[Ah Jiang, I'm awake. My breakfast is a cup of black coffee and a fried egg. What are you doing? Have you been thinking about me?]
I don't know where Xie Wangcong learned the bubbly voice recently, but he greets me with a deliberately deep and magnetic voice every day, like a male peacock spreading its tail feathers.
[I'm preparing for a live stream.]
Putting down her phone, Ling Shuangjiang continued preparing.
Okay, you're busy then, I need to go talk business too.
It's clear that Xie Wang has been very busy lately. He only chats briefly with Ling Shuangjiang before starting work.
Even video opportunities are extremely rare.
At 6 PM, the live stream began. Ling Shuangjiang sat at the desk provided by the hotel and greeted her fans.
He usually wears casual, loose-fitting hoodies and shirts at home, and today was no exception. He didn't dress up and appeared without makeup.
[Aha! Honey, I'm here!]
My wife looks so beautiful today; it's another day of envying my wife.
[My skin looks amazing after the Frost's Descent; no beauty filters, no editing, it looks so youthful.]
[Is Shuangjiang filming at a hotel? Is he filming a movie?]
Ling Shuangjiang browsed the live stream comments, carefully answered the fans' questions, and then began to introduce today's live stream content.
"Today I'd like to guide you through sketching, which is more suitable for beginners. I don't know if you're interested."
[Teacher Shuangjiang's free lesson? Wow, I can't wait!]
[My favorite celebrity is personally teaching me to draw? Yay!]
[Is there anything I need to prepare? I might not have any with me.]
"The things you need are very simple: just some sketch paper or white paper, and a pencil."
"There might be some people who can't keep up, but don't worry, I'll speak slowly."
Ling Shuangjiang spread out the sketch paper, a faint smile on her face: "Today, we'll start by drawing the back of a person, but before that, I'll explain in detail what perspective, structure, light and shadow, and tone are."
The camera in the live stream was pointed directly at Ling Shuangjiang's hand.
Under the bright lights, every move of his hand was watched by millions of fans.
His hands are beautiful, not just slender, but each joint is symmetrical and long, with rounded and healthy nails, and each joint is clearly defined.
Each movement is like an artistic expression of the hand.
The live stream only featured Ling Shuangjiang's voice and hand gestures, yet the level of attention didn't decrease because the celebrity didn't show her face; on the contrary, the number of online viewers steadily increased.
[Have you noticed that the silhouette in the painting of Frost's Descent looks a lot like someone?]
[I discovered it, but I didn't dare say anything.]
[This body proportion...it's definitely Xie Wang.]
[The clothing style is the same; isn't the beach scenery exactly like the one in their dating posts?]
[This is blatant display of affection!]
[Everyone, calm down. This person might not actually be President Xie. Don't go around being a jerk and causing trouble.]
[Maybe Shuangjiang has another boyfriend. CP fans, please restrain yourselves and don't make Shuangjiang and President Xie feel awkward.]
[Even after all this, you're still telling me they're not together?]
[That black, tight-fitting short-sleeved shirt is clearly Xie Wang's; even the shoes are exactly the same—they're Chanel's limited-edition Spring/Summer 2022 sneakers.]
Xie Wang gifted 5,000 Carnival tokens to the streamer.
Xie Wang gifted 200 Carnival tokens to the streamer.
Xie Wang gifted the streamer 10 Carnivals.
"So, our basic silhouettes are now complete." This time, Ling Shuangjiang adjusted the camera to face herself, resting her chin on her hand and smiling gently: "How's everyone's drawing going?"
While browsing the comments, Ling Shuangjiang realized that everyone's focus had shifted, and they were all spamming Xie Wang's name.
[Is this President Xie? Is it for real?]
[Ahhhh, I've found real candy!]
[5210 carnivals, that can't be anyone else, right?]
[My goodness! Shuangjiang's live stream has topped the platform's daily spending leaderboard!]
[President Xie! Following along! Frost's Descent! A confession!]
[521, I love you!]
A moment later, Ling Shuangjiang realized what had happened.
He said to Xie Wang, "Thank you for the gift, boss."
[Aaaaaaah, I'm going crazy!]
[Shuangjiang, call out to the boss!]
[On the day of Frost's Descent, President Xie is now the number one on the leaderboard. As is customary, you need to grant him one wish.]
[Yes, yes, you can't go back on your word on Frost's Descent! Mr. Xie, quickly state your demands; you're now the esteemed number one on the leaderboard.]
[My lips, my lips!]
