GRMFBS CH204

“Hurry up and remove that annoying setting for me!!!” Nie Yu angrily sent messages to Wan Shitong and Qi Ye.

In the Dawn World, a group of network-types watched helplessly as the Network Ghost was suddenly kicked out of the game world.

“…The Network Ghost isn’t even 23 yet?”

“No way… she’s so young?”

“She participated in building the forum over ten years ago, right? How old was she back then? Was she even ten?”

“It’s over, I feel like a piece of trash.”

Zhan Yan was dying of laughter while eating this melon from afar. While collecting information words and munching on melons, right when he was getting fired up with his searches, his inbox suddenly started blowing up again.

He picked up his phone to take a look and found they were all asking if that Weibo account online was his.

Zhan Yan mass-replied: “The one selling grapes is mine.”

He logged onto his Weibo account to take a look; did his Weibo blow up or something?

Logging in to take a look, good heavens, the latest notifications were 999+.

He remembered everything was completely normal right after he finished interacting with the official Weibo account. What happened?

He clicked open the comment section to take a look first:

“Good heavens, the actual person isn’t a high-quality fake?”

“How about I introduce a few high-quality fake accounts to you, so you can see how others run their operations. @ShoudeYoungMaster @Shoude-PangZehua @Dawn-Cecil”

“LMAO, they’re all posting high-end daily lives at banquets and hotels, while you’re selling grapes on Weibo.”

“What’s wrong with selling grapes? The Grape Faction is right here, grapes rise up!”

“Lychee is the best! Lychee Faction, let me see your hands!”

“Hahahaha, is little brother really this chuunibyou?”

“I’m dying of laughter; now I believe he’s still in school. Save this quickly; in the future when he inherits the family business, this will be the CEO’s dark history.”

“Why call him little brother, call him Young Master hahahahaha.”

A bad premonition arose in Zhan Yan’s heart.

He clicked open the grape advertisement video.

When Luoluo-jie sent it to him earlier, he chose to trust the professionals and posted it without even clicking it open to watch.

The video’s cover was just a costume fitting photo of him holding a grape model, looking completely normal.

After clicking it open, it wasn’t normal anymore.

First, a string of large text popped up on a black screen, accompanied by his voiceover:

“Sigh… how should I shoot a promotional video for grapes?”

Zhan Yan recalled this was from when he was shooting the advertisement. Back then, it was already planned to use this to promote the “Not As Good As Lychee” big grapes, so he intended to shoot the grape promo along the way.

But this promotion was Zhan Yan’s sudden whim and hadn’t been planned in advance at all. Therefore, he had no idea how or what to shoot. At the time, he worried about it for ages, turning on his phone to search for various advertisements to try and spark some inspiration.

After the voiceover passed, the black screen also lit up. The accompanying footage was him wearing his costume, sitting on a small stool looking distressed. At a glance, it was clearly a secretly filmed angle, but his muttering was recorded very clearly:

“Save the mountains! Save the villagers! Every time you buy one less jin of ‘Not As Good As Lychee’ big grapes, you spend less money on buying one jin of ‘Not As Good As Lychee’ 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 personally by this Young Master?”

…

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

“How about we make a lychee plushie and have a grand battle with me.”

Zhan Yan: …

Too embarrassing to look at.

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

If he recalled his mass messages now and claimed this was just another high-quality fake account, would it still be in time?

The video was still playing, and the ending turned back into his distressed voiceover.

“Will shooting it like this work? When the time comes, will they end up not selling out?”

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

“Slurp.”

Zhan Yan: …

Luo! Luo! Jie!

Luo Luoluo first reported the good news to him: “The number of grape orders is soaring! At this rate, the first batch will be completely sold out in just a few days!”

Mentong County was only a small county town, and the earliest ripening grapes also had limited production.

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

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

Luo Luoluo immediately followed up by sending him another video.

Luo Luoluo: “This is an introduction to our grape plantation, as well as the process from planting to picking and packaging. Take advantage of the high heat right now and post it again.”

Zhan Yan struggled internally for a short moment, then let it go. If it’s social death, then it’s social death.

He posted the video up as well.

However, this time it was indeed a serious video, shot over in Mentong County.

As for the fact that he had just mass-replied admitting the one selling grapes was him… admitted it, so be it. As long as he wasn’t embarrassed, the ones embarrassed would be others!

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

Zhan Yan: ???

Only then did he realize he had accidentally included Gu Jiancheng when he mass-replied earlier.

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

He explained the ins and outs to Gu Jiancheng: “In a few days, my family is sending me grapes; I’ll save a few bunches for you.”

Gu Jiancheng started laughing when he saw the message Zhan Yan sent back. Aiya, aiya, his internship over here would be ending in just a few days. He would be able to go see Yan Yan.

Gu Jiancheng clicked open his emoticon panel, carefully selected a sticker from dozens of pages of sticker packs, and sent it back.

Student Xiao Gu: “[Greedy Kitty: Okay, okay~]”

After exiting the chat, Gu Jiancheng switched the interface back to Weibo, clicked open the video, and watched it again. As he watched, he started giggling foolishly, then secretly downloaded the video and saved it into a dedicated folder, also clipping the line “Would you like a grape peeled personally by this Young Master?” to save separately.

Want to eat! Yan Yan indeed liked the style of the TV dramas he had been watching recently!

He knew how he should act when they met!

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

Zhan Yan wanted to cry the moment he saw his sister.

No! Hold it in!

Zhan Yan scooped up Xingxing, who was sprinting towards him from the ground.

