Excited Alice

"Yeah, let's not just talk about it, Noah, each celebgram has a different way of promoting it. It's also the same as the target market. For example," Rachel showed the celebgram account she followed. "She is a beauty vlogger, so what she promotes must match her branding. Usually, it's make-up, skin-care, with a target age of 18-25."

"I see." Noah nodded in understanding.

"There is also a food blogger, so what she promotes must be related to food as well. Sellers who want to endorse must understand that so that they don't get the wrong target, it's a shame if they have paid millions but have not returned their capital. In the end, they blame the celebgram, even though the seller is not researched and selective."

Noah nodded again.

"Each celeb has their persona."

"What's a persona?"

"Well, usually the celebrity has a persona, that's the characteristic, Noah. For example, someone who is funny, usually the audience is people who need entertainment. For example slapstick, you know what?"

"What else, huh?"

It would be a big mistake for Rachel to ask someone like Noah about a slapstick account. "If 9gag knows, no?"

"Ooh, 9gag I know."

"That's right, every celebgram must have interesting content."

Hearing Rachel's explanation, Noah became a stalker for Alice's account. But what she found mostly were photos of Alice on vacation, partying, wearing sexy clothes. And what made Noah furious was that many boys made obscene comments on her account, so Noah had to take the time to report his comments one by one. But he was Alice's last post, Noah saw that there were almost a thousand comments on the girl's selfie photo and it contained a lot of blasphemy. Her words hurt so much even that Noah himself chose to stop reading them.

"Why are so many blaspheming Alice?" he asked Rachel.

"The video of her getting angry with the employees was spread out, Noah, how come you're a husband, why aren't you updating?" Rachel shows a video posted on an account. The video is a re-recording from a CCTV, Alice throwing files at the employees and pointing at their faces with anger-filled faces. "Then the public gets angry, well, they swear Alice continues to be grateful that the company went bankrupt."

"Happy in the suffering of others, isn't that trash behavior either?" Noah was calm, but once he spoke, it felt like a stab. Rachel could only laugh amused.

"Netizens on social media are like that, Noah, only know on social media but act like they know everything. It's also been a month since Alice has uninstalled Instagram, right?" No wonder Noah has rarely seen Alice posting on Instagram. Though usually, the girl will update anything on her social media. The girl also looked more gloomy, not as cheerful as usual days.

After Rachel left his room, Noah immediately switched to WhatsApp. Looking at Alice's blank profile picture.

Alice, still mad at me?

Don't forget lunch, Alice. There is fruit in the fridge too.

The message ends up being read-only, with no reply.

****

Noah was getting ready to go home when his cell phone vibrated. There's an incoming chat from Alice. Only replied even after seven hours had passed.

Alice:

Noah

Why does the gas in the back stink?

Noah!!!

Noah couldn't help but sigh, even though he expected Alice to say a word of thanks or a romantic sentence, like a wife waiting for her husband to come home. But it seemed that she had hoped wrongly, because of course if Alice did that, it would mean that the sun had already risen in the west.

Noah:

It's okay, it's time to run out.

Alice:

Smell time?!

NOAH HURRY HOME!!

My house will be on fire

This is my only treasure Noah :(

Heck, Noah…

NOAH :(

Noah:

Just let go of the regulator, Alice.

Soon the chat switched to video calls. Noah slides the screen until Alice's face appears panicked, the camera moves so loudly that Noah gets dizzy to see it.

"Noah, what's this? What was released?" her voice was frantic as if she had just seen a ghost before her own eyes.

Noah tried to suppress the urge to laugh, if he did, the door might be closed forever and he'd be in danger of sleeping outside.

"Relax, Alice. Do not panic."

"Don't panic? That morning, I watched the news, there were five houses on fire because of gas cylinders alone. Then you tell me not to panic?"

"Yes, the regulator has been removed first."

Alice turned the camera to reveal the gas. "Which one should I let go of?"

"You see that red part rotated."

"Don't you dare, Noah! What if it explodes? What do you want me to do, don't you?" Alice answered hysterically.

"It won't explode, Alice."

"Didn't it explode? The smell is outside, Noaaah!!"

"Yes, the regulator has been removed first."

"How? Heck, I don't understand. I've looked on Youtube and don't understand."

"You see the black dial on the side? Now it's turned, keep lifting the regulator."

"Can not! Are you trying to kill me, Noah? Wouldn't it be nice if I died?" Geez. Noah could only rub his chest.

"Noah, the smell is getting stronger, never mind I'm out! I'm on the field, if it exploded, at least I saved myself." Then the video call just cut off. Noah shook his head, the man took his bag from the desk. The other employees had gone home, only his left, along with the OB who were cleaning up. "Sir, go home first, okay?"

"Yes, Mr. Noah, be careful."

****

In the parking lot of the building, Noah immediately got on his motorbike and drove the vehicle quickly. It only took him twenty minutes to get home. It was true what Alice said, the girl was in the yard of the house, complete with suitcases of clothes that were ready. Hearing the honk, Alice turned around, looking at him with relief. "Where are you going, ma'am?" Noah teased with an amused smile, "Want to move?"

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To be continued . . .