Lu Li, after temporarily resolving Lu Huai, readjusted his expression and sat back in front of the piano.
"Fighting? How is that possible, our family's tradition is to never fight."
After seeing the barrage, Lu Li finally revealed a faint smile, lowering his eyes to explain.
[Real or fake, then why did we seem to faintly hear the little pear say 'Brother don't fight'? Could it be we misheard [Blank stare]]
Some fans with super sharp ears looked at Lu Li's calm appearance and began to doubt themselves.
[Dying of laughter, it should be fake right, if they just finished fighting how could there be absolutely no abnormality visible?]
[Actually I'm quite curious about the scene of the two brothers fighting, cough cough, I wouldn't even know which one I should feel heartache for [Shy]]
However, while everyone was bustling about leaving comments, they also felt that Lu Li's mood today seemed to have become quite good.
Although Lu Li didn't admit it, veteran fans could easily tell that Lu Li's expressions today were clearly much more varied.
If the former Lu Li was like a slightly cool morning breeze at dawn, always so mysterious that people couldn't grasp it, then today this wisp of wind was like it had rushed into the forest, suddenly taking shape as millions of leaves danced with the wind.
As Lu Li began to play the music again, and the melody poured out from his fingertips, the originally chaotic and noisy barrage in the live stream room uncharacteristically quieted down.
When he lowered his eyes to look at the piano keys, his eyelashes cast faint shadows, and his amber pupils seemed to reflect the emotions within the melody, making anyone who watched for a long time involuntarily immerse themselves in it.
[It sounds so, so good… I feel like the melody and details have a few more small changes compared to the concert. I'm really looking forward to the official version released after it's included in the album.]
[+1, Every time a modification is released, it feels like we pears are accompanying Lu Li to slowly watch a new song cub gradually grow up. Being a Pear Fan is truly very blissful.]
Veteran fans even discovered that Lu Li was still continuously perfecting various details of the song.
The snippet at the concert was clearly already super shocking, yet he was still polishing it as if secretly competing with someone.
[Sigh, the more I think about it, the more I feel our Lu Li's new album must be a massive hit!]
[+1 I can't even think of a reason why the new album wouldn't explode! Just the snippet already sounds this good!!]
It was just that the better the feedback in the live stream room, the more uncomfortable Fu Yao and the others staking out in the live stream room became.
"He was probably thinking about going solo a long time ago, holding down the few most exquisite pieces and refusing to let go."
When Xia Jue first heard the snippet of this song, he especially liked it, and could even imagine the scene and the screams of the fans when performing it on stage.
As a result, they resolutely didn't get to sing it even until Lu Li terminated his contract and left the team.
"Captain, when will our new album be released? Let's hope it doesn't clash with Lu Li when the time comes…"
Bo Ya, however, was a bit worried about a certain possibility.
"I don't know, it's said the company is still discussing and adjusting."
After all, once Lu Li left the team, he took all the copyrights with him. The first new album after the separation became crucially important. Fu Yao spoke with a cold tone.
But it was also good that Lu Li left. No matter what happened after he left, at least his own popularity would be the TOP within the team.
"What are you worried about, Bo Ya, you are just too timid. Besides the album, there are plenty of work arrangements next month, no need to be nervous."
Xia Jue was actually looking forward to the shoots more. After all, compared to Fu Yao, this captain, he himself was the team's visual center.
With Lu Li, whom they had unanimously targeted outward, gone, the three people's thoughts began to differ.
As a result, just as Xia Jue finished speaking, Lu Li's final explanation before ending the live stream also transmitted from the live stream room:
"The latest schedule is coming up soon. Besides the new album in preparation, there will be a magazine shoot in a while. Everyone will know when it is officially announced."
What!? There were arrangements this quickly?
This undoubtedly gave the fans in the live stream room a reassurance pill.
[Ahhhh I'm already starting to look forward to what magazine it is this time. I feel it will be very surprising, who understands?]
[Maybe the collaborating photographer will also be very amazing!]
