Chapter 56: The 56th Day of Livestream Selling
Prince Reinhardt’s black history was not limited to the private videos Lin Zhao sent to Grand Duchess Elowen. There was also the kind of livestream footage destined to become a classic.
At his own strong request.
Ahem. Strictly speaking, what Reinhardt strongly requested was to follow Lin Zhao to work.
Ever since Lin Zhao started taking care of the cat belonging to the online friend he had the best relationship with, this silver tabby had been following him step for step. From dinner, to bedtime, to waking up the next morning for breakfast—he missed not a single meal. Not really.
The feeling of having a cat was hard to describe. When Lin Zhao was getting ready to leave for work as usual, it was the first time he had ever felt this reluctant to leave home.
1114 was sincerely puzzled. “Zhaozhao, when have you ever wanted to leave home?”
Lin Zhao: “…”
Mind your own business.
Anyway, he hugged the big cat and inhaled him like crazy for a good while, refusing to let go no matter what. Reinhardt was also overjoyed. His first reaction was: There’s such a good thing? His second reaction was: Humans should be inhaled as much as possible!
His front paws rested lightly on Lin Zhao, the pads carefully keeping the claws tucked away. He almost buried his entire cat-self back into Lin Zhao’s arms, looking completely addicted to inhaling his human.
Unfortunately, cuddling always had an end. It was only then that Reinhardt discovered that after Lin Zhao finished hugging him, he was preparing to go out.
And he was not bringing him!
But he was bringing that extremely annoying thing that was always flying beside Lin Zhao’s head!
1114: ?
The big cat was shocked. The big cat stared wide-eyed. The big cat felt as if he had been struck by lightning on a clear day.
Only then did Lin Zhao realize that, in the silver tabby’s mind, they were supposed to go out together. No wonder the cat had shown no reaction while he packed his things, merely following behind him heartlessly as always. Wherever Lin Zhao went, he followed.
Honestly, the moment Lin Zhao realized this, he wanted to go to work even less.
How could there be such a cute creature in this world?
Meanwhile, Lin Zhao’s assistant, who had long since gotten used to all this, was already calling him, trying every possible method to coax him into going to work.
Lin Zhao’s cousin Lin Xiang was a standard J-type person. His daily schedule was extremely planned. What time to eat, what time to leave, everything was arranged just right, with very few mistakes. If there was ever a delay in departure, it was usually because Lin Zhao was dragging his feet and did not want to go to work. Today was no exception.
The assistant had already filled several notebooks with ways to coax the boss into work. It could be said that he was highly skilled in this particular business. First, show concern. Then inquire. Finally, provide a solution. After blocking all of Lin Zhao’s excuses, bring out something he liked as bait.
Lin Zhao’s excuse today was that he had a cat now, and his cat could not bear to part with him.
The assistant did not even ask when Lin Zhao had gotten a cat. He simply said, “You can absolutely bring your cat to work with you. The kitten will surely be very curious about your working environment too.”
He did not even need Lin Zhao to ask, “Can I bring a cat to work?” The assistant had already continued, “I’m not sure whether other people can, but you definitely can.”
His skillfulness was almost heartbreaking.
“It would be such a waste if such a beautiful little cat entered Hua Country and couldn’t be seen by more people, couldn’t be praised in person by others. How would that be any different from wearing fine clothes at night?”
What he said made perfect sense.
After a very Hua-style round of polite refusal three times, Lin Zhao finally got into the car. Of course, he brought both 1114 and Reinhardt with him.
Lin Zhao even specially bought an outrageously expensive magical leash from the dark elf Arland.
The artisan elf Arland irritably complained, “Why would you think I have something like this? I’m a potion master, not your personal craftsman.” Yet while complaining, he still dutifully hand-crafted a leash that met Lin Zhao’s requirements at the last minute.
Don’t ask why the sharp-tongued, soft-hearted elf was willing. It was hard to explain.
In short, on the way to work, Lin Zhao received a leash that satisfied every requirement he had. Not only did it meet some kind of feline ergonomics standard, with no sense of restraint and no chance of hurting the big cat no matter how it was pulled, it could also automatically adjust its tightness according to the big cat’s real-time size. Even if Lin Zhao’s cat had the strength to lift a thousand catties, there was no need to worry about it snapping.
Most importantly, this chest-harness-style leash was truly beautiful.
It even came with an exquisite satin bow. The bow had three layers, gold thread edging, and a deep purple velvet base. At the very center was a sufficiently large magical amethyst. The thin ribbons were long and elegant. When Reinhardt raised his head slightly, the entire cat looked exceptionally noble.
Honestly, apart from food, dark elves really did have quite good taste.
Lin Zhao, who was always calculating when spending money on himself, did not even blink this time and had 1114 make the payment. The best magical materials were used, because supposedly that crystal also had protective effects.
Only after the payment was made did Lin Zhao realize that his account had not changed at all.
At first, Lin Zhao thought 1114 had made a mistake and used the state account. After handing over his golden finger to the country, 1114 had added another account according to the situation. It already had three accounts: Lin Zhao’s personal account, the company account for Lin Zhao’s company, Pingtu You Congmu, and the system account Lin Zhao had strongly insisted on setting up for 1114. Now, there was also a state-funded account. It was so messy that it was simply unbelievable.
But 1114 still managed all of them in perfect order and had never made a mistake.
This time was no exception. It was simply that the money came from Reinhardt’s account.
At the familiar name, Reinhardt, who had been obediently pretending to nap on Lin Zhao’s lap, immediately raised his head, narrowed his eyes, and stared dangerously at 1114 in the passenger seat. There was no real reason. He simply sensed that when Lin Zhao heard that name, his mood had obviously lifted.
