Chapter 436: After Losing Weight, You All Love Me (48)

Chapter 436: After Losing Weight, You All Love Me (48)

"That was amazing." As soon as Xing Zhe finished playing, Tang Qing immediately praised him, "It sounds a bit simpler than the original accompaniment, but still very pleasant."

She complimented me!

The smile on his lips never faded. Xing Zhe was practically bursting to say, "I'll teach you!"

As soon as the words left his mouth—

Lu Tongchu cut in right then, "I want to learn too."

What's he butting in for now?

Lu Tongchu continued, "Teaching one is teaching, teaching two is teaching."

Xing Zhe: "This..."

Lu Tongchu remained calm and indifferent, his tone flat, "Do you charge for lessons?"

"How much?"

Lu Tongchu really knows how to kill the mood.

What should have been an elegant, harmonious, and joyful teaching atmosphere was completely ruined by the phrase "how much?"

Even the ukulele suddenly seemed cheapened!

Xing Zhe said through gritted teeth, "I don’t charge!"

Lu Tongchu: "Good."

"Then please let me know when Teacher Xing's lesson is..."

Damn, calling me "Teacher" already.

He just doesn’t want me to be alone with Tang Qing, does he?

Xing Zhe and Lu Tongchu were like oil and water—every time they clashed, Xing Zhe came out worse. His fists clenched tightly in frustration!

As they left, seething, Xing Zhe watched as Lu Tongchu followed Tang Qing out.

Lu Tongchu lived in unit 1403, an end unit, while Tang Qing lived in unit 1402, a middle unit.

Just before entering her apartment, Lu Tongchu suddenly blocked Tang Qing's path!

"What’s wrong?"

"There’s something here." Lu Tongchu spoke, his eyes locked on the entrance of Tang Qing’s apartment.

Tang Qing followed his gaze and she saw a pair of footprints!

From the shoe size, it was clearly a man’s!

What's this?

Is someone stalking her?

The system then retrieved today’s records and immediately screamed in Tang Qing’s head: "Holy shit!"

"It really is a stalker fan!"

"How did this person find out where you live?"

According to the system's data, today, a man dressed in black clothes and a black hat indeed loitered near Tang Qing's door for a long time while she was out. Even more terrifying—he even attempted to pick the lock!

What was he trying to do?

The system immediately prepared to call the police!

But Tang Qing stopped the system at that moment: "Wait."

"Let’s hear what Lu Tongchu has to say first."

Following Lu Tongchu's suggestion, they would first install a surveillance camera at the entrance.

"If we actually capture something, we can submit it as evidence." As Lu Tongchu said this, his brows then furrowed tightly, and a chilling intensity emanated from him.

Tang Qing could almost guess that if they really caught this stalker fan, at least in Lu Tongchu's hands...

He definitely wouldn’t hand him over to the police unscathed—breaking an arm would be the least of it!

"Should I go and buy a surveillance camera now?"

Before she could place the order, Lu Tongchu stopped her again, saying, "No need."

"I have one."

Tang Qing originally intended to follow Lu Tongchu into his room to get the camera, but before she could enter, he stopped her.

This unusual behavior prompted a knowing chuckle from the system.

"Of course he wouldn’t let you in."

"If we’re really talking about stalker fans, Ah Zhai is your number one stalker, isn’t he..."

It was clear from the beginning—Ah Zhai’s room was filled with electronic screens, each one capturing moments of Tang Qing.

The equipment was professional-grade, and if you opened Lu Tongchu’s bookmarks, it would probably be full of high-definition photos of Tang Qing.

All this content...

A stubborn, one-sided obsession, yet kept in the shadows.

The miniature camera Lu Tongchu prepared for Tang Qing, and the most important step was connecting it to Tang Qing’s home Wi-Fi network.

As a result, Lu Tongchu officially entered Tang Qing’s home for the first time.

Exactly as he’d imagined—bright and tidy.

She really belonged in a space like this...

While Lu Tongchu was distracted, Tang Qing had already brought him a cup of hot water and said with a smile, "I’m on a diet, so there’s not much to drink here—just plain water. Hope you don’t mind?"

The pink cartoon cat mug she handed to Lu Tongchu, whether intentional or not, was a pink cartoon cat design.

It stood out sharply with Lu Tongchu’s all-black outfit.

"It’s okay," he responded.

Tang Qing: "My computer is over there."

Lu Tongchu sat at Tang Qing's computer desk and glanced up slightly, right into the lens of her streaming camera.

This angle.

It was exactly the perspective of Tang Qing's livestream.

So familiar.

He'd seen Tang Qing from that position countless times…

Perhaps noticing Lu Tongchu spaced out, Tang Qing explained, "I must've forgotten to tell you, I occasionally do livestreams."

"What you see here is my stream setup."

Tang Qing didn’t follow the typical style of facecam streamers; her equipment was quite minimal, mainly just a microphone and a camera.

Lu Tongchu: "I know."

"Huh? How did you know?"

"‘Great Dream Awakening’ is me."

He actually revealed his ID outright!

Although she already knew, Tang Qing still pretended to be shocked. "How could it be you?"

Lu Tongchu: "Yeah, it’s me."

"I’ve known you were streaming for a long time."

She immediately thought of yesterday’s 80 "Gift Kings," and Tang Qing said, "I’ll refund you the money from yesterday!"

At 880 per "Gift King," last night, Lu Tongchu had spent about sixty thousand yuan in Tang Qing’s livestream room…

Lu Tongchu: "I don’t want you to return the money."

The standoffish, moody guy, fingers typing away on Tang Qing’s keyboard, appeared serious and focused, yet his ears were turning red due to what he was really thinking.

"If possible, I’d like to ask you for another favor."

"I have terrible insomnia…" He paused slightly, then turned to look directly at Tang Qing before continuing, "But every time I hear your voice…"

"I can sleep well."

"Could you…"

"call me every night?"

This is…

Voice chat while we sleep?

Wow, so this is what this guy had in mind all along!

Understanding what Lu Tongchu meant, Tang Qing hadn’t even agreed yet, but the system’s data stream was already going crazy with excitement!

"Right now!"

"Say yes to him! Say yes to him! Hahahaha, falling asleep together on a voice call—how ambiguous is that!"

Basically, isn't this pretty much like sleeping in the same bed!

Tang Qing hesitated for just that one second.

But Lu Tongchu seemed unable to wait any longer. Usually so indifferent, his eyes now once again held that almost obsessive stubbornness!

He added another line, "I really need your voice..."

"Tang Qing, you're truly special to me."

He thought: A one-of-a-kind, rare treasure.

For someone with bipolar disorder, he often felt out of step with the entire world, as if constantly teetering on the edge of a cliff, at any moment about to plummet into the abyss...

Only she,

was the only light he wanted to hold onto.

He wanted her, and even more, he wanted this glimmer of light to shine on him.

After what felt like an eternity, Lu Tongchu finally heard the answer he wanted: "Okay."

"But I'm not sure if I snore when I sleep at night, just so you know!"