0144: No Longer Worried About Clothes to Wear

It was a little past 3:00 PM when he finally arrived home. Although he hadn't done any physical labor, his entire body felt exhausted.

It seemed his inner slacker gene had activated once again. While on the road, he had been fully determined to shoot videos, but now all he wanted to do was sleep.

"No way, I need to get things done. Maybe I should check out that piece of art Black Yuanliang gave me first."

He carried the bag into his bedroom, locked the door from the inside, licked his lips, and inserted the disc.

Before his rebirth, back when he was in college, most of the custom-built PCs didn't even come with optical drives anymore. The era of discs was truly a thing of the past.

After waiting for a moment, he launched the media player, plugged in his headphones, took a deep breath, and heard a familiar melody.

"What the hell! Why is it Kamen Rider Black?! Black Yuanliang, what are you playing at?"

However, after waiting for half a minute, the footage on screen began to change, and Xu Lin immediately calmed down, realizing he might have misjudged Black Yuanliang somewhat.

There was even a specially included intro to prevent public embarrassment. Yet after watching for a dozen minutes, he started fast-forwarding. This wouldn't do... sigh~

Was it because he had seen too much, or because after growing closer to Qin Yunhe, he had grown immune to such amateurish thrills?

Xu Lin closed the media player, took out the disc, and got ready to load the next one when he heard a knock on the door outside.

Xu Lin hurriedly pulled out the disc, tucked it back inside a book on his desk, and rushed toward the door.

"At this hour, both my mom and dad should still be at work. It must be Chu Fengyi and the others, right?"

Xu Lin opened the door, and it really was Chu Fengyi and Ji Yun, though both of them had changed into outfits different from the ones they wore in the morning.

The two girls were wearing matching sister outfits—identical utility-style jackets paired with handsome cargo pants. Ji Yun's jacket was coffee-colored, while Chu Fengyi's was army green.

Yet both gave off a cool and dashing vibe, even though Chu Fengyi hadn't tied up her signature single ponytail.

"Looking sharp in those clothes! Well, the people wearing them help too, of course."

"As expected of a playboy, you sure know how to sweet-talk. So my taste is still pretty good after all," Chu Fengyi said, wrapping an arm around Ji Yun's waist.

"Just a minute ago, little Ji Yun was saying it might not suit her and almost didn't want to buy it."

"I've never worn this style before." Ji Yun didn't actually think it looked bad...

"Oh right, Ji Yun and I bought one for you too. Want to try it on?"

"A jacket?"

Xu Lin hadn't expected the two girls to buy him clothes. To be honest, for all these years, his mother was the only woman who had ever bought him clothes.

Later on, Chu Qingshan occasionally did, but she had been busy lately and hadn't had the time to pick out clothes for him.

Still, if all twelve girls ended up buying him clothes in the future, it seemed he would never have to worry about not having anything to wear, and he'd have every style imaginable.

"Try it!"

"Alright."

He quickly slipped off the jacket he was wearing. Ji Yun pulled a deep blue utility jacket of a similar style out of the bag for him.

Then the two beautiful maidens stretched out the sleeves for him from left and right, and he slipped his arms in smoothly.

He instantly felt that rather than the nice clothes, having two gorgeous girls dress him was already enough to make him infinitely happy.

Before he could finish basking in his joy, Chu Fengyi punched him lightly. "Stand straight and go over there so we can see how it looks on you!"

"Fine, fine."

He walked over to the balcony. Chu Fengyi and Ji Yun looked him over carefully and then sighed.

"The pants don't really match, it seems," Ji Yun felt that pairing it with a pair of cargo pants would look much better.

"Still, the jacket itself is fine. How does it feel wearing it?"

"Fits just right, and the fabric is quite nice—not as stiff as it looks."

"Well, it did cost five thousand yuan after all."

"Cough! Now I know why Ji Yun tried to stop you from buying it. You're a wealthy young lady, but we aren't made of money to spend five thousand on a jacket."

