When Liu Xin’an appeared at S-M, it sparked quite a bit of positive discussion.
Among these, the most spirited discussions actually occurred in Liu Xin’an’s fan group.
The reason was simple: everyone was worried that Brother An might have ghosted them again.
Indeed, the show’s popularity greatly increased Liu Xin’an’s fame, but everyone in the live stream’s fan group still wanted to see that stubborn guy who’d boast and mess up in the live stream.
"So, is Brother An going to focus on his career in the entertainment industry from now on?"
"Without Brother An, how can I sleep at night?"
"Is he really going to be tied to that female artist named Bae Juhyun, or is there something between them?"
"Is there any mod here, can the mod ask Brother An what’s going on?"
Making appearances in the entertainment industry might be a good thing for Liu Xin’an himself. Even if everyone didn’t fully get it, they understood the value of being on top in the Chinese entertainment industry.
That’s obviously more lucrative than just doing live streams.
The three or four mods that were mentioned said they had no idea, and when the attention turned to "Orange," aka Li Chenglu, he didn’t respond either.
"If even ’Orange’ isn’t coming out, it looks serious!"
"No one’s asking Sister Bamboo? She should know something, right? Brother An isn’t responding to messages, it’s really frustrating."
"Everyone, don’t worry too much. We all know Brother An’s character, right? Is he the kind of person who’d ditch everyone for money?"
"Brother An: ’You fans are my brothers, dear family!’"
"Brother An: ’Pay up.’"
As the chat in the fan group was heating up, a sudden message caused a brief pause in the scrolling chat.
In the next second, the screen scrolling resumed, but the content was now extremely uniform.
That was because the sudden message came from none other than Liu Xin’an himself, who had pulled Bae Juhyun into the fan group chat.
Yes, ever since Bae Juhyun learned that Liu Xin’an’s family had a family chat group, she used her "puppy eyes" to "demand" that she be added as well.
Actually, there were two family groups: one for Liu Xin’an’s family of three, and the other a six-person group including Li Chenglu’s family. The rightful source is NoveI(F)ire.net
Being neighbors for over 30 years, the two families were practically one, hence the six-person group.
Now it had become a seven-person group with the addition of Bae Juhyun.
Language wasn’t a major barrier, so Bae Juhyun often bubbled up in the group, greeting the elders became almost routine.
She quickly became adept at using WeChat.
Similarly, since they had WeChat now, Liu Xin’an casually added Bae Juhyun to his fan group as well.
Her joining certainly made the fans happy, but the excitement faded as she only lurked.
Hmm... you couldn’t completely blame Bae Juhyun, though. They all chatted in Chinese, and the screen scrolled incredibly fast; she genuinely couldn’t understand.
This time, she appeared mainly because someone had tagged her in Korean.
"Depressed An and Little Bamboo: Is someone looking for me?"
The moment the Korean text appeared, the group chat exploded.
Soon, the anxious mods concerned about Liu Xin’an’s situation appeared.
"Can someone who speaks Korean help translate and talk to Sister Bamboo?"
With almost a thousand members, the fan group had no shortage of language geniuses.
Soon, a student studying in Korea volunteered to be the bridge between "Little Bamboo" and the fans.
After collecting everyone’s concerns, the "bridge" typed out the question for "Little Bamboo."
"Sister Bamboo, is Brother An giving up live streaming to officially enter the entertainment industry?"
"Depressed An and Little Bamboo: Confused cat head.jpg"
The emoji was one she had lifted from Li Chenglu; she had to admit, she was amazed by the variety of emojis available.
There were all sorts of them.
"Depressed An and Little Bamboo: You should really wait for him to start a live stream and ask him; I don’t really know."
Working with her own company wasn’t something Bae Juhyun could casually disclose.
But seeing how anxious the fans were, she continued typing.
"Depressed An and Little Bamboo: But I can ask him for you. He’ll answer your questions in his next live stream."
"Sister Bamboo, you’re the best!!"
"Raise the banner of the official queen, Irene can take a hike!"
Bae Juhyun couldn’t understand these words, including her stage name "Irene." She thought for a moment but didn’t dial her boyfriend’s number, knowing Liu Xin’an had said he’d meet friends recently, probably chatting with them now.
Having some social activity was good; Bae Juhyun didn’t want Liu Xin’an to give up socializing completely because of her. She just sent him a message and then returned to her practice.
Meanwhile, sitting in a café, Liu Xin’an saw the chat and Bae Juhyun’s message.
"Looks like you’re pretty busy."
The man sitting opposite him, dressed in a neat suit, teased with a smile.