Gazing at the Rainbow - Chapter 12

Chapter 12: Forum Netizens

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Early Saturday morning, under the guidance and supervision of Jiang Mingshu, Lin Yao signed up as a user of Hang City Forum. Her username id was “Peaches Aren’t Naughty,” while Jiang Mingshu’s username id was “Lemons Aren’t Cute.”

The Hang City Forum was divided into people’s everyday lives, food, love life… there were several major sections, and each one was further divided into several smaller groups.

Each of these forums had a group of fans. Fans of different forums generally only worked in the forums they were familiar with and rarely went to other forums.

For example, “Lemons Aren’t Cute” had been lurking in the love life section for single males and females, and there were many IDs that were familiar to her.

These ID users were from her online friends, but they weren’t simply just her online friends.

They would gather together after work or after school every day for food, clubbing, singing karaoke, swimming in lakes, mountain climbing, and watching midnight movies… these activities were all collectively called *** (abbreviated as fb).

They met several times a week, while some people even met every day, and they were naturally very close.

As soon as Lemons Aren’t Cute appeared, the ids in the single males and females subsection appeared and greeted her.

***

Like Spring Breeze: How come my apprentice wasn’t online last night?

Lemons Aren’t Cute: Master, I had a classmate come over yesterday, I couldn’t leave her alone to go out ~ (＞＜) ~

Hot Pot Is Too Hot: Beautiful Mengmeng’s classmate must be beautiful too, so bring her out for some fun!

Like Spring Breeze: (￣q￣) Go away, don’t interrupt my conversation with my apprentice.

Like Spring Breeze: Yeah, bring the beautiful lady out to have fun with us, apprentice.

Hot Pot Is Too Hot: Beautiful Mengmeng, you see, Brother is saying the same thing!

Lemons Aren’t Cute: I have to clarify that it wasn’t that I didn’t want to bring her, but she’s a well-behaved child that must go home for bed at 10 o’clock in the evening, how could I take her out?

Like Spring Breeze: Really? Then that won’t be easy to accomplish.

Hot Pot Is Too Hot: Mengmeng’s beautiful classmate is so funny! Hahaha…

Fate Technetium Sky: … (⊙_⊙;) … Such a person really exists in this world?

Hot Pot Is Too Hot: By 10 o’clock, we only manage to get to the second game by!

Fate Technetium Sky: Yes, and then there’s the third game after that!

Lifelong Love For Her: And the fourth game!

Long Time No See: Then the fifth game!

…

Age Like Songs: If it’s not too intrusive, may I ask where Mengmeng’s hot classmate is from?

Hot Pot Is Too Hot: Comrade upstairs, please keep yourself in line!

***

In front of the computer, Jiang Mingshu placed her hands on her hips and poked the screen with one hand. “Don’t you see? Going to bed at 10 o’clock at night will make you despised!”

Lin Yao was speechless.

***

Fate Technetium Sky: By the way, has today’s event come out yet?

Like Spring Breeze: This afternoon at Ivy, pay attention to the latest activity post.

Hot Pot Is Too Hot: Going to Ivy Tea House for tea? To chat? Play poker?

Hot Pot Is Too Hot: ┴┴（□′）┴┴

Hot Pot Is Too Hot: What an absurd joke!

Fate Technetium Sky: Wait for the evening activities.

Age Like Songs: It’s nice to sit in Ivy Tea House, where there are lots of girls.

Hot Pot Is Too Hot: Excuse me, are the girls you are referring to from the 50s and 60s?

Destiny Technetium Sky: (─.─ ||) Age Like Songs has got some peculiar tastes.

Age Like Songs: Anyone with a discerning eye would know what I mean.

…

Like Spring Breeze: [private chat] Apprentice, what is your classmate’s id?

Lemons Aren’t Cute: [private chat] Peaches Aren’t Naughty. She just registered, so take care of her for me Master~

Like Spring Breeze: [private chat] That is a must!

Like Spring Breeze: [private chat] Tell her to post something, and we’ll help her bring the post to the top.

Lemons Aren’t Cute: [private chat] Alrighty, thank you Master! o (o) o

***

“Hurry up and post a message,” Jiang Mingshu urged Lin Yao. “Any post from you will attract these interesting fellows and you will see how fun it is, hurry up, hurry up!”

Lin Yao only just found out what a post was, so she had had no idea what to post. “But I have nothing to post.”

