China Standard Time 7:55 PM, Korean Standard Time 8:55 PM, Liu Xin’an set up the tablet at a distance, then sat on the sofa adjusting the camera angle.
The table was already full of fragrant Chinese dishes, tempting both Liu Xin’an and Bae Juhyun greatly. However, once the live stream officially started, this feast might become a torture for their viewers.
But... what did it have to do with them!
It wasn’t like they could be blamed for eating while answering viewers’ questions, right?
There’s got to be some basic rules to ranting, no?
After confirming that the distance was fine for the live broadcast, Liu Xin’an looked again toward the bedroom and called out for the third time.
"Five more minutes! Just give me five more minutes!"
Liu Xin’an twitched his mouth; about ten minutes ago, she was already shouting for ’just five more minutes,’ and now ten minutes had passed, yet she was still yelling for five minutes...
Juhyun’s voice trembled slightly, and soon enough, the closed bedroom door finally opened. Bae Juhyun, in a shirt, held her comb and, while combing her long hair, glared at Liu Xin’an irritably.
In terms of the makeup, Bae Juhyun had done quite well; a casual shot of her now uploaded online would likely be worshipped as a "holy image" by her fans.
But she always felt it wasn’t enough.
Only now, there was no time left for such indulgences.
"Just a few more minutes, okay?"
"I’d love to give you a few more minutes, but there’s no time left," Liu Xin’an innocently pointed at the time on the tablet; Bae Juhyun blinked, then let out a surprised exclamation after a subconscious glance.
"Is it almost 9 o’clock?"
"Yes, so how much longer do you need to get ready?"
"Alright, alright, just let me quickly fix my hair, and I’ll be right there!" she said, darting back to the bedroom, and just as the bedroom door closed, she couldn’t help adding, "Just start without me, I’ll be out soon."
Since Bae Juhyun said so herself, Liu Xin’an didn’t insist any further.
He glanced at the time and realized it had somehow become 8:58 PM, so he quickly hit the start-broadcast button on the screen.
The next second, familiar barrage of danmu comments swam across the screen.
[Let us in! Let us in!]
[Holy shit, why am I getting hit with a close-up of Brother An’s face as soon as I come in?]
[Somehow, ever since I learned that Bae Jie and Brother An are actually a couple, I’ve started to feel Brother An’s looks aren’t all that exaggerated]
[Nonsense, have you forgotten who Bae Jie is? A fourth-generation top beauty!]
[So what if she’s a top beauty? Isn’t Brother An the top beauty of the game section in the little broken station?] Thɪs chapter is updatᴇd by novel⁂fire.net
[...you know, come to think of it, that’s right, victory! We are the champions too!]
As Liu Xin’an had predicted, everyone rushed in and started to tease madly.
He didn’t join in the chat but instead settled back on the sofa, pondered for a moment, and decided to pick up the tablet.
"Hmm, can you see me?"
[Where is Sister Bamboo?]
[How come it’s only Brother An here, false advertising, huh?]
"Uh, wait for her a moment. First, I’ll show you our dinner today. It’s really not easy to find authentic Chinese food here. I’ve been in Seoul for quite some time, and I’ve only found a few Chinese restaurants that cook really well."
"Um, this is sweet and sour cabbage, boiled pork slices, dry pot potato slices, and saliva chicken. Ah! She especially likes the saliva chicken. If you’re ever going to some event where you might see her, I recommend gifting this."
[Lord have mercy, gifting saliva chicken!]
[Even if you sent it over, they probably couldn’t eat it right away, sending food is a bit sensitive]
"Ah, that’s true. Then I suggest you just in the live stream, and I’ll use your money to buy it for her, perfect!"
[If my girlfriend were Bae Jie, I’d have no shame either]
"We had a lot going on this afternoon. You all know she’s a celebrity. I didn’t want to disclose our relationship; keeping it from you guys didn’t put any pressure on me, but she’s different. She’s always felt it’s not good to keep hiding it and wanted to go public long ago, it’s just that I kept persuading her... So, blame me for this, okay? Don’t be too hard on her later."
While Juhyun was still not there, Liu Xin’an quickly advised the viewers in the live stream. He wasn’t a public figure that needed to maintain a facade, so being in love was just that. Thus, he could take on the public pressure, and it was better to lessen any impact on Bae Juhyun.
[Damn, I can’t decide whether I should envy Brother An more or Bae Jie instead]
[It’s settled! Lock this down!]
[So, where is Bae Jie?]
"Why are you all so eager to see her? Can’t you guys look up and see whose live stream this is for a sec?"
Liu Xin’an was helpless against the relentless [where is Bae Jie?] sweeping the screen. Could it be that after going public, all the fans he had painstakingly accumulated turned instantly into Bae Juhyun’s fans?
Was this akin to making the wedding dress for someone else?
Well... but if the so-called "someone else" was his girlfriend, suddenly it didn’t seem so bad.
"Alright, I’ll go hurry her up."
Liu Xin’an stood up from the sofa and quickly disappeared from the screen.
While the viewers were curious, a rush of unintelligible Korean could be heard.
[Where’s our royal translator?]
Those who understood Korean were still few and far between, plus Liu Xin’an had entered the bedroom by now.