“Wuu… Xingxing, I missed you so much! You’ve gotten heavier again!”

Xingxing rubbed against him vigorously. The kitty missed him very much too!

Zhan Suiru hauled the grapes out of the car and teased him: “Miss Xingxing that much, huh?”

“Of course. The time Xingxing has been separated from me is longer than the time he’s stayed with me!” Zhan Yan hoisted Xingxing onto his shoulder. “Jie, I’ll help you carry the grapes.”

Zhan Suiru hauled four boxes of grapes out of the car in one breath.

Zhan Yan’s eyes went straight: “Jie, did you save any for yourself and our brother?”

Zhan Suiru lifted one box with a single hand: “Relax, saved plenty—can you lift it?”

Zhan Yan: “…Heh!”

He only lifted one box.

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

There was still one box left; he could just come out and carry it in another trip later.

There was no need for him to make another trip out. His three roommates heard the commotion and ran downstairs. The three of them were fiery with enthusiasm, one box per person, carrying up the one box on the ground and the two boxes in his sister’s hands, calling out “Jie” one after another with the sweetest voices.

After entering the room, Zhan Suiru pulled out her haircutting tools from her bag and smiled at Zhan Yan: “Come, Jiejie will cut your hair for you.”

While Zhan Yan was getting his hair cut, his three roommates stared at Xingxing with shining eyes and got their hands all over him. Soon, Xingxing was lying flat under their superb cat-petting skills.

Zhan Yan scrolled on his phone while getting his haircut, and happened to come across the movie promotion for Ji Lele.

The poster was made very exquisitely: a teaching building shrouded in the night, all rooms completely dark except for one classroom in the top left corner. Light shone out from the classroom, becoming the sole light source for the entire poster. Inside the lit window, a bizarre shadow could be faintly seen.

The poster was also accompanied by text:

“The most mysterious campus horror story, bringing you a refreshing and chilling summer”

Zhan Yan recognized at a glance that the bizarre shadow figure came from his sister’s sculpture.

“Jie, look, that horror movie Ji Lele filmed previously is about to hit theaters!”

It had his sister’s sculpture in it! He absolutely had to go see it!

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

Her little brother participated in it, so she definitely had to watch it!

Zhan Yan: “Let me see, it premieres in early August. My internship over here ends 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 Jie’s sculpture in it is about to hit theaters! Let’s go watch it together!”

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

Holding a comb in one hand and scissors in the other, Zhan Suiru snipped the last few cuts with a snip-snap, combed it smooth for him, untied the cape around him, and gave it a light shake.

“Alright, go wash your hair.”

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

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

The silly child still couldn’t distinguish the main point. What was so good to look at about her ugly sculpture?

Before her message could even be sent out, replies appeared in the group.

Ji Yueming: “Sure, I should be able to rush back around the 12th.”

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

Zhan Jinli: “I can do that too.”

Zhan Suiru was stunned for a moment, then deleted the words in the input box line by line.

Zhan Yan came back after washing his hair to see his sister sweeping up the hair clippings. The corners of her lips were slightly tilted up, looking exceptionally gentle in the sunlight: “I’ll do it, I’ll do it. Sister, what are you thinking about that’s making you so happy?”

Zhan Suiru handed the broom to him: “Nothing. Mom and Dad are coming back after the 12th; we’ll go watch the movie together then.”

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

The landlord agreed to let them keep pets, and the three roommates were having a blast petting the cat. Xingxing didn’t want to leave either. In order to solve the problem of cat meals, Zhan Yan bought an induction cooker.

Zhan Suiru’s mood improved a lot after seeing her little brother, and she returned to her workshop.

Just as she entered the black market, a message from the Broker was sent over.

“What did you silently go and do again?”

“Does it have anything to do with the apocalyptic world from a couple days ago?”

“Let me tell you, acting like this isn’t very kind of you…”

Zhan Suiru didn’t even know what was wrong with him yet, but upon returning to the entrance of her workshop, she saw a person: Long Shelan.

Zhan Suiru raised an eyebrow, her eyes beneath the shadow of her hat sharp as knives.

On the day the apocalyptic world connected, Infinite’s will detached from Long Shelan’s body, after which he fell into a coma.

Amidst the blizzard of spiritual power after her spiritual power was unsealed, Zhan Suiru had conveniently cleared away the manipulation the Book of Secrets had placed on him. But it was also at that time that she discovered Long Shelan’s body contained not only the Book of Secrets’ manipulation, but also a complete “Heart-Linking Thread”.

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

Long Shelan should have been taken away by the people from the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau. Was he able to come here now because he had returned to normal?

What did the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau make him come over for?

Countless speculations rose and fell in Zhan Suiru’s heart. The thought she desired most constantly struggled to emerge from the waves, finally stepping onto the crest of the wave and tightly embracing her heart.

Zhan Suiru pinched her fingertips: “Come in.”

Long Shelan was incredibly nervous, nearly tripping over the threshold as he entered.

He only felt that his past few days had been a rollercoaster of ups and downs.

His earliest memory was still stuck a month ago, when he was using the toilet. People inevitably relaxed their vigilance while using the toilet. Thus, Long Shelan fell victim just like that.

A few days ago, he woke up groggily and found himself lying on a sandy beach. His body was agonizingly sore, as if he had been chased in circles by a tiger seven or eight times.

Just as he opened his eyes and before he could fully sober up, he saw a circle of people pointing high-risk firearms and various weapons at him.

Long Shelan: …

Help! He was just a lowly intelligence broker, did it really have to come to this?!