GRMFBS CH204

“You guys hurry up and remove that annoying setting!!!” Nie Yu huffed as she messaged Wan Shitong and Qi Ye.

Inside the Dawn World, a group of network-types watched helplessly as the cyber ghost was suddenly kicked out of the game world.

“…The cyber ghost isn’t even 23 years old?”

“No way… she’s that young?”

“She participated in building the forum over a decade ago, right? How old was she then? Not even ten?”

“It’s over; I feel like a useless waste.”

Zhan Yan laughed so hard while eating melons remotely. He was cracking sunflower seeds while collecting information keywords. Just as he was searching enthusiastically, his inbox suddenly started exploding again.

He picked up his phone and found everyone asking if that Weibo account online was his.

Zhan Yan sent a group reply: “The one selling grapes is mine.”

He logged onto his Weibo account to see what was going on. Did his Weibo blow up or something?

Upon logging in—good heavens, the latest messages were 999+.

He remembered everything being normal just after interacting with the official account. What happened?

He clicked open the comments section first:

“Good heavens, the real person isn’t a high-imitation account?”

“How about I introduce you to a few imitation accounts so you can see how they operate? @Shoude Young Master @Shoude-Pang Zehua @Dawn-Cecil”

“Dying of laughter. Others are posting high-end daily life at banquets and hotels, and you’re selling grapes on Weibo.”

“What’s wrong with selling grapes? Grape Party here, rise up!”

“Lychees are the best! Lychee Party, let me see your hands!”

“Hahahaha, is little brother this chuunibyou?”

“Lmao, I believe he’s still in school now. Quickly save this; when he inherits the family business later, this will be the CEO’s dark history.”

“What little brother? Call him Young Master hahahahaha.”

Zhan Yan had a bad feeling.

He clicked on the grape promotional video.

When Sister Luoluo sent it to him earlier, he chose to trust the professional and posted it without even watching it himself.

The video cover was a fitting photo of him holding a model grape bunch, looking very normal.

But once clicked, it became abnormal.

First, a string of big characters popped out from a black screen, accompanied by his voiceover:

“Sigh… how should I film the grape promotional video?”

Zhan Yan remembered; this was during his commercial shoot. At that time, it was already planned to use this opportunity to promote the “Li Buru” Big Grapes, so he intended to shoot the grape promo along with it.

But this promotion was Zhan Yan’s sudden whim and hadn’t been planned in advance at all. He didn’t know how to shoot it or what to shoot. He worried for a long time, searching for various advertisements on his phone to spark inspiration.

After the voiceover passed, the black screen lit up. The accompanying visual was him sitting on a small stool in costume, worrying. It was obviously filmed from a candid perspective, but his mumbling was recorded clearly:

“Save the mountains! Save the villagers! Every time you buy one less catty of ‘Li Buru’ Big Grapes, you spend less money on buying one catty of ‘Li Buru’ Big Grapes.”

“Calabash Brothers~ Calabash Brothers~ The vine is full of big grapes~ Save Grandpa! Save Grandpa! Grandpa’s grapes can’t be sold!”

“Would you like a grape peeled by this Young Master personally?”

…

Zhan Yan watched himself act crazy in the video for two minutes, then suddenly look up:

“How about we make a Lychee Doll and have a big battle with me?”

Zhan Yan: …

Too embarrassing to watch.

Ahhh, how was this a grape promotional video? This was clearly his social death video! When did they secretly film this?!

Was it too late to recall the group message now and claim this was another imitation account?

The video continued, ending with his worried voiceover again.

“Is filming it like this okay? Will they not sell when the time comes?”

“Ah right, save two extra boxes for me after the grapes ripen this year. Last time, almost all the grapes were snatched by my classmates hahaha, I didn’t get enough to eat.”

“Slurp.”

Zhan Yan: …

Luo! Luo! Luo!

Luo Luoluo reported the good news first: “Grape orders are skyrocketing! At this rate, the first batch will be sold out in a few days!”

