Childhood Friends

The moment Jay turned on his live stream, people who followed him immediately got the notification. 

[Ding!]

[The streamer that you follow 'Jay' is currently live!]

A few seconds later, viewers started entering the live room. 

[Good morning, Jay!]

[Jay, you're early!]

[BabaViewer111: You also live stream in the morning?]

[YourBibi: @BabaViewer111 as far as I know, he only live streams afternoon and night. It's actually surprising that he's so early.]

[YourBibi: So, what's up with the morning, Jay?]

… 

Seeing the morning greetings flowing in the screen, Jay smiled and waved his hand. 

"Hey, everyone. Good morning to you all!"

Then his eyes landed on YourBibi's question and laughed, "There's nothing special actually."

Turning the camera around, he continued, "I just want to enjoy this very calming and warm morning with everyone."

Since Jay's place is located on a higher altitude with lots of trees around, the scenery overlooks almost the entire city of Olongapo. 

And at this time, the sun is not that high up yet and is still giving some gentle light. 

The golden rays of the sun hitting the vibrant green leaves of the trees, as well as the view of the city below makes the whole scenery really perfect. 

[Wow!]

[Is that where you live, Jay?]

[It looks so good there!]

[Ahh, I envy you so much. Look at me, staying here in the city in my fully paid condo unit.]

[Upstairs, are you sad or are you just flaunting your wealth?]

[Jay, I wanna go there and see that view in person!]

[... ]

Comments continued to refresh as the viewers looked at the scenery in Jay's live stream. 

Unknowingly, the number of viewers has already reached 300 at this time and is still continuing to increase! 

Jay didn't pay attention to any of that. 

At this time, he has his eyes closed, just feeling the energy from his surroundings.

The sound of the birds singing above the trees could be heard echoing, giving a light melody to this bright morning. 

Letting out a turbid breath, he said, "Ahh~ It's really calming to be here."

The viewers agreed to Jay's words. 

Even if they are not there, just by seeing it through the screen, they can't help but somehow feel calm as well. 

After a while, Jay opened his eyes and started walking. 

Along the way, he talked to everyone in his live stream room. 

The whole time, Jay's smile didn't dissipate. Enjoying the time with all of his viewers. 

Just then, in an alley not far from him, Jay noticed something. 

A group of 3 men is surrounding another teenager. 

All three of them wore aggressive looks on their faces while the teenager looked really frightened.

It looks like a scene of three thugs bullying a teenager. 

Jay frowned and all the people in his live stream noticed it. 

[Jay, what's wrong?]

[Hey Jay, why do you look like that?]

[Could it be that something happened near him?]

[It's possible. Look at his face, it seems like he's angry or something.]

… 

Without looking at the comments on his phone, Jay strode forward and went to the alley where the group of people were. 

Stopping at the entrance, he shouted, "Hey, what are you doing there?!"

Hearing the sudden voice, the three aggressive looking men and even the frightened teenager looked at the entrance of the alley. 

The three men looked at Jay and frowned for a while without saying anything. 

After a few seconds, one of them, a man with a shallow gash on his right cheek, opened his mouth and said, 

"You… is that you, Jay?"

Hearing his name being spoken by one of the 'thugs', Jay paused and took a careful look on the faces of the three.

The next moment, Jay was surprised to learn that he actually knew the three of them! 

"Robert? Ben? Julio?" He called their names one by one.

Jay knows the three of them for no other reason than they are his childhood friends!

In these parts, a lot of kids could be seen running around back in the day. 

Jays and these three are one of those kids. 

At that time, the four of them, including another girl the same age as them, are always stuck together.

Because of this, they are really close to each other. 

The only unfortunate thing is that, like him, their families also couldn't support them in their study in college.

Because of this, they could only go to construction to work and save up for school tuition.

…

Anyway, Jay looked at the three of them for a while before he asked, "You, what are you three doing to that boy?"

The three looked at the boy beside them before shifting their gaze back to Jay with confusion. 

Robert, the one with a gash on his face, said, 

"What? This little guy here said he was lost and didn't know where to go. We were asking him some things so that we can help him."

"Why? Was that a bad thing?" Ben asked. 

Feeling the eyes of four people staring at him, Jay felt the words he was planning to say get stuck on his throat. 

In his live stream room, all of his viewers saw everything that happened and understood the situation. 

The next month, all of them started laughing.

[Hahahahaha!]

[It seems like Jay is also someone who judges a person based on their looks, huh. Hahahah!]

[The worst part is that he actually knows those people he's judging! LoL!]

[Wahahaha, Jay, what the hell are you doing!]

[YourBiBi: I never knew that you could actually be this hilarious, Jay! Hahahah!]

[BabaViewer111: I thought Jay only knows how to sing. He's actually talented in other aspects as well! Hahaha!]

… 

Just in time, Jay glanced at his phone screen and read all of these comments. 

His mouth can't help but twitch, seeing all of his viewers laughing at him. 

Shaking his head in his heart, Jay turned his attention back to the situation in front of him. 

His eyes landed on the teenager who looks to be around 12 to 14 years old.