Chapter 14
From the moment Lin An’an decided to start farming, he had already worked out his future plan.
Part of the ordinary fruits and vegetables would be listed in the livestream room, while another part would be taken to the trading hall and sold from a stall. Of course, it would be best if the entire process could be livestreamed.
As for the fruits and vegetables with healing effects, those would be sold outside livestream hours, or else sold by trusted people in disguise.
But not now.
The sale times for ordinary produce and healing produce had to be staggered. Otherwise, even if they were sold separately, it would still be far too easy to arouse suspicion.
As a healer, Lin An’an could not bring himself to ignore so many patients and leave them to fend for themselves.
Right now, his strength had not yet recovered, so he could not take care of everyone at once. He could only do his utmost and try to do the best he could.
The effects of the healing fruits and vegetables were not especially obvious. They certainly could not cure a terminally ill person in a short time, but they could slowly stabilize the condition.
For example, someone who originally only had a month left to live—after eating those fruits and vegetables, they might be able to live an extra month, or even another half year, or a full year.
That stretch of time was exactly what Lin An’an needed. Just because he could not take care of everyone right now did not mean he would not be able to in the future.
He knew very clearly that at his peak strength, he could do things that were impossible for him now. He simply needed time, and those fruits and vegetables were the best tools he had to buy that time.
As for the ordinary fruits and vegetables with no healing effect, they would become a shield for his identity. All the viewers in the livestream room, as well as those who purchased the ordinary produce, would also become part of that shield.
After all, right now he was only a soft and delicate little monster cub who needed others to protect him.
Lin An’an looked up at Feng Wu and thought to himself, At the very least, I need to wait until Brother Wolf and the others are cured first.
The little cub was busily doing his little calculations in his head.
Feng Wu met the little cub’s bean-like eyes, then heard him say that the two different kinds of fruits and vegetables had to be sold separately. He immediately understood the cub’s intention.
He gave a quiet laugh in his heart and thought that this little black blob was, as expected, nowhere near as clueless as he appeared on the surface.
Si Youlin on the bed also understood Lin An’an’s plan. Only Xiong Yingjun stood there scratching his head in confusion. “Wouldn’t it be better if all of them were grown as healing fruits and vegetables?”
Si Youlin laughed. “Third Brother… you really don’t have a brain, do you?”
Scolded for no reason, Xiong Yingjun immediately exploded. “Damn it, you’re always taking shots at me every single day! You really think I won’t throw hands with you?!”
Si Youlin merely looked at him with a smiling face, utterly fearless.
Xiong Yingjun instantly deflated and muttered in a rough voice, “Just wait till you’re better,” “See if I don’t beat you to death,” “Damn Fourth Brother, balabala.”
After breakfast, Lin An’an started the livestream on schedule.
Dozens of people flooded into the livestream room at once. It was obvious that they had been squatting there waiting for the cub to go live.
[Cubby is so punctual! Have you eaten breakfast yet?!]
[What are you doing today, cubby? Watering and adding nutrient solution?]
Lin An’an: [Today we’re harvesting the produce.]
[Hahaha cubby is so funny. [slapping table and laughing wildly gif]]
[You only sowed the seeds yesterday, how could you possibly harvest fruit today? Naughty An Cub. [rubbing your head jpg]]
But the moment Lin An’an had the virtual camera point toward the little courtyard, the entire livestream room fell silent.
A moment later—
[Holy shit?????]
[Am I dreaming? [sleepwalking jpg]]
[It’s only been one night! What kind of seeds mature and bear fruit overnight?!]
[An Cub, do you have two courtyards?]
[I think that’s possible. The one you planted in yesterday was one courtyard, and this one today is another, right? [dazed jpg]]
[I-I compared it with the replay. This is the same courtyard as yesterday! The wall height, the patterns, the details in the yard… everything matches!]
[Th-this—this is something only a plant-type ability user could do!!!]
[Aaaahhh could cubby actually be a plant-type ability user?! [screaming cat jpg]]
Lin An’an nodded openly and admitted it: [That’s right. I have a plant-type ability. Yesterday when I sowed the seeds, I used my ability to speed up their growth, which is why these fruits and vegetables ripened and bore fruit ahead of time.]
The tiny black little blob sat obediently on the wolf’s back, seriously replying to the questions in the comments. His adorable little appearance made the newly arrived viewers’ hearts tremble instantly, and they unconsciously clutched their chests and thought, So cute!
The very next second, the newcomers were dazzled by the sea of fruits, vegetables, and greenery filling the courtyard.
[Holy crap, a treasure baby blogger with plant-type abilities!]
[Aaaahhh there’s my favorite corn! I’m drooling, I’m drooling. Cubby, are you listing the corn in the livestream room? Big sister has already prepared her clicking speed!!!]
[Cubby, what color sack do you like? Auntie will go prepare one right now. [excitedly rubbing hands gif]]
[srsly though, this is on Sin Star, right? Produce grown by Alpha patients… do you all really dare to buy it…]
[I’m on Sin Star too! I’m not afraid! I’m going to rage-buy one hundred orders!!!]