Moreover, fans faintly perceived from Lu Li's tone that the level of this schedule wouldn't be low. Because Lu Li would never speak about things he wasn't sure of, and he said it so seriously!
"Lu Li has a shoot too? Didn't he leave the team, the company would actually agree to come over and shoot?" Xia Jue was shocked.
"It shouldn't be the same one, they move quite fast."
Fu Yao said faintly, feeling that Lu Li indeed had the confidence to dare leave the team.
However, just as the various factions in front of the screen had differing moods, and Lu Li was also preparing to end this live stream that had already over-fulfilled all its goals, Lu Huai suddenly forcibly added drama and squeezed in front of the live stream camera, dropping a harsh sentence with a ferocious face:
"Hey, hey—everyone, hold on and don't leave!"
"I'll put these words here first. Those few guys who were jumping around especially fiercely in the live stream room today, deliberately leading the rhythm and spreading rumors, I will keep my eyes fixed dead on you! Lu Li being too lazy to bicker doesn't mean I am… mmm-mm-mm!"
Although he hadn't finished these fierce and vicious words, Lu Li beside him reached out and pressed down on Lu Huai's head, forcibly shoving him out of the live stream frame.
"Why are you so petty, what's wrong with borrowing the live stream room for a few seconds to make a statement…"
Lu Huai stubbornly refused to retreat, making Lu Li's expression subtle as he listened.
Who drops harsh words and threatens fans and the audience directly in front of the camera?
If he were a public figure, the next day anti-fan posts would be flying all over the sky. Not to mention Old Fourth still has to go to school tomorrow. Is this guy planning to just skip school and stay home to avoid the storm?
"That was an accident just now…"
After Lu Li forced out a faint smile, everyone who had just been collectively startled finally slowly recovered their senses.
[Hahahahahaha dying of laughter. [Read on RanaTranslations🌸] Although I was startled, it felt a bit satisfying. Truly worthy of being the younger brother boss wuwu! Handsome and kind-hearted!!]
[+1, I also feel our pear just has too good of a temper most of the time. There was seriously so much rhythm in the live stream room today, watching it pissed people off]
[Support the younger brother! As long as you keep a firm eye on those guys, older sister will always be your fan too!]
Compared to the fans' joyful agreement, those guys with ulterior motives were solidly startled.
And still keeping an eye out? Making it seem like a ghost.
Xia Jue muttered a sentence, then glanced at Fu Yao beside him, whose face was equally unsightly.
Although just as everyone thought this live stream was finally going to officially end, a small white strand of ahoge (cowlick) unexpectedly floated into the frame.
It was impressively Xueyan, who had been carried to the side and had been watching his brothers' actions from afar, finally becoming somewhat curious about the parents' magical phone.
Mimicking his fourth brother just now in a convincing manner, he tried hard to stand on tiptoe and also wanted to lean close to the phone to see exactly what could be seen inside the camera.
Otherwise, why would the brothers scramble to talk to the phone?
Could it be like last time when Louis made a phone call, there are many little friends or big friends on the other side?
"Not good—Lu Huai!"
And Lu Li, who appeared calm and unhurried in the live stream frame, was actually engaging in a resistance match with Lu Huai with his hand outside the camera's view.
Because Lu Huai was rather unconvinced and trying to squeeze back in, feeling he was shoved out by Lu Li before he had even finished his sentence.
Why is this guy so petty? What's wrong with borrowing the live stream room to drop a few seconds of harsh words? The key is, wasn't this backing him up? Truly taking good intentions for a donkey's liver and lungs!
"I haven't finished speaking yet, let me finish first… Holy crap!"
Watching Xueyan unconsciously lean closer, the originally opposing Lu Li and Lu Huai instantly both let go, their expressions drastically changing as they went to scoop up Xueyan.
At this moment, Xueyan, trying hard to stand on tiptoe, had just barely revealed the hair on the top of his head and a pair of moist big eyes, peeking toward the phone camera.
[Ahhhhhhh—Baby!? I knew I would get a bonus if I watched to the last second!]
After the initial stun, the live stream room quickly reacted and boiled over.
