Gazing at the Rainbow - Chapter 18

Chapter 18: Something Too Easily Gained

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

After leaving work on Friday, Lin Yao didn’t plan on going to Jiang Mingshu’s place because she didn’t want to, and she also didn’t want to hinder Jiang Mingshu’s pursuit of true love.

Recently, Lin Yun and her husband were practically glued together, so naturally, she rushed home right after work. Everyone else was anxious to return home as well. Only Lin Yao felt that instead of going home early and staying alone, she might as well stay at the company.

On one hand, she did this to concentrate on learning English, and on the other hand, she still had some work to finish.

Due to the difference in time zones, many of their foreign clients were still working at this time. They sometimes sent her emails or asked her bizarre questions and made strange requests online, so she was required to communicate and deal with them.

During this time, Lin Yao was like a sponge absorbing water. She greedily acquired all sorts of new knowledge. These extra tasks were simply extra learning opportunities for her, and she enjoyed the process.

“Ring, ring, ring—!”

When the phone rang, Lin Yao’s nerves subconsciously tightened again.

The queen, Lin Yun, wasn’t present, and the CET-8 expert, Jian Wen, wasn’t present either. In theory, she should feel a little bit more relaxed, but that wasn’t the case. There was too much she didn’t understand, and clients kept asking questions that she didn’t know the answer to. So even if there was no one else in the office, she was still nervous.

Lin Yao stared at the phone and discovered that Jiang Mingshu was calling her!

She let out a sigh of relief, but shouldn’t Jiang Mingshu be on her way out to enjoy the nightlife right now?

“How did you do it, hurry up and tell me how you did it?” Jiang Mingshu sounded so excited at the other end of the phone that she spoke without any restraint.

“Why does Peaches Aren’t Naughty have more than 8,000 points when it hasn’t even been a week yet?”

Lin Yao subconsciously moved the phone a little further from her head and kindly reminded her, “Mingshu, are you still at work?”

Jiang Mingshu called her by landline, so of course Lin Yao knew that she was still at work. She simply asked her this in order to remind her not to blurt out things unrelated to work in a crowded office.

Jiang Mingshu’s voice immediately dropped a notch, but her tone was still anxious.

“Ahhhhhhhhhh! Hurry up and tell me, how on earth did you do it?”

Lin Yao couldn’t help but feel somewhat at a loss.

“Weren’t you the one who asked me to persistently post every day?” This was the truth. She indeed visited the Hang City Forum every day, and she posted and followed other posts every day. Peaches Aren’t Naughty left her tracks on every forum.

Jiang Mingshu was dumbstruck. “So you posted 8,000 posts in a week? That is way too much! Ahhhhhhhhhhh!”

Lin Yao was silent for a moment. So it turned out that this was what Jiang Mingshu was actually concerned about!

Lin Yao didn’t know how to tell Jiang Mingshu. In fact, she created three proxy accounts afterwards for experimental purposes. The number of points for the accounts had all reached 5w + (forum title: Knight), 10w + (forum title: Hero), 20w + (Custom Title: World Peace).

After all, Lin Yao could score tens of thousands of points in half an hour, which meant that it only took half an hour to achieve the title of “Knight.” This was a title that seemed so sacred and lofty in the eyes of Jiang Mingshu. Even if she did want to achieve 100w +, it would be achievable in merely one night, but she wouldn’t do that since there wasn’t a need to.

Lin Yao cared about Jiang Mingshu’s feelings, so decided to stop cheating when Peaches Aren’t Naughty had the same amount of points as Lemons Aren’t Cute.

Lin Yao thought about it again, but she still decided not to tell Jiang Mingshu about it for two reasons: first, Jiang Mingshu valued titles in the Hang City Forum too much, and second, Jiang Mingshu had too little self-control.

She could imagine that after finding out about this trick, Jiang Mingshu would either look down on her or even loathe her for cheating. She might even try to catch up to Lin Yao but end up being blocked. No matter what the result was, Lin Yao didn’t want to see it.

Lin Yao countered, “Don’t you think that it’s great for us to have matching sister points?”

“Huh? Is that so?” Jiang Mingshu was momentarily confused, but then she rejoiced again, “Yeah! We can attend the Hang City Night masquerade together next month!”

As soon as the topic changed to the masquerade, Jiang Mingshu’s attention was quickly diverted.

Although Lin Yao repeatedly reminded her to lower her voice, Jiang Mingshu was still too excited to contain herself.

Jiang Mingshu babbled on and on, “Yao! Ah, you have to be well prepared. I have to tell you, my master, Little Guliang, and Lifelong Love For Her will be attending as well.”

Lin Yao fell silent.

Jiang Mingshu said seriously, “In my opinion, these next few days you have to attend more events organized by the Hang City Forum. For the time being, it is best for you to fb with me every week. That way, you won’t be bored when you attend the Christmas ball.”

Lin Yao was indeed somewhat intrigued by the Christmas ball, but she was nowhere near as obsessed as Jiang Mingshu. As soon as Jiang Mingshu mentioned fb activities, she felt a little uncertain.

“Eat, drink, hang out, enjoy…” Lin Yao thought. Perhaps she should give it a try.

“What time?”

Jiang Mingshu said smugly, “It’s still early, so they’re still having dinner outside. After dinner, some will go karaoking, some will go boating… How about this, go to the 571 pub with me tonight, and meet the members that are most active in the single men and women section…”

Pub?

Lin Yao’s impression of a pub still dated back to how they appeared in societal news. Naturally, she didn’t think too highly of them. She frowned. “Is it mandatory that I participate?”

How could such a thing be mandatory? But Jiang Mingshu finally managed to persuade her. She wasn’t going to let her off the hook that easily.

Jiang Mingshu chuckled and said impishly, “Of course! If you don’t participate in these fb events first and attend the ball, then you won’t be able to reach the level of being able to attend masquerades, and wouldn’t that be boring?”

That was indeed a problem.

Lin Yao thought that Jiang Mingshu’s words sounded quite reasonable. She could go and see what type of people were on the Hang City Forum, and then decide whether or not she wanted to attend the masquerade.

Suddenly Lin Yao thought of another question. “Will your master be there as well?”

Jiang Mingshu replied straightforwardly, “He will be there, of course, so you have to have my back when I cause trouble, okay?”

“Just as I expected!” Lin Yao thought.

She didn’t expect that Jiang Mingshu would take the initiative and be so enthusiastic when meeting someone she liked.

Although she was impressed by her, for some inexplicable reason, Lin Yao also felt envious.

She asked in concern, “How are things going with you and your master?”

“Pft—” At the other end of the phone, Jiang Mingshu had just taken a sip of water, but upon being asked this, she spit out the water in shock. “What are you talking about?”

Whenever Jiang Mingshu felt anxious, she spoke like a cannonball. “What things could possibly be going on between me and my master? He’s an elderly man who has a girlfriend!”

Lin Yao was stunned for a moment, and she felt that Jiang Mingshu’s words seemed a bit off, but she couldn’t tell what exactly was off.

Over the phone, Jiang Mingshu complained with displeasure, “What nonsense are you thinking about all day?”

Lin Yao felt even more dumbstruck. Was she thinking nonsense? Perhaps the single men and women section of the Hang City Forum wasn’t merely a platform designed for single men and women to befriend each other?