[[share livestream room][deep-sea torpedo x1][photon cannon x1]]
[I just saw little daisies in Xingxing’s stream, and now I’m seeing this many fruits and vegetables over here with An Cub. What kind of lucky day is today aaahhh.]
[Yesterday An Cub and Xingxing even met! Xingxing’s little daisy seeds were a gift from An Cub. [excited screaming jpg]]
[Holy shit, I have a bold idea. Since An Cub has plant-type abilities, then those daisy seeds he gave Xingxing, could they also…]
[Very likely! Cubby said yesterday that he likes Shi Xiaoxing. The daisy seeds were a gift for Shi Xiaoxing. [certain jpg]]
[Who gives seeds as a gift? Blooming little daisies are the real gift, okay?!]
[Cubby is so good at this! Really so good at this! Giving seeds that can bloom is so roooomantic!!! [aaaaahhh jpg]]
Lin An’an, who was picking tomatoes, took a moment to glance at the comments and sharply caught the word “Xingxing.”
The little daisies had bloomed.
The little cub blinked, and could almost imagine how happy Shi Xiaoxing must have been when she saw the flowers bloom.
But—
There were really so many people, aaaahhh!!!
They had only been live for a little over ten minutes, and the number of viewers had already broken one thousand, and was still climbing at an astonishing speed.
W-was this the charm of farming in this world?!
The little cub let out a gasp of amazement like someone who had never seen the world before, and then became even more energetic as he continued harvesting the fruit.
The tiny black blob bounced and hopped through the sea of green. Every time he leaped, he would accurately seize a big red tomato, using his body weight to pull it free, then land lightly.
Sometimes, if he did not land steadily, he would spread out his body to wrap around the tomato, roll once across the ground, then stand up dizzy and place the completely undamaged tomato into the bamboo basket.
For some reason the whole thing was hilariously funny, yet at the same time so cute that people could not help feeling their hearts explode.
At the same time, far away on the capital star, at SinNet headquarters, quite a few people had also noticed this livestream room with its ridiculously long and bizarre title.
It was still early morning, the time when livestream traffic was at its lowest point of the day. And yet, on the newcomer-only “Rising Star Rankings,” a dark horse livestream room had suddenly burst out.
In less than half an hour, the number of viewers had risen by several thousand, and there were signs it might break ten thousand.
A newcomer dark horse like this—and an unsigned newcomer at that—had not appeared in a very long time.
An adorable monster cub, a plant-type ability user, barren land transformed into a green sea overnight… any one of those keywords pointed straight toward a smooth and promising road ahead.
In the office, the assistants and managers were all stirred up.
Chang Feng’s assistant naturally noticed this newcomer streamer and immediately forwarded the livestream room to Chang Feng.
“Teacher Chang Feng, this new streamer has a lot of potential,” the assistant said. Afraid that Chang Feng had too much work and might miss the message, he even ran directly into Chang Feng’s private office. “It’s a cub with plant-type abilities…”
Sitting behind his desk, Chang Feng gave a calm hum. “I know.”
He remembered this cub. Among the contract applications that had previously been automatically assigned to him by the system, this cub had been one of them.
At the time, he had not paid the little cub any attention. He had not expected that even he could misjudge someone—this little cub had actually been hiding so much.
Chang Feng adjusted his glasses and thought that since the other party had shown an intention to sign a contract before, then as long as he now proactively extended an olive branch, there would naturally be no reason for the other party to refuse.
After all, he was already the hottest gold-medal manager in the Sin Star livestreaming section. No newcomer streamer would be unwilling to cling to such a powerful thigh.
Chang Feng sent a standard contract invitation template to An Cub’s backend.
Then he waited and waited, and waited and waited, but no reply ever came. Feeling increasingly irritated, he finally pushed open the door and walked out.
“Ying Youyou,” Chang Feng called. “Come help me sort some files.”
The words came out of his mouth with practiced familiarity. Ying Youyou had interned at the company for three months and had only been made a full employee last week. It was exactly the stage when she still needed to be suppressed and tempered.
So when Chang Feng ordered Ying Youyou around, he did not hold back at all. Ying Youyou had always had a very good temper and had never once refused him.
But today was different. Ying Youyou hummed a cheerful little tune and pointed at her terminal. “Sorry, Brother Chang Feng, I’m busy with something today.”
Chang Feng frowned. “You’ve been full-time for a week now, haven’t you? In a whole week you haven’t even signed a single new streamer. If you can do the job, do it. If you can’t, then hurry up and—”
He had not even finished speaking when Ying Youyou cut him off. “Who said I didn’t sign anyone?”
Her mood today was genuinely excellent. Even though Chang Feng was targeting her like this in front of everyone, she did not get angry at all.
“Didn’t I just sign one?” Ying Youyou smiled, and under the gaze of the entire office, she entered a contract under the name “An Cub” into the system for signed streamers.
“Sorry, everyone.” Ying Youyou gave the surrounding people a playful wink. “An Cub is already mine!”
At that exact moment, Chang Feng’s terminal sounded.
He had received a reply message from An Cub:
[Sorry, I’ve already signed with another manager. Wishing you smooth work and all the best, mwah mwah =w=]