[Mother, even closer than at the concert. What kind of angle is this? The cub-stealing angle hahaha]
[I wish I could reach my hand into the screen, grab him, and run already [Craving] Damn it, this is clearly my cub who's been lost for years—]
The instantly boiling barrage was incredibly lively, forcibly bringing in nearly another ten thousand people during the final moments before the live stream ended!
"Brother…?"
Unfortunately, the next second, Xueyan was frantically and accurately scooped away simultaneously by four large hands. One of the hands even suddenly snatched away the live-streaming phone, instantly leaving countless fans disappointed to the point of scratching their hearts and clawing their lungs.
[Noo—It was clearly just a little bit more, what's wrong with letting us take one look [Sobbing wildly]]
[Exactly exactly! Can't kiss him, can't hug him, are we not even allowed to look! I'm the baby's long-lost cousin-mom! [Wailing loudly]]
[What does cousin-mom mean? Then I'm the cousin-dad hahaha]
"Little friends cannot get close to phones, this thing is super dangerous!"
But Lu Huai completely didn't have time to care about the barrage this time. He was purely so scared that cold sweat almost broke out, not expecting Xueyan to actually mimic him and curiously peek into Third's phone camera.
If he had truly been fully filmed and Dad and the others found out, the consequences would simply be unimaginable.
"…If it's very dangerous, why can Brother look at it?"
Xueyan, tightly hugged in his fourth brother's arms, couldn't help but ask softly, his gaze still landing on the phone with a bit of curiosity.
"Because… cough cough, because there's a bunch of human traffickers inside who want to steal you away! Saying you are some wild little cat, the kind that's gone if they're slow! It means if they're slow you'll be scooped up and taken home to be raised by others first! But Brother is fiercer, no one dares to touch Brother!"
Lu Huai earnestly and tirelessly explained to the cub.
Terrified that Xueyan was still curious about the phone and wanted to lean closer to look, giving out some bonus to this guy Lu Li's live stream room for no reason. Absolutely forbidden!
These words successfully made Xueyan widen his eyes, becoming a bit nervous and aggrieved.
"You cannot casually grab me away. I'm not a wild little friend, I have my papa, brothers, and sister…"
Reaching out to firmly hug his brother, Xueyan emphasized in a small voice.
As if he was afraid someone would forcefully snatch him away from his parents the very next second.
Lu Huai instantly started laughing foolishly again. Hehe, so cute, completely clinging to his brother's arms.
"Then give Brother a kiss? MUA~? If Brother gives you a kiss you won't be a wild little friend anymore, and no bad guys will dare to casually scoop you up and take you home to raise…"
And in the final few seconds as Lu Li coldly closed the live stream nearby, everyone in the live stream room also happened to hear this cutesy voice conversation.
[Hey hey hey, what kind of person is this, actually daring to throw dirty water on everyone in the live stream room! How can snatching a cub be called snatching!?]
This clearly merely expresses everyone's feeling of affection!
[And was this voice really made by the younger brother boss… Why can a person's voice change so much within one minute? Suddenly going from a high school male god to looking very cheap [Blank stare]]
[It's fine if you don't let us look, but you still want to kiss the little pear right in front of us. I'm really angry! Little pear, don't let him kiss you!]
Numerous netizens with exploding rebellious sentiments had just wanted to leave a comment to explain to the cub that they were absolutely not human traffickers, when it already displayed [The current live stream has ended, preparing to recommend a new live stream room for you].
Despicable—
How can there be such a guy in the world? Actually tricking the little pear into thinking everyone in the live stream room is a bad guy.
What if the little pear never dares to appear again in the future!?
And Lu Huai at this moment couldn't be bothered with this. Purely satisfied, the corners of his mouth wildly turning up, he hugged Xueyan in his arms.
Lowering his head to give a kiss, laughing a hehe; unable to resist leaning over to give another kiss, laughing another hehe. Finally directly burying his head in Xueyan's hair and nuzzling fiercely.
Gaga, only I can hug him ha, those guys outside the screen wanting to hug him is simply wishful thinking!
