Chapter 4 A Deceptive Trick_1

"Cut it out, Li Changlin. The songs you cover aren't that great; it'd be better for us to just shoot the breeze!"

"Exactly, why bother singing? If you ask me, Changlin, you should just tell everyone a dirty joke."

"Right, casual chit-chat is fine, but there's no need for singing!"

No sooner had Li Changlin finished speaking than several people in the hall's chat channel began typing out messages.

These folks were also considered Li Changlin's die-hard fans, one of them even had the rank of captain.

In the livestream, the rank signifies the level of the fans based on their spending.

Like this captain, called Xiaobudian Under the Grapevine, it indicates that he had spent a thousand bucks in Endless.

Only those who've spent a thousand bucks get to be rated as captains.

"My singing can't be that bad!" Li Changlin said, dejectedly touching his nose.

To be honest, he was, after all, a graduate from a music school.

Even though he didn't have any original songs of his own, Changlin felt that he should at least be passable when it came to covers.

But now, seeing his fans talk like this, he was genuinely hurt.

"Every host sings the same old songs over and over; we're tired of it!"

"94, 94, it's not about you personally, Changlin—just tell us a dirty joke!"

"Dirty jokes aren't that great either. If you ask me, Li Changlin, you should just tell us a joke!"

The fans seemed very lively, but they all shared a non-supportive attitude towards Li Changlin singing.

In this situation, Li Changlin felt truly bummed.

Originally, he had prepared a song, thinking to surprise his fans with it.

But who could have known, these people all seemed so indifferent; he really didn't know what to say.

"Changlin, come on, tell us why you cut your hair. Plus, that suit you're wearing looks new too. With that getup, you must've run into some good fortune. Spill it, share with your buddies what's going on!"

Seeing that Li Changlin remained silent, Xiaobudian Under the Grapevine continued to speak.

As the fan with the highest rank in this livestream room, truth be told, the thousand bucks he recharged all went to gifts he rewarded Li Changlin with—he could definitely be called Changlin's hardcore supporter.

When the captain spoke, everyone else fell silent.

Now, aside from Xiaobudian Under the Grapevine as a captain, the highest rank among the other fans was a warrant officer, who had merely spent two hundred bucks on the platform.

Compared to the thousand-buck captain, that was just not on the same level.

So everyone had to give face to Xiaobudian Under the Grapevine.

Even Li Changlin had to treat this captain with utmost care.

He smiled and then said, "Alright, since Brother Grape insists, I'll spill the beans."

"Could it really be good news? Come on, spill it!"

"Li Changlin, quit dragging your feet; hurry up and share your good fortune with us."

"That's right, you should always share good news!"

Several more messages popped up in the chat channel.

These people were just there for a good time; seeing Xiaobudian Under the Grapevine show interest, of course everyone wanted to join in.

"How to put it!" Li Changlin cleared his throat and started to organize his thoughts.

Soon, he recalled the joke he had exchanged that morning.

"Mainly, when I went out for lunch at noon, I saw a gorgeous woman lying motionless on the ground, clearly drunk," Li Changlin said with a shrug, pretending to frown and look distressed.

"No way, Li Changlin, you actually ran into such good luck!"

"A gorgeous woman, how gorgeous? Li Changlin, did you take any action?"

"Do you have a photo? Pictures or it didn't happen!"

"Hurry up and show the photo to prove it!"

"I seriously suspect Li Changlin is bluffing!"

The chat channel was continuously popping up with lines of text.

It seemed that everyone was intrigued by Li Changlin's words.

So he continued, "As handsome and kind-hearted as I am, seeing that kind of situation, I definitely couldn't just stand by! But as for taking photos or anything, forget it, I don't do that kind of shady stuff!"

"Come on, Li Changlin, don't make yourself sound so noble!"

"Hurry up and help the gorgeous woman up first!"

"It couldn't be a scam, right? I'm telling you, Li Changlin, you have to be careful. If they try to extort you, you'll be in trouble!"

"I also suspect there's something fishy about that beauty. Even if she was really drunk in broad daylight, she wouldn't just lie down on the ground, right? Where did all the beauty's girlfriends and knights in shining armor go?"

The fans each threw out questions and quickly interacted with Li Changlin.

Seeing what everyone was saying, Li Changlin, with a smile on his face, said, "Of course, how could I bear to let such a beautiful woman lie on the ground! So, I decisively helped her up."

"Then what happened? Where did you take the gorgeous woman afterward?"

"How come I never run into such good things!"

"No wonder you're so talkative, Li Changlin. Turned out you picked up a gorgeous woman!"

"Hehe, you guys are thinking too much," Li Changlin laughed and then said, "Damn it, what I really noticed was the handbag that gorgeous woman was carrying. So damn beautiful, you could tell she was loaded!"

"Oh my, a gorgeous woman with money to boot, Li Changlin, looks like you're on your way to striking it rich!"

"Damn, hurry up and introduce us. Speaking of which, Li Changlin, is that gorgeous woman beside you? Let her show her face!"

The fans genuinely felt envious. Li Changlin just went for a stroll and ran into such good fortune; why on earth couldn't they ever encounter something like this!

In the hearts of most people, there was all manner of envy and jealousy.

Up to this point, no one had realized that Li Changlin was actually just telling a joke.

The so-called gorgeous woman was nothing but a smokescreen, a character fabricated by Li Changlin.

Seeing that he had sufficiently stirred up everyone's emotions, Li Changlin put on a mopey expression and reluctantly continued, "Turns out, you can't judge a book by its cover, and sometimes even what you see with your own eyes might not be true. Such a beautiful handbag, yet the wallet inside didn't have a single dime. Luckily, there was a cell phone in the handbag. Otherwise, I would have been at a huge loss. You guys will never believe it, but I sold the cell phone in the second-hand market for eight hundred bucks. Made quite a tidy sum, enough to buy this suit!"

"Jesus, Li Changlin, you're wild!"

"Pfft, after all that, you were just pulling our legs!"

"Had me envying you for nothing!"

It was at this point that everyone finally realized.

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