Mentong County was just a small county town, and the yield of the earliest ripening grapes was limited.

Zhan Yan felt dizzy looking at the data Luo Luoluo sent him.

Ah… was the effect of his social death this good?

Luo Luoluo immediately sent him another video.

Luo Luoluo: “This is an introduction to our grape plantation, as well as the process from planting to picking and packaging. Post this while the heat is high.”

Zhan Yan struggled for a moment. Forget it, social death was social death.

He posted the video again.

However, this one was indeed a serious video, filmed in Mentong County.

As for him just admitting via group message that the one selling grapes was him… admitting it was admitting it. As long as he wasn’t embarrassed, the embarrassed ones would be others!

Young Gu: “I’ll go place an order right now.”

Zhan Yan: ???

Only then did he realize he had accidentally included Gu Jiancheng in his previous group message.

Zhan Yan: “No need, no need. I was group replying to others earlier and accidentally sent one to you too.”

He explained the ins and outs to Gu Jiancheng: “My family is sending grapes in a few days. I’ll save a few bunches for you.”

Gu Jiancheng started laughing when he saw Zhan Yan’s reply. Oh my, oh my, his internship here will end in a few more days. He can go see Yanyan.

Gu Jiancheng opened the emoji panel, carefully selected one from dozens of pages, and sent it back.

Young Gu: “[Cat Craving Food: Okay, okay~]“

After exiting the chat, Gu Jiancheng switched back to Weibo, clicked on the video, and watched it again. He started giggling as he watched, then secretly downloaded and saved the video into a special folder, also screenshotting and separately saving the line “Would you like a grape peeled by this Young Master personally?”

Want to eat! Yanyan really likes the style of TV drama he watched recently!

He knew how to behave when they met!

Zhan Yan, completely unaware of all this, welcomed his sister, Xingxing, and the grapes.

Zhan Yan wanted to cry when he saw his sister.

No! Hold it back!

Zhan Yan picked up Xingxing, who was running towards him from the ground.

“Woo… Xingxing, I missed you so much! You got heavy again!”

Xingxing rubbed against him vigorously. Cat missed you too!

Zhan Suiru unloaded grapes from the car and teased him: “Missed Xingxing this much?”

“Of course. The time Xingxing and I have been apart is longer than the time we’ve been together!” Zhan Yan hoisted Xingxing onto his shoulder: “Sis, I’ll help you carry the grapes.”

Zhan Suiru unloaded four boxes of grapes from the car in one go.

Zhan Yan’s eyes went straight: “Sis, did you leave some for yourself and our brother?”

Zhan Suiru lifted a box with one hand: “Don’t worry, saved enough—can you carry it?”

Zhan Yan: “…Hah!”

He only picked up one box.

Xingxing had grown up and couldn’t sit steadily on his shoulder; he had to hold him with one arm.

There was one box left; he’d just come out for another trip later.

But he didn’t need to make another trip. His three roommates ran down after hearing the commotion. The three of them were passionately enthusiastic, taking one box each, carrying up the box on the ground and the two in his sister’s hands, calling “Sister” sweetly with every breath.

After entering the room, Zhan Suiru took out her hairdressing tools from her bag and smiled at Zhan Yan: “Come, sister will cut your hair.”

While Zhan Yan was getting his haircut, his three roommates stared at Xingxing with glowing eyes and started petting him. Soon, Xingxing lay flat under their superb cat-petting techniques.

Zhan Yan scrolled through his phone during the haircut and happened to see the promotion for Ji Lele’s movie.

The poster was exquisitely made. A teaching building shrouded in night, all rooms dark except for a classroom in the top left corner. Light shot out from the classroom, becoming the sole light source of the entire poster. A creepy silhouette could be vaguely seen in the lit window.

The poster also had text:

“The most mysterious horror campus story, bringing you a cool summer during the holidays.”

Zhan Yan recognized at a glance that the creepy silhouette design came from his sister’s sculpture.