It made Xueyan, who was originally a bit afraid of bad guys, instinctively cover his hair. Xueyan actually had a tiny bit of OCD, especially disliking his hair being messed up, and turned his head to look at Third Brother asking for help:
"Brother—!"
"…Lu, Huai."
And Lu Li, putting down his phone and turning around to see Lu Huai's smug appearance, enunciated Lu Huai's name word by word with an extremely unsightly expression.
We were just live streaming, and to save face for this guy I didn't really make a move.
Now that there aren't so many viewers, this guy actually still dares to mess around like this.
"What, want to fight!? Just right to test your skills after so many years?"
Lu Huai, holding Xueyan, also glared back unwilling to be outdone.
"Hand Xueyan over first."
Lu Li looked at Lu Huai's appearance with extreme disgust.
During the live stream just now, I was actually moved for a second by this guy's actions. It was purely superfluous!
"Yo-yo-yo, I won't. [Read on RanaTranslations🌸] Come and snatch him yourself if you have the ability, big star~? Aren't you very good at acting cool normally? I swiped so much for you today, and you don't have any gratitude?"
Lu Huai directly made a funny face, wishing he could anger Lu Li's usual cold, playing-it-cool appearance where he didn't care about anything into breaking his defenses.
"You!"
Lu Li uncharacteristically clenched his fists, the blue veins on his arms bulging out.
When Lu Ting and the others rushed home after getting off work, what they saw was the scene of Old Third and Old Fourth chasing each other. The key was that the sweet cub was just obediently being held in his brother's arms, blinking his eyes somewhat helplessly, his hair flying in the wind.
Although due to both sides' exceptional looks, the scene looked quite like filming a movie, and the movements were fast and clean, falling short only of directly shooting a pursuit action blockbuster at home.
To this, Lu Jing directly sneered and looked at Dad and Eldest Brother nearby.
Sure enough, Lu Ting was already furious beyond measure.
Directly reaching out, he steadily grabbed Old Fourth who was running all over the place. With so much strength, he scooped the sweet cub out of Lu Huai's hands and back into his own embrace in one grab.
"Holy crap, who… Dad? How come you don't even have a footstep sound when you come home… Ow!"
Lu Huai instinctively wanted to snatch Xueyan back. As a result, turning his head, he collided with Dad. The next second after his whole being was dazed, he was directly slapped on the body by a long-lost smack from Lu Ting.
With an "Ow", his whole being almost hit the floor.
And Lu Li on the other side was also firmly grabbed by the wrist by Eldest Brother, forced to shift his stance and stop the pursuit movement. Just as he wanted to shake off the restraints behind him with extreme unwillingness, he was jolted awake by Lu Huai's "Ow" shout.
"Dad, Eldest Brother?"
"Good, very good. You two are truly very good, one after another heroes emerging from the youth, huh?"
Lu Ting's sneer under his raging anger at this moment could no longer be described with words.
"Old Fourth, you've made a little money now, so you're getting carried away again, right?"
Lu Huai, who was called out by his dad with a smile, instantly felt guilty.
It wasn't that much either, just a little bit, haha.
"And you, Old Third, live streaming at home and you actually didn't know to let the sweet cub go back to his room first?"
Lu Ting looked at Lu Li nearby. Although this matter was indeed provoked by Old Fourth, Lu Li was this old anyway, yet he was actually stoked up by Old Fourth to the point of losing his reason just like when they were kids?!
Being called out, Lu Li's expression also changed continuously.
Looking at these two with guilty expressions, Lu Ting only wanted to sneer:
"Tonight neither of you are sleeping, come to the study with me!"
Leaving either Old Third or Old Fourth alone at home to look after the cub hadn't caused any accidents. But putting these two guys together at home, they completely caused an uproar and acted lawlessly, right!?
Only Auntie Cheng, who had notified everyone of all this nearby, finally let out a fierce sigh of relief upon seeing the situation. After all, that scene just now of them chasing each other, neither weaker than the other, was truly too frightening.
What if Young Master Lu Huai took a fall and threw Xueyan out of his arms?
