Chapter 5 — Ha Ha, You're All I Want

Prepare your resume, aren't you planning to apply to the male lead's company? (Spoiler detection system enabled, content censored). That'll teach you to report everything constantly, they've gotten so strict now, they've even censored my comments! Streams of glowing bullet comments refreshed constantly before my eyes. There weren't many new messages, but I had no leisure time to read them anyway. Inspiration's recruitment drive required a portfolio of previous works. The interview guides I managed to find also warned that applicants would face rigorous questioning on specialized knowledge. By the time I finished organizing all the documents and dispatched the email, the sky outside had already turned pitch black. I stretched my back, and a message from Dong Tang popped up on my secondary account.

Can I call you Xiaxia?

It is alright if you cannot.

Forget it, I will not call you that then.

Are you busy?

[Cute cat meme] [Sudden appearance cat meme]

Still not done with what you are busy with?

[Sad cat meme] It was truly impossible to imagine that Dong Tang, with his aloof and noble expression, could send such endearing memes. I hurriedly replied to him, "I'm busy working on my resume! Inspiration just posted their recruitment notice this very afternoon, right after we talked about it!"

You really are my lucky star.

Where on earth did you find so many adorable memes?

Of course I can, go ahead and call me Xiaxia.

On the other end, his typing speed was noticeably sluggish. The typing indicator hovered for a long time without sending anything. In the end, only a single sentence came through.

Xiaxia.

Oh heavens, that was just dead-set adorable.

If typing takes too long, just send a voice message instead~

The typing indicator on the other end stopped instantly. It transformed into a fifteen-second voice message.

My younger brother sent them to me, saying that girls love these kinds of cute memes, and told me not to send those old-fashioned emojis from back in the day anymore.

Do you have time this weekend, would I be able to take you out on a date?

On the evening of our date, my younger brother wants to join us for dinner, would that be alright?

Dong Tang's younger brother. My heart plummeted. Wasn't that the exact name the bullet comments warned would throw me into the ocean to feed the fishes? When the enemy attacks, the general must block; when water flows, build a dam. If I have to meet him, I'll meet him! 06 At the mention of meeting Feng, a section of the bullet comments was even more pessimistic than I was. Feng is no pushover; he is the ultimate unhinged brother-con. Especially since his older brother's legs were injured precisely to protect him. If he discovers the female supporting character is a fake this time around, will she even have a way to survive? Hard to say, very hard to say... I watch the little female supporting character for entertainment while eating my meals every day; I don't want to lose my internet dining companion... The rest were gloating with malicious glee, though this faction was dwindling by the day. Word had it that after cursing me out too fiercely the other day, a massive chunk of them had been permanently muted. Damn female villain, you won't be acting arrogant for much longer, the system has already started patching the plot errors. Stealing our precious darling's male lead for all this time is utterly sickening.

When I finally met Feng, he was completely different from what I had imagined. At first glance, he had the quintessential look of a university student. His conversational manner was remarkably casual, entirely embodying the persona of a foolish, defenseless youngster. Once we started talking, I learned he was actually two years younger than me.

Heh heh, my second older brother took such good care of me when we were little. I got into university at sixteen and graduated early too, finishing at twenty-one.

I weakly posed a question: Bachelor's degree?

Graduate school, sister.

Seeing my jaw hanging wide open and unable to close, Feng waved his hand dismissively. "What's so impressive about that, sister-in-law? Once you graduate, you're just another wage slave anyway. How could I compare to my second brother, who built his empire from scratch? When we were kids, the two of us lived in a rundown shack. Ah, who would have thought that a few years later we'd be living in a massive villa?" His tone was an exact mimicry of someone casually boasting. It was intensely grating to the ears. Yet, I knew every single word he spoke was the absolute truth.