By the time the first rays of the morning sun shone on people’s eyes, waking them,
Lin Feng had already been forced out of bed long before. Careful not to wake Su Ruoxi, he tiptoed into the bathroom to wash up, getting ready as quickly as possible.
[DING...]
[Congratulations, Host, on making the correct choice. You have received a permanent Money Blessing bonus: 2 yuan/minute.]
’A task and reward this simple?’
Lin Feng had figured that with his current System Level and status, he wouldn’t be getting such easy tasks anymore. He never thought he’d see one again.
’And this trash system... The time it gives me to make a choice is getting more and more unpredictable.’
’What about next time? Is it going to give me a full ten minutes for a task this simple?’
Resigned to his fate, he pulled open the bathroom door. Su Ruoxi had woken up at some point without him noticing.
She sat up, bleary-eyed, and watched her boyfriend walk to the closet to get a suit. She glanced at the time, then yawned.
"Why so early?"
It was just past dawn. Even if he left half an hour later, it would still be too early to go to the office.
’What kind of boss is this dedicated?’
’Showing up this early, long before any of his employees, would just stress them out.’
Lin Feng laid out a suit, then walked over and gently ruffled Su Ruoxi’s hair, which was messy from sleep. He helped her lie back down and pressed a soft kiss to her forehead.
"Go on, get some more sleep. It’s still early."
"What about you?"
Su Ruoxi blinked as another wave of drowsiness washed over her.
Lin Feng answered as he got dressed.
"Something came up at the company. I have to go in early."
"You go back to sleep. I’ll tell you the details when I get back."
’I can’t exactly tell her that a system task is forcing me to get up at the crack of dawn and abandon her.’
Hearing this, Su Ruoxi nodded. She closed her eyes and quickly fell asleep again. It was simply too early; she hadn’t been fully awake to begin with.
She had only stirred because she’d felt the empty space beside her.
Watching her close her eyes, Lin Feng finished dressing as fast as he could, turned, and walked out the door.
[DING...]
[Attention, Host. Arrive at Douhu Entertainment Company within thirty minutes.]
Lin Feng gritted his teeth. ’Why is the system breathing down my neck today?’ It just kept rushing him.
As the system demanded, he arrived within thirty minutes. And right at the entrance, he ran into a familiar face.
"Bro?"
Lin Xiaoman’s eyes widened in surprise.
’What’s he doing here so early?’
It was a long story. At least now Lin Feng wasn’t by himself.
The two siblings entered the Douhu building, talking as they walked.
Although the system had been rushing him, Lin Feng ended up waiting at Douhu for a considerable amount of time, yet nothing out of the ordinary occurred.
So he decided to handle some business while he was there, getting up to speed on Douhu’s recent operations and the performance of the company’s signed streamers.
Under Lin Feng’s management, Douhu had been developing very smoothly recently.
This wasn’t just limited to live streaming; their recent push into anime and gaming content was also going quite well.
In that time, Douhu had gained a great number of fans.
"Bro, you rushed over here first thing in the morning just for this?"
Lin Xiaoman was completely baffled.
’This isn’t some life-or-death emergency. There was absolutely no reason for him to rush over here at the crack of dawn!’
’Unless...’
Lin Xiaoman suddenly gave Lin Feng a secretive look as an unsettling thought crossed her mind.
’Don’t tell me my brother has suddenly lost his marbles?’
Lin Feng didn’t know what on earth his sister was thinking, but her expression suddenly turned bizarre. He narrowed his eyes, reached out, and flicked her on the forehead.
"Ow!"
Lin Xiaoman cried out, clutching her forehead.
’Are we even related?’
’He’s so vicious! That’s definitely going to leave a red mark.’
’I’m about to start my stream! What are my fans going to think if they see this?’
She barely restrained herself from starting a brawl with her own brother right then and there, in front of everyone.
But that fight was destined not to happen.
Lin Feng raised his wrist, showing his watch to Lin Xiaoman.
"What for?"
Lin Xiaoman was baffled. ’What’s with him? Is he trying to show off his multi-million-yuan watch right now?’
’What a weird hobby.’
’I have no interest in seeing it!’
"It’s just a watch worth a few million, right?"
"You say that like I don’t have one."
Lin Feng barely resisted the urge to flick her on the forehead again. He sighed and said with resignation,
"Look at the time. Don’t you have to stream?"
"It’ll be hard to explain if you’re late, right?"
Only then did it click for Lin Xiaoman. She grabbed Lin Feng’s hand, stared intently at the time on his watch, then abruptly flung his hand away and spun around to leave.
’Honestly, it was all my childish brother’s fault. He almost made me late.’
Lin Feng shook his head as he watched her retreating back.
’Ever since she started streaming, my sister seems to have become much more cheerful, acting more and more like a girl her age.’
’That’s good. It’s not good to be too mature, anyway.’
’You should act your age.’
[DING...]
[Attention, Host. Keep a close watch on the internet to ensure you can identify and resolve any company emergencies at the earliest opportunity.]
’An emergency?’
"What kind of emergency?"
Lin Feng asked the system instinctively.
But the system didn’t answer him. After leaving him with that one cryptic sentence, it vanished.
「Meanwhile, on the internet.」
Lin Xiaoman was in the middle of her stream, smiling and greeting her fans.
SUDDENLY!
Someone popped up in the comment section, their tone aggressive and their words laced with barbed accusations.
MashedPotato: Just a moment ago, someone posted a video on a certain platform saying that you’re being kept by a rich man and using your fame to sleep with your fans. Is this true or not? Please give everyone an explanation, streamer. Thanks.
Lin Xiaoman always made it a habit to read fan comments at the start of her stream, and as she was reading, she came to that one.
She froze for a second but read it aloud anyway.
Then, with a smile still on her face, she retorted,
"Excuse me, ’MashedPotato,’ but what is this ’certain platform’ you’re talking about?"
"If you don’t have any proof, please don’t just make baseless claims. That’s slander!"
"This is a serious matter and a malicious rumor directed at me. If the situation escalates, I have every right to sue you."
She was, after all, the lead streamer of Douhu Entertainment’s Streamer Alliance. Anyone who dared to provoke her had better be ready to face the consequences.
As soon as she said this, her fans also took notice of this random "MashedPotato" and were instantly furious. Where did this lunatic come from?
’Spreading malicious rumors right to her face?’
"Exactly! All talk and no proof, just spouting nonsense. Who the hell are you?"
"Where did this MashedPotato creep out from? What an attention-seeking clown. Aren’t you bored?"
"I just did a quick search. Someone posted it on Little Broken Station. There’s a video, but seeing isn’t always believing. Everyone calm down and let Xiaoman talk."

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