed back and forth, as if hesitating about something.\n
She didnât pay much attention to it at first, but soon the shadow actually approached rapidly in her direction, and by the time she reacted, the cameraâs image already reflected the face of a dirty old tramp, lunging straight behind her.\n
Bai Jing froze for a moment, looked back and could not help but scream out.\n
It was a bad old man reeking of stench, a tattered suit, no one doubted that the clothes would never be put on again after taking them off, because they were almost full of holes of various sizes. The old man was followed by a yellow dog with a lame leg, which now also followed the scurrying towards Bai Jing barking wildly.\n
âDaughter! Daughter! I finally found you!â\n
âAh! Whatâs wrong with you! Whoâs your daughter! Go away!â\n
âNo, no, no, no, you are my daughter? Daughter, donât you recognize your old man? You quickly let the old man see, the old man has not seen you for how long âŚâŚâ The old man seemed to be mentally ill, but while shedding tears, he excitedly wanted to go over and hug Bai Jing.\n
Bai Jing was so frightened that she lost her face, the live camera was not turned off, backed up, and screamed hysterically: âAre you a psycho ?! Who are you! Get lost!â\n
âDaughter, how can you not recognize me?â The old man burst into tears and skipped two steps forward, and his thin grey fingers pulled forward trembling like charcoal sticking out from the embers. âI ⌠I miss you⌠Dad misses you. â\n
He spoke with a strong Central Plains accent, and it was obvious that he would not be the father of Bai Jing, a native of Huzhou. Xie Qingcheng immediately judged the situation, stopped Bai Jing behind him and said, âItâs okay, you hide behind me.â\n
Bai Jing was stunned: âHeâs so scary! How can this kind of person wander on the road ah, does the city management not care? Ahhhhh!!!â\n
Before the words left her mouth, she jumped to her feet and screamed hysterically, but the yellow dog that followed the old man came around and sniffed at her feet.\n
âHelp! It . . itâs going to bite me! Whatâs wrong with this dog! Donât you have a leash?â\n
Bai Jing screamed and ran, grabbing her cell phone in haste and trying to call the police.\n
In her opinion, the old tramp was already scary enough, and she was even more alarmed by this ugly stray dog, and thought that they should all be arrested! Not to mention that they scared her and interrupted her live broadcast âŚâŚ wait, wait, her live broadcast!!!\n
Bai Jing suddenly realized that her live broadcast had been left on, and scrambled to pick up her phone to take a look.\n
A few seconds later, her pupils contracted violently and she couldnât believe it-\n
Her ordinary broadcast room was usually watched by only 20 or 30 people, but now because of this strange emergency, the number has risen to more than 300 in a few minutes!\n
The number of people on the screen was still rising in a straight line, and the barrage was brushing with online messages â \n
âShit, whatâs going on, Huzhou Night Fright?â\n
âSeems like we met a homeless man who is a psycho . . . anchor! Are you okay? You put the camera over ah, I want to see the scene!â\n
âThis is exciting â it is near my home!â\n
âIs that old tramp a creep? He actually wants to hug the anchor. Hey, anchor you quickly go to see! If there is any situation, immediately call the police!â\n
Like a hydrogen balloon rising in the pop-ups, suddenly a rocket lifted off and then exploded on the live screen with a bang. TL/N: Streaming gifts\n
Bai Jing was shaken, and that explosion woke her up.\n
She suddenly realized what she should do, and hurriedly tidied her hair, adjusted the camera, and then rushed out from behind Xie Qingcheng before he even had time to react.\n
Xie Qingcheng: âBe careful!â\n
But what he did not expect is that the girl who was timid a second ago, at this moment, despite the danger, stood next to the old tramp with a pretty face â but paid attention in advance to carry her expensive small bag backwards to the back, so as not to be rubbed by the old man.\n
âLook carefully, your accent is all foreign, how can you be my father? Old man, you are lecherous and want to take advantage of an opportunity â you think I wouldnât notice ah? Donât be disrespectful at your old age, okay?â\n
The old man was frightened and took a few steps back.\n
In this way, the situation is completely different. Xie Qingcheng realized that the old man really did not seem to have any malicious intent. If you looked carefully, the sorrow on the old manâs face was so deep he did not seem to be faking it.\n
Xie Qingcheng could not help frowning: âMiss Bai, can you turn off the live broadcast? This old man doesnât seem to be in good shape. He may be looking for the wrong person. Please call the officials first and letâs deal with it together. â\n
But why would Bai Jing listen to him? Looking at the number of live audiences increase, she did not even mind the old manâs stink, and brought her pink face closer.\n