[Mr. Xie, this is all the help we can give you. The rest is up to you. If you get married, remember to invite everyone to the wedding banquet.]
[Mr. Xie's current spending enjoys a special privilege across the entire platform, which allows his information to be seen in every live stream.]
Ling Shuangjiang's eyelashes fluttered slightly: "Is it a rule to grant the number one ranking brother a wish? If so, I can grant the number one ranking brother a wish."
Xie Wang's current spending habits make his speech sound like that of a nouveau riche, dazzlingly golden.
My wish is that you can make a wish to me.
Ling Shuangjiang read it carefully, lowered her eyes and smiled, her eyes filled with deep love.
[My God! Kill me to entertain them!]
[You two have gone too far!]
[Mr. Xie is spoiling me too much! Tell me, is this what brothers are like?]
[Brother? No way!]
[I can't take it anymore, it's too sweet, my teeth hurt.]
"My wish?" Ling Shuangjiang held her drawing board and thought for a moment: "The comments said that I can set off fireworks on the platform, so let's set off a fireworks display for everyone to see."
[Xie Wang: No problem.]
Three minutes later, every live stream room on the entire platform was simultaneously showered with fireworks. Just as the fireworks faded, a sentence appeared in the center of the screen.
[Xie Wang: The stars touch the fireworks, I think...]
Ling Shuangjiang stared intently at that line of text when WeChat on her phone suddenly lit up.
[Xie Wang: I want to kiss you.]
The comments in the live stream were increasing at a rate of seconds, with all the bullet screen messages uniformly saying "I want to kiss you".
When Ling Shuang finished broadcasting, her face was still burning hot.
At this moment, Li Man frantically called him: "Shuangjiang, have you two gone public?"
Ling Shuangjiang: "Soon."
Li Man: "I heard that President Xie spent 5210 Carnival gifts on you!"
Ling Shuangjiang: "Mm."
Li Man said enviously and jealously, "Sure enough, rich people are just bored and have nothing better to do. Doesn't it hurt when the platform deducts half of their commission?"
Ling Shuangjiang nodded seriously: "That's true. Let's refund all the money the fans tipped today, and we should disable the tipping function next time."
Li Man: "Okay, whatever makes you happy."
As the moonlight deepened, Ling Shuangjiang stared at Xie Wang's message on WeChat, unable to feel sleepy for a long time.
He smiled, surprised that Xie Wang would say such romantic things today.
I don't know where it was copied from.
Ling Shuangjiang smiled slightly, put on her slippers, turned on the brightest light in the room, and found the suit he had made for Xie Wang.
He has been taking very little rest lately, and whenever he has free time, he prepares this suit. For this reason, Li Man brought the kesi loom to the hotel.
The suit was almost finished, with only the embroidery pattern remaining. Ling Shuangjiang worked until the early hours of the morning before finally stopping.
He still couldn't sleep that night, tossing and turning in bed. After a while, he typed a sentence on WeChat and sent it to Xie Wang:
[Ling Shuangjiang: The Milky Way kisses the clouds, I want to hug you.]
After turning off WeChat, Ling Shuangjiang smiled and slowly drifted off to sleep.
For three days in a row, Xie Wang left early and returned late, rarely having time to send WeChat messages to Ling Shuangjiang. Unfortunately, due to the changeable and damp weather in London winters, Xie Wang caught a cold that he hadn't recovered from.
The cooperation project with University C has many thorny issues and is not going as smoothly as expected. Many issues require Xie Wang to negotiate personally.
Nighttime in the UK is daytime back home. Sometimes, companies back home also have many urgent matters to handle.
Therefore, Xie Wang had to handle both foreign affairs and domestic matters.
He has only slept 12 hours in the past few days.
Without rest, Xie Wang's cold gradually worsened; he lost his appetite and energy, and felt very uncomfortable.
That day, while he was in a meeting, Ling Shuangjiang called. Afraid of delaying things, Assistant Jin secretly went out to answer the phone.
"Xie Wang, are you busy?"
Assistant Jin said, "Mr. Ling, President Xie is in a morning meeting. Is there anything I can help you with?"
For the past two days, Ling Shuangjiang has been unable to contact Xie Wang, and they only exchange a few words briefly on WeChat. He is somewhat worried about this.
"Nothing important. Has Xie Wang been particularly busy lately?"
"Yes, Mr. Xie has been working overtime and staying up late every day lately, and he also caught a bad cold. His energy is limited, and he has lost a lot of weight."