This was truly too reckless!
Therefore, the two Alphas who were hanging on the trending searches this night, enjoying the limelight and sparking countless discussions, didn't have the spring breeze of success as the outside world imagined, but were instead directly hauled into the study by their dad Lu Ting with an ashen face for a lecture.
"Were you scared just now?"
Lu Jing looked at Xueyan and asked softly.
Xueyan shook his head, instead a bit worried about his brothers:
"What should we do since Brothers fought?"
"It's fine. If they fight, Dad naturally will handle it. Dad is best at this kind of thing."
"Shall we go read a book for a bit? Aren't you going to the competition soon?"
For this toddler group's little host competition, Xueyan had been preparing very hard. Because it was said there was also an additional toddler foreign language segment, he had been studying English in advance along with it.
And in this aspect, naturally Lu Jing and Lu Xun took turns tutoring him most proficiently.
Every time he heard his brother and sister read English, Xueyan felt it sounded exceptionally nice, his eyes sparkling.
"Mm."
Xueyan was led by his sister back to the room, looking back every three steps, just still a bit worried about his brothers.
However, as Lu Jing watched Xueyan reading the story in front of her, she found that the little guy's stage presence seemed to be getting steadier and steadier.
Before, when standing and reading a story, he would still be a bit nervous and shy. Now he was becoming more and more natural.
"Because… because I'm imagining, if I were Third Brother, what would I do?!"
Being asked about the secret, Xueyan, hugged in his sister's arms, shared softly with some embarrassment.
When Third Brother sings, he can stand in front of so, so many people and not be nervous.
Then compared to Third Brother, just reading a story in front of the little friends, naturally I should be even less nervous.
Hearing this, Lu Jing exchanged a glance with Eldest Brother Lu Xun nearby for a moment, thinking to themselves that sure enough, the subsequent effect of Old Third's concert was extremely stable.
He truly was thoroughly turned into a fan.
"But it's good that Old Third is back. He's probably best at doing styling, right?"
Lu Jing glanced at the study, feeling that Lu Li coming back this trip still had some value.
"Mm, Old Third's styling team is indeed not bad. In the end, they will follow him when he leaves."
Lu Xun's tone was evidently a declarative sentence, not an interrogative one.
In Lu Li's original company, there were few whose strength and level could be called top-tier, and this styling team was one of them. Lu Li's several out-of-the-circle (widely popular) styles had a great deal to do with that head stylist's originality.
Then since he had his eye on them, digging them out as a package is naturally very reasonable.
As for what the previous group would do after they were dug away, that was not within Lu Xun and the others' scope of consideration.
"But the location of this competition is at Old Fourth's school… Old Third will definitely also request to follow along and help prepare when the time comes. Won't the two of them run into each other again?"
Lu Jing's tone was subtle. Right now, the outside world actually guessed that these two Alpha brothers coordinated flawlessly.
One was responsible for providing traffic, and one was responsible for detonating topics, directly making Lu Li's first live stream after going solo explode massively, incidentally causing that esports team Lu Huai ran as a boss himself to gain countless followers overnight.
Many things Lu Li, as a public figure, wasn't convenient to say out loud, this guy Lu Huai blurted out completely during the live stream, acting arrogantly without any scruples whatsoever.
The key was he was also so slippery that opponents didn't know how to attack him. After all, Lu Huai hadn't debuted, he was just a pure civilian, plus he was handsome, rich, and willful… It was as if God completely hadn't closed any doors for him, an absolute winner in life.
Digging deeply until now had actually uncovered quite a few things, but after that 61-point test paper deliberately provided by who-knows-who in his class was uploaded to the internet, it suffered collective mockery.
They believed these anti-fans couldn't find anything to attack either, and actually forged this kind of bizarre dark history.
Who attacks a person based on their grades? Moreover, how could two brothers who could design such a brilliant marketing plan possibly have an idiot among them!?
[Hehe, the brothers are deliberately acting like men of great wisdom who appear slow-witted. [Read on RanaTranslations🌸] No one actually believes it, right?]