âHey, look, followers too,come to see.â Bai Jing let the stray man look at the screen of the phone she was holding up, the selfie stick plus the front lens just intake the whole body of two people, âold pervert, look at me, and then look at yourself, you compare. Would I be your daughter? You take a good look at yourself â look at your rags and puffy face, and you still say youâre not here to mooch off?â\n
The old tramp was first confused, then he followed her guidance and squinted his eyes along the selfie stick.\n
He saw the two people on the screen and froze, then seemed to suddenly realize his own wretchedness and started panicking to run back.\n
As he ran, Bai Jing chased after him instead.\n
It turns out that gaining fans is the key to getting an anchor with OCD to overcome the psychological barrier in an instant and to stick to a lousy old man for filming.\n
âLook everyone! This is harassment in disguise! He must be pretending to be mentally ill, watch me expose his true colors!â Bai Jing chased after the old man to get into the camera frame, shouting at him, âHey! Come here! Didnât you say I was your daughter? You dare to come to such a big place like LuZhou, with such good security, and you dare to touch this kind of porcelain! You donât even look at your own stinky appearance! Come here!â\n
The old tramp was confused at first, then followed her guidance and narrowed his eyes along the selfie stick.\n
Xie Qingcheng looked at the side, and determined that this old man had never meant to mooch off this porcelain, his mental state was very bad. If she had to describe it, it was as if a displaced man looking through half of China, wandering to Jiangnan in the smoke and rain. The word âlookingâ has become his bone image, a glance at him can see that he had lost something and had been struggling to find it.\n
But Bai Jing doesnât care about this. She had been an anchor for more than half a year, and she couldnât even attract a few viewers, but she was extremely jealous of her peers who were working hard trying to run their accounts.\n
Once upon a time, she racked her brains but could not earn views, so she angrily went to those well-known streamers to become a keyboard warrior.\n
Today she sent this: âWhat are you pretending for! Put on this quiet and humble front, but doesnât it all come from capitals? What you show is not real farming life at all!â\n
Tomorrow she sent this: âA man used a womanâs hard-earned money and bought a luxury villa. Other people have already said, with every lipstick you buy from him, youâre helping him build his mansion! Are the women who are buying his stuff still not awake?! â\n
The day after tomorrow she scolded again: âTalking about how youâre a modern woman who is strong and independent, when you only know how to look pitiful all day long. Isnât it your job to be an anchor?â Youâre tired but you still made money. Youâve been scolded but you still made money. What complaints do you have when theyâve given you all this money? â\n
No one knows the vicious face she revealed while swiping on her cell phone under the covers. In the fast-flowing subway, in the bustling buildings, between all the pretty things, and in the ecstasy of paper and money, she will always be the Cindy who is walking on high heels, working hard for her job, bowing down and cozying up to dignitaries.\n
As she bent over, struggling to maintain her posture as she squatted down, buckling shoes for Mdm. Chen and Mdm. Li, and bowing respectfully to send them out of the wide golden foyer, no one knows how many times she looked at those swaying backs, thinking that one day she too could make the most haughty counter girl bow down to welcome her.\n
She wanted money, wanted to be famous to the extent she became jealous, so she lost her OCD and couldnât see the old homeless manâs trembling lips, and the hot tears clouding his old eyes.\n
âIs your daughter from Huzhou? Also your âdaughterâ? Who knows if a rotten old man such as yourself had even gotten married at all. You only make up stories to act crazy and harass women! What are you hiding for? Werenât you trying to rub against me earlier on? Let everyone see how you look! Come on!â\n
âNoâŚâŚ noâŚâŚâ\n
The old man was terrified. He shrunk his neck and hunched over, infant-like wails escaping his lips, mixed with incohesive mumbling.\n
âIâm sorryâŚâŚ IâŚâŚ I got the wrong personâŚâŚ.â\n
âSorry? Whatâs the use in being sorry? Come here! Look into the camera! Look at what youâre wearing! You could at least clean up and make yourself presentable before coming out to scam people!â\n
On the screen, and on the barrage of comments, viewers who hadnât understood the entire situation were cheering for the âheroic female streamer retaliating against street harassment from a homeless maniacâ. Gifts were pouring in, balloons were rising, and her heart seemed to swell along with it.\n
The old man hid in panic, his mood switching from the excitement of mistaking someone to be his daughter in the midst of his mental illness to the helplessness of running away after returning to his senses. Under the pursuit of the camera, he was like an old dog with nowhere to run, scurrying around in a daze with his hands over his head, driven out in the name of âjusticeâ, just like the stray dog he kept by his side.\n