Lin Zhao was a rather detached person. Aside from when he did not want to go to work, he rarely showed much emotion. For it to be so obvious now, it was impossible for the big cat not to notice.
Reinhardt had originally found the name “Leni” very pleasing, as if someone had called him that countless times already, and as if he could replay that person’s voice message over and over again until the end of time. But now, he only felt that this name was truly annoying, just like this flying device called 1114.
Anything—aside from himself—that attracted Lin Zhao’s attention was annoying!
Lin Zhao knew nothing about the silver tabby’s wonderfully complicated inner thoughts. He only asked 1114 in surprise, “Leni contacted you? Why didn’t he reply to my messages?”
1114 shook its head. “No. Brother Boss didn’t reply to me either. It was Boss-jie who gave the authorization. She said all of Mimi’s expenses here will be paid by Brother Boss. She also paid us a pretty generous thank-you fee in advance. I’ve already reimbursed you for last night’s goat milk~”
The blue-and-white ball proudly puffed out its chest, thoroughly enchanted by the fact that it was such a competent smart home assistant.
After Lin Zhao brought the big cat to the Special Management Bureau—he even specially went around the main building first—he received a trail of “wow” all the way.
Wow after wow. It was simply impossible for anyone in this world not to be fascinated by a kitten.
At first, Lin Zhao had been a little worried that such an intense crowd of onlookers would scare his cat. But in the end…
The silver tabby merely stood on his shoulder with his head held high, looking down upon all living beings as if it were perfectly natural. He looked both like Lin Zhao’s imagined version of Reinhardt himself and also very much in line with the personality of most cats: “Of course. I shine like the stars. It’s impossible for them not to be enchanted by me.” And also, “They like me this much! I must be their god!”
This truly was a very beautiful big cat.
His silver-white fur was dense and soft, like fine silk. His violet eyes were especially unique. If one looked closely, one could see brilliant silver points of light flowing deep within his pupils, as if stars had been placed inside them. His ear rims were a little sharper than ordinary cats’, and his closed eye lines were very long. The most special thing was that fluffy tail, nearly as long as his body, while the very tip was not a gradient color, but a pure silver-white.
It made Lin Zhao constantly want to whisper like a demon: This beautiful big cat is destined to belong to me!
He just did not know whether Leni would be willing to part with him after finishing his business.
In short, Lin Zhao, ruined by cat-indulgence, started work even later than usual today. The moment he sat down at his “workstation,” he received the biggest piece of bad news for the day—Wei’an could not help him substitute-stream anymore.
“How could this happen?” Lin Zhao put on a mask of agony.
[I really want to make money too,] Wei’an wrote. He had even planned out what he could stream next besides hunting, such as his old skill—playing football. He had even used tumbleweed to make something resembling a football.
Unfortunately, what arrived faster than money was a weather emergency. According to the expert team’s calculations, in about fifteen to twenty natural days, the Pagar grassland would experience a prolonged period of extreme drought.
Anyone who had watched animal migrations knew that this kind of dry weather often came with dried-up water sources, high-risk grassland fires, and most animals migrating early toward wetter regions. Based on scans of the underground water veins, the experts recommended that Wei’an and Simba begin moving toward the southeast as soon as possible.
“So, you’re about to start an animal migration too?” Honestly, Lin Zhao was quite curious.
Wei’an wrote on the ground: [Theoretically, yes. If any novel reached this point, it would probably start describing a tense, exciting, and displaced migration arc for the protagonist—though I don’t know what kind of novel would have a protagonist transmigrate into a prairie dog surrounded 360 degrees by enemies. I also think migration would make for very good livestream content. But…]
[I don’t want to leave the home I finally managed to build.]
At that moment, Lin Zhao had never been more certain that this prairie dog before him, regardless of where he had grown up, was thoroughly Hua in his bones.
Not only because of that emotional attachment to one’s homeland, but also because:
[Most importantly, I’m already backed by our mom now. Why would I run? Am I sick in the head?]
Since he already had such a huge golden finger, Wei’an naturally chose to fight this cursed heaven head-on!
That would also be very watchable. Unfortunately, it could not be livestreamed.
The expert team temporarily did not recommend exposing to the public that they could connect to another plane, because they were no longer certain whether it was another plane or another planet.
The strange white light last night had not only kept Lin Xiang and the others busy all night. It could not be said that they had found nothing at all, only that there were too many tangled threads. It was not until Lin Xiang saw the message from Lin Zhao saying that, for certain reasons, he had to help Leni take care of a cat for a while.
Although that silver tabby cat was just as stupid and annoying as its owner, hissing at the camera countless times in the video Lin Zhao sent, it also made Lin Xiang suddenly realize something. Was his brother’s so-called interplanar trading connecting to other worlds in different planes, or to different planets within the same universe?
Lin Zhao and 1114 were somewhat confused. “Is there a difference?”
The difference was huge.
For example, if they were all in the same universe, then how far apart were they from these other planets? Could they contact one another without relying on the system?
Why were only these twenty-two planets able to connect with one another?
Was there something they had in common?
One question after another came rushing in. Not every question necessarily had an answer, but very clearly, Lin Xiang had a feeling that this time, they had truly touched upon the core of the problem.
But none of this had much to do with Lin Zhao for the time being. Compared to these things, he cared more about the fact that he could only rely on himself for the next livestream.
Then Lin Zhao’s gaze fell on the big cat, who had already quickly included his workplace in his territory.
He said to his cat, “Do me a favor, okay, baby?”
His cat said: Okay, okay.
Author’s Note:
Nonsense Mini Theater:
Reinhardt: I don’t care. He’s acting spoiled with me! My wife is so cute.
Lin Zhao: I have something to do. Everyone, please watch my cat for me. Thank you~
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