“Sis, look, the horror movie Ji Lele filmed before is going to be released!”

It had his sister’s sculpture in it! They must go see it!

Zhan Suiru: “Oh, oh, the one you filmed during winter break? When is it released? Let’s go watch together!”

Since her little brother participated, she definitely had to watch!

Zhan Yan: “Let me see, released in early August. I finish my internship here on August 10th. Let me ask Mom and Dad if they have time.”

He forwarded the movie promotion to the family group chat.

Zhan Yan: “[Link]“

“The movie with Sister’s sculpture is going to be released! Let’s watch together!”

“I finish my internship on August 10th. Do you guys have time after that?”

Zhan Suiru held a comb in one hand and scissors in the other. Snip snip, she finished the last few cuts, combed his hair smooth, untied the cape from him, and shook it gently.

“Done. Go wash your hair.”

Zhan Yan was shooed away by his sister to wash his hair.

Zhan Suiru put down her tools, took out her phone, and typed in the group chat: “It’s the movie Yanyan acted in.”

Silly child still couldn’t distinguish the main point. What was so good about her ugly sculpture?

Before she could send her message, there were replies in the group.

Ji Yueming: “Sure, I can make it back around the 12th.”

Zhan Yunkai: “I’ll also be back on the 12th.”

Zhan Jinli: “I can too.”

Zhan Suiru paused for a moment, then deleted the words in the input bar line by line.

When Zhan Yan came back after washing his hair, he saw his sister sweeping up the hair clippings. The corners of her mouth were slightly upturned, looking exceptionally gentle in the sunlight. “Let me, let me. Sis, what are you thinking about that makes you so happy?”

Zhan Suiru handed him the broom: “Nothing. Mom and Dad will be back after the 12th. We’ll go watch the movie together then.”

When his sister left, she left both Xingxing and the grapes behind.

The landlord agreed to them keeping pets. The three roommates were very happy petting the cat, and Xingxing didn’t want to leave either. To solve the cat food problem, Zhan Yan bought another induction cooker.

Zhan Suiru felt much better after seeing her brother. She returned to the studio.

As soon as she entered the Black Market, the broker’s message came.

“What did you do quietly again?”

“Is it related to the apocalypse from a couple of days ago?”

“I’m telling you, it’s not kind of you to be like this…”

Zhan Suiru didn’t know what was wrong with him yet. When she returned to the studio entrance, she saw someone: Agave.

Zhan Suiru raised an eyebrow, her eyes under the hat brim sharp as knives.

On the day of the apocalypse contact, Infinite’s will detached from Agave, and he fell into a coma afterward.

During the spiritual power blizzard after her spiritual power was unsealed, Zhan Suiru casually cleared the control the Chronicle of the World had placed on him. But at that time, she discovered that Agave had not only the Chronicle’s control but also a complete “Heart-Leading Thread” on him.

Infinite’s will had infiltrated Agave’s soul through this Heart-Leading Thread. His situation was somewhat similar to Yang Ran’s. Zhan Suiru couldn’t do anything about it, so she left him there.

Agave should have been taken away by people from the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau. He could come here now because he had returned to normal?

Why did the Bureau let him come over?

Countless guesses rose and fell in Zhan Suiru’s heart. The thought she desired most struggled to emerge from the waves, finally standing on the crest and tightly hugging her heart.

Zhan Suiru pinched her fingertips: “Come in.”

Agave was nervous to death, nearly tripping over the threshold when entering.

He felt that his life these past few days had been a rollercoaster.

His earliest memory stopped a month ago when he was using the toilet. People inevitably relax their vigilance when using the toilet. So Agave got caught just like that.

A few days ago, he woke up groggily to find himself lying on a beach, his body aching terribly as if chased by a tiger for seven or eight laps.

Before he could fully wake up upon opening his eyes, he saw a circle of people pointing high-risk firearms and various weapons at him.

Agave: …

Help! He was just a small intelligence peddler; did it have to be like this?!

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