"I bought it, so just wear it. I saw you wearing a shirt that cost over ten thousand yuan just the other day."

"That was bought by your sister."

"Oho, Young Master Xu, finally experiencing the perks of being kept by a rich woman, are you?"

"Yeah, if I had this kind of opportunity in the past, I'd have definitely laid flat and coasted."

Alas, with the Zodiac System driving him to pursue grand ambitions, he couldn't just sponge off a wealthy woman, eat, drink, and slack off all day.

"Buying you clothes is mainly so you'll look better when shooting videos. Don't go on camera wearing that pile of dreary, old-fashioned clothes of yours. It's too embarrassing."

Chu Fengyi strongly disliked Xu Lin's fashion sense—not because of the price tag, but purely because of the vibe.

How could a guy under twenty years old wear mostly black, gray, and white, with blue being the absolute brightest color? It was far too dull and aged.

"Alright, you sound just like my mom. Still, thanks. I'll accompany you two shopping next time."

"To thank you properly, give us a hug!"

Xu Lin smiled and jokingly opened his arms, moving in to hug Chu Fengyi.

True to form, Chu Fengyi kicked him away, prompting him to quickly change direction and pull Miss Ji Yun into his embrace instead.

"Miss Ji Yun is still the best."

"Um... yeah." Miss Ji Yun's face instantly turned bright red, but she still wrapped her little hands around his waist.

Seeing this, Chu Fengyi grew jealous from the sidelines. "Hey, hey, Ji Yun! Don't spoil this guy, he just loves taking advantage of people."

"I didn't~ Anyway, I should get down to business now. You two can help me out a bit, since I can't film myself while using my hands."

"Did you buy your equipment yet?"

"Didn't buy a camera yet, I'll use my phone for now. But I did buy the recording equipment, and a pretty good one at that."

"Are you planning to sing for your audience?" Ji Yun and Chu Fengyi still remembered Xu Lin's soul-stirring voice.

"Sort of, but not quite. I plan on cooking while singing, and you two just need to hold the phone for me."

"Sure." Ji Yun was quite curious about the video production process anyway.

"When I publish the video, I can credit your names."

"Alright then, go get yourself ready. Oh, and change your pants—this pair looks awful."

"Got it."

Xu Lin walked toward his bedroom. With the beautiful maidens around, he suddenly felt much more energized. It seemed the best cure for his slacker tendencies was simply spending time around pretty girls.

Changing into a pair of jeans, Xu Lin set up his phone and the lapel mic. He wouldn't be using the standalone recording mic just yet; he'd save that for when he specifically recorded songs later.

"Did you change your clothes yet?"

Suddenly, his door was pushed open. Chu Fengyi poked her head in, and Ji Yun tiptoed in right behind her.

"Chu Fengyi, I hadn't answered yet. What if I hadn't changed yet?"

"You're a guy, what's there to be afraid of?" Chu Fengyi replied righteously, having seen plenty of it in their past life anyway.

"...... By the way, Class Monitor Ji, this isn't your first time here, what are you so nervous about?"

"I'm not nervous, it's just..." Ji Yun pointed not far away, toward the underwear and tissue on Xu Lin's bedside table.

Xu Lin lunged forward in a panic, grabbed the underwear, shoved it under the covers, and his face flushed several shades redder.

"Ahem, I'm ready. Let's go shoot the video." Xu Lin handed his phone to Ji Yun.

"Okay. Is there anything I need to prepare?" It was Ji Yun's first time filming someone else.

"Just don't film my face, just follow my hands as they move. We'll figure out the rest as we go."

"Got it."

"I'm not going. Ji Yun should be able to handle it by herself. I walked around the mall for a few hours and I'm a bit tired, so I'll watch a movie and rest for a bit."

"Alright." Xu Lin nodded and walked out with Ji Yun, though as soon as he stepped out, he felt like he had forgotten something.