“Why not?” Jiang Mingshu’s eyes widened. “In the section of singles, you are free. You can discuss anything you want. For example, you can talk about what you have seen and heard, you can share your love stories. Oh right, they are especially interested in good food and fun.”

What you have seen and heard? Love stories?

For example, how was she cheated on by her ex-boyfriend? Lin Yao wasn’t interested in letting the whole world know how miserable she was.

But as for delicious food and fun…

Lin Yao didn’t think so before, but due to Lin Yun’s influence, she was already painfully aware of how ignorant and unworldly she was, so how could she have the confidence to post something?

Seeing that she was still confused, Jiang Mingshu suggested, “If you really can’t think of anything, just send this post: The newcomer is here.”

So on this day, Lin Yao was basically forced to make a post saying, “The newcomer is here” in the Hang City Forum.

Her meaningless post was followed by several pages, and of course, the content of the pages following her post was equally as meaningless. She didn’t know whether it was because Like Spring Breeze and Lemons Aren’t Cute were too influential, or because there were too few girls in the single men and women section.

***

Hot Pot Is Too Hot: Sofa!

Destiny Technetium Sky: Grab the sofa!

Lifelong Love For Her: Bench!

Like Spring Breeze: Floor!

Long Time No See: Basement!

Lemons Aren’t Cute: Floating by~

Tang Seng Is Very Low-Key: Passing by~

Little Guliang: (⊙⊙) You all must be bored out of your minds, spamming with “irrigation” posts all day long!

(“Irrigation posts” are meaningless posts used to gain more points.)

Lifelong Love For Her: My wife is here, please give me a kiss and a hug (◇)

Hot Pot Is Too Hot: We must firmly oppose all unethical PDA!

Destiny Technetium Sky: Cold PDA is splattered onto the face, and warm tears are mixed in together with PDA.

***

Jiang Mingshu told Lin Yao that “Little Guliang” was the most popular moderator in the single men and women forum section. She and “Lifelong Love For Her” met during one of the activities organized by the single men and women section, and in real life, they were already a couple.

Little Guliang was small, but she didn’t have a temper, and she was a bit stubborn as well. But she was very attractive and cute. Lifelong Love For Her was handsome, gentle, and towards Little Guliang, and he acted very loving and tolerant.

Their success touched and influenced many people.

Hot Pot Is Too Hot and Destiny Technetium Sky were good friends, despite the fact that they irrigated (meaningless chats) on the forum all day. In reality, they were both outgoing and cheerful boys that knew how to take care of girls in particular.

But in the end, she emphasized that the most handsome, gentle and charming one was still Like Spring Breeze!

Lin Yao stared at Jiang Mingshu blankly. All that was left was for her to write, “My master is the best in the world,” on her face.

Lin Yao couldn’t help but think of the smokey eye makeup that obviously took a lot of effort to do last night, and suddenly a thought came to her mind: Could it be that Jiang Mingshu was planning to have a master-student relationship?

If that was the case, didn’t she drag Jiang Mingshu behind last night? No wonder Jiang Mingshu was so upset.

Jiang Mingshu had no idea what Lin Yao was thinking, and she was busy teaching the little rookie all the ins and outs of the Hang City Forum.

The ids on the Hang City Forum had titles as well, and although these titles had no meaning in real life, on the Hang City Forum, they were symbols of identity and status.

For example, Lin Yao just registered with the id “Peaches Aren’t Naughty,” and with her new post, she got 1 point, and her title was “Forum Traveler.” When she made more than 50 posts, she would reach 50 points, and she would be upgraded to the status of a “Forum Ranger.” The title of “Professional Knight” was 500 points, “Hero” was 5000 points, and “Knight” was 50,000 points.

Lemons Aren’t Cute registered a year ago and currently had 8500 points, so her title was Hero. Like Spring Breeze registered more than two years ago, so with a score of 55,000, his title was Knight, a very high level, so his status in the Hang City Forum was also high.

“Hang City Forum will have a Christmas ball next month, and all levels at Hero and above can participate.”

Newcomers who were just getting started naturally wouldn’t get invited to the ball.

Jiang Mingshu patted Lin Yao on the shoulder as she consoled her, “Don’t be discouraged, as long as you keep up with posting every day up to one year, you will almost reach my status.”

Lin Yao’s mouth twitched involuntarily.