âPlease stop filming, I beg youâŚâŚ I got the wrong personâŚâŚ stop filming meâŚâŚ young lady, stop filming meâŚâŚâ\n
The old manâs entire body trembled, his legs sifting and shaking inside his tattered pants.\n
He covered his face in front of the camera, wanting to cover his old and shabby clothing as well. In the end, he didnât know what to hide, as if every inch of his flesh and every article of his clothing were unsightly, too much of an embarrassment to be seen by others. Tears trailed down the creases of his old face, streaming down endlessly as he shrank down, almost to the point where heâs kneeling on the ground and begging for Bai Jingâs mercy.\n
âPlease, Miss, let me offâŚâŚâ\n
âIââ Unrelenting, Bai Jing was just about to say something when her selfie stick was suddenly snatched away.\n
Immediately after her phone was unceremoniously snatched away, Xie Qingcheng tossed her selfie stick to the side.\n
âHey! You! What are you doing?!â\n
âWhat are you doing? Iâve already told you, this old man seems to be mentally ill, and that you should not provoke him. Are you deaf or do you lack listening comprehension?â\n
Xie Qingcheng forcibly exited the livestream.\n
Bai Jingâs face instantly went from pink to red, red to purple, and purple to green, making a round through the brilliant colors like a revolving lantern. In the end, she stomped her high-heeled feet, anger evident in her voice as she said to Xie Qingcheng, âWhy do you even care? Give me back my phone! Streaming is my choice! Donât you know I have money to make?! I want to be an internet celebrity!â\n
âItâs none of my business what you want to be.â Xie Qingcheng had a frosty expression on, his fatherly tendencies rising up again as he lectured on without blinking, âBut, Miss Bai, do you have any shame? Canât you see the state heâs in! In order to bring attention to yourself, you would do wrong things even when you clearly know that itâs not right. You would do whatever it takes despite knowing the consequences and knowing exactly what kind of pain your actions will bring to others. You would trade that pain for a couple of views, because that pain has nothing to do with youâ are you lacking conscience?!â\n
âWhat nonsense are you spouting?! Donât you dare educate me, are you my dad? Youâre just someone that came and had a matchmaking date with me today! Itâs none of your business!â Bai Jingâs temper flared, and she rushed up to grab the phone.\n
But Xie Qingcheng had even more of a temper than she did. He held her back, staring down at her with a condescending look, his gaze like razor blades.\n
âIn your eyes, human dignity and human lives are worth less to you than the viewers you attract in one livestream. Youâre so fucking abnormal.â\n
âYou dare to scold me? You wretched beggarââ \n
Bai Jing was so angry that she lunged forward in an attempt to slap Xie Qingcheng across the face.\n
But Xie Qingcheng grabbed her wrist, twisted it away with a burst of force, which made her scream in pain.\n
Xie Qingcheng said coldly, âIf you continue to make a fuss, not only will I dare to scold you, Iâll also dare to beat you up.â\n
âLet, let go! If you donât let go, Iâll call the police! Iâll scream for help!â\n
Although there werenât many people on this street, they were still a little too loud in their ruckus and some people had already stopped to watch from afar. Xie Qingcheng didnât care about this. To begin with, he was someone who had always treated other peopleâs gazes like air, but what he didnât expect was to hear a shout coming from a sharp-eyed older woman amongst the crowd.\n
âAiyo, what the hell! Whatâs wrong with this old man?â\n
Xie Qingcheng immediately looked down. Perhaps itâs because the old man was already mentally ill in the first place, and after he mistook the wrong person for his daughter, he was chased after and filmed by Bai Jing. The extreme ends of emotions he had experienced ended up being too much for his heart to handle, his lips turned blue and his face paled in color. He clutched his chest and slowly bent over like a shrimp, as he collapsed to the ground with a thud!\n
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The author has something to say:\n
Xie Qingcheng: I donât know what love is, but at that time, I thought that no matter what, men must get married. Now that I have already been married, Iâm not looking to marry again.\n
He Yu: Da-ge, you are so rigid.\n
Xie Qingcheng: Early dating is also very disgraceful. In my opinion, dating before the age of 20 is also considered âearly datingâ.\n
He Yu: (smiling) âŚ. Why do I feel like youâre constantly targeting me, Dr. Xie?\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-black-background-color has-black-color is-style-wide">\nďž(â˘âĄâ˘)ďž Hello there! Note that this chapter still needs a polish and nuances corrected â it will be finished tonight. UPDATE: This chapter has been edited!\n
Find the translators on Twitter: Mushi @mushixx_ , .sienz @znies_ , nics @shizuncult and the editor: Argenti @ziliujinvitae\n