[Exactly, these second-generation capitalists are shrewder than the next! Whoever believes the other party is an idiot is probably a real idiot themselves!]
Under the embellishment of many spectating netizens' conspiracy theories, even Lu Huai's image became increasingly profound and unfathomable.
Watching this made a dumbfounded smile reach the bottom of Lu Xun's eyes.
Because only the family members knew, that test paper of Old Fourth's was absolutely authentic.
It was just unknown which classmate in the school had leaked it; their intentions were clearly malicious.
Old Fourth usually acted arrogantly. You didn't even need to think to know he had definitely offended quite a few people. Taking this opportunity, they could actually keep an eye out.
******
However, the next day, Lu Huai, carrying a schoolbag and going to school with a weary and gloomy face, truly became a star-level figure in the whole school.
Even his slightly stiff walking posture was interpreted as the unique independence of a big shot.
If Lu Huai's expression wasn't so fierce, and his aura wasn't so depressed, he probably would have been surrounded by a group of fanboys and fangirls the moment he entered the school.
"Huaizi! You are truly awesome—I'm now suspecting whether last night was deliberately designed by you and your brother."
Wei Zhili slapped his brother on the shoulder with excitement and agitation.
Only to see Lu Huai grimacing in pain:
"Holy crap, what are you doing getting handsy!?"
After being whipped by his dad, Lu Huai even found walking uncomfortable now. This time he wasn't faking illness, he was truly ill.
The key was Lu Huai wanted to take the opportunity to run in front of Xueyan and fake illness to score some bonus perks, but found that Lu Jing, who was responsible for pick-up and drop-off today, seemed to have perceived his little thoughts and drove Xueyan to kindergarten early.
It made Lu Huai unable to even snag a good morning kiss, making him very depressed.
"What's wrong, why are you so sleepy? Brother Huai, were you at home planning deeply and thinking far ahead so much you didn't sleep all night?"
Wei Zhili hurriedly took tea and pastries from the hands of the lackeys nearby and personally placed them on the desk for Lu Huai. Today, Lu Huai's image had already become grand to an unspeakable degree.
"Hehe, I actually do have an old score to settle immediately today."
Whenever Lu Huai thought of that 61-point chemistry test paper uploaded to the internet by someone, he sneered endlessly.
Good thing no one believed it. Otherwise, wouldn't my glorious image in front of Xueyan thoroughly collapse!?
After I got that test paper in my hands, I never showed it to outsiders. So, there's only one possibility: someone in the school who could come into contact with my test paper secretly photographed it early on, and has been schemingly preserving it until today.
If I have any other dark history, does this guy also like to secretly photograph it and wait to leak it when I'm in trouble?
"No wait, what is on your phone screen, kid!?"
Although just as Lu Huai threw down his schoolbag and prepared to run directly to the podium to give a speech, he suddenly unexpectedly caught a glimpse of the photo on Wei Zhili's phone lock screen flashing by.
"Nothing… just a wallpaper I newly changed."
Lu Huai directly ignored Wei Zhili's guilty defense and dodging, grabbed Wei Zhili's wrist, and forcibly pressed Wei Zhili's thumb to unlock the phone.
He saw that at the bottom of the wallpaper on the phone screen was impressively a little cub with milky-white hair revealing a pair of big eyes, as if clinging below the phone frame, peeking at the brother in front of him.
The final frame of last night's live stream was still screenshotted and saved!
"Why would my brother's photo appear on your phone wallpaper!? You kid are truly an evil pervert, aren't you? Don't force me to slap you, I'll give you one second to hurry up and delete it!"
Lu Huai was so angry his forehead buzzed, directly forcing Wei Zhili to delete it.
"Holy crap, this is just a forehead. And it's not just me, a lot of people are using this picture as their wallpaper! Someone even drew a cartoon version overnight, can I change it to the cartoon one at least…"
Wei Zhili guiltily and despairingly had his phone taken by Lu Huai and directly deleted. Incidentally, he also checked his own phone again, attempting to delete all the saved pictures in the album.
For Lu Huai, this was simply a ghost story nightmare!