I Am a Beggar

Afternoon.

[Yinshan Academy Notice]

[Students including Huang Xiaobi from Year 5 Class 3 of the Excavator Department, Qian Keduo from Year 4 Class 9 of the Postpartum Pig Care Department, and Long Aotian from Year 6 Class 2 of the Cultivation and Ascension Department... have violated academy regulations by spreading rumors and slandering fellow students online. Participants will be suspended for one year and have all their credits deducted, while the primary rumor-mongers will be expelled.]

After this post came out, almost the entire school was dumbfounded. Not just online, but even the classrooms were buzzing with discussions about the incident.

"Holy crap, that's insane. Thank god I didn't get involved in that thread. The academy is ruthless—expelling the original posters and suspending the followers while docking their credits."

"Yeah, who would've thought? Suspended for a year and losing credits, it'll be hard for them to even graduate now, right?"

"Wait? Our academy actually has an Excavator major? Can I still change my major now?"

"So Bai Yuyou really was framed. It seems the academy is quite fair after all. At the very least, they didn't just blindly take a side, and now they have all the evidence of the rumor-mongering."

Upon seeing the academy's announcement, many students began to count their blessings that they had stayed level-headed and hadn't taken sides or joined in on the snide remarks.

As for those who had jumped on the bandwagon, they completely broke down. Many of them had no idea how the school had figured out their real-life identities. Furthermore, some of these students were nearing graduation, and now getting their diplomas was going to be extremely difficult.

"Damn, a real-life ban! Hahaha, this feels so good!" After learning about the incident, Tang Keke couldn't stop grinning. Plus, An Shiyu was the head moderator of the academy's forum; now those abusive forum mods were really put in the doghouse.

"Like I said, what's the point of you flaming people in the threads?" An Shiyu remarked from the side.

"Hehe, Little Yu, you're the best. Carry me!" Tang Keke immediately latched onto her leg and started sucking up. A wise man submits to circumstances.

At this time, Bai Yuyou also thanked An Shiyu. "Thank you, Little Yu."

"I just felt they were ruining the image of our Yinshan Academy, that's all," An Shiyu waved her hand dismissively, looking entirely unbothered. "Alright, I'm gonna go slack... I mean, go get busy."

Seemingly feeling like there was nothing left to do, An Shiyu left right away.

"Little Yu is actually quite kind-hearted deep down," Taozi said to Tang Keke and the others, watching An Shiyu's retreating back.

"Just a bit tsundere."

"What does tsundere mean?" Taozi asked.

Hearing this, Tang Keke prompted Bai Yuyou to explain, "Yuyou, you tell her!"

"What pepper?"

"Uh..."

The rumor incident was just a minor interlude. Afterward, Keke and the others went to the Light Music Club to tell everyone what had happened. Upon learning that the matter had been handled, Zhixia finally breathed a sigh of relief. After all, participating in the music festival had been her idea; if Yuyou had been hurt because of it, she would have felt incredibly guilty.

"By the way, did you tell Teacher Ye about this? It's not exactly a small matter, after all," Zhixia asked Bai Yuyou curiously.

"Ye Shuang is at work," Bai Yuyou shook her head. "I can't cause trouble for him."

"That makes sense, I guess."

It seemed that as Bai Yuyou's mindset matured, she began to take more things into consideration. However, in front of Ye Shuang, Bai Yuyou still maintained that carefree and adorable demeanor.

"Whoa!" Right at that moment, Tang Keke, who was sitting on the sofa, suddenly let out a cry.

"What's wrong? Accidentally turned on your toy?" An Shiyi, who was sitting on the sofa next to Keke, cast a glance over.

"Turned on what?"

"Nothing."

Tang Keke held up her phone to show everyone the Light Music Club's account.

"What is it?" Zhixia and the others leaned in to take a look, only to discover that the account had suddenly gained a hundred thousand followers.

"Whoa?" The girls looked at each other in utter shock.

Why the sudden surge in followers?

"Look at this." Tang Keke pulled up another video from the trending list. It was the video of Simu calling Ye Shuang out, which seemed to have gone slightly viral on the platform.

Following that was a video from the same location showing Bai Yuyou and the others performing. The number of likes had actually surpassed half a million.

The comment section was uniformly filled with praise for how good the music sounded and compliments on the girls' high attractiveness.

"Wow, there are so many people in the comments asking for Yuyou's account."

"Our Light Music Club's account is also one of the trending search terms."

Although their livestreams had high popularity, they had never really gained many followers from them. Instead, this single song had drawn in a hundred thousand new fans.

"It looks like my decision was correct. Our visibility has gone way up, and there are even people urging us to post more videos," Zhixia smiled as she looked through the direct messages on the account.

"So, next up we should—"

Bai Yuyou: "Sing."

An Shiyaya: "Livestream."

Tang Keke: "Sell merchandise."

Linlin: "Post videos."

An Shiyi: "Go on hiatus."

Taozi: "Sing?"

The girls all spoke at the same time, but their opinions were far from unified.

"Is money the only thing inside your head?" An Shiyi asked Tang Keke with a hint of disgust.

"Whoa, isn't this standard procedure?" Tang Keke immediately retorted. "Who wouldn't start selling merchandise once they get this kind of traffic?"

"True." An Shiyi thought about it and, in a rare move, didn't argue back.

Besides, she was short two months' worth of pocket money today, so raking in some cash didn't sound like a bad idea.

"The Light Music Club's account should primarily be about sharing music. Let's not get into livestream selling," Zhixia said with a smile from the side. She felt that if they started selling merchandise, it would deviate from their original intention of creating the account.

Linlin and a few others nodded in agreement.

"I was just joking anyway," Tang Keke scratched her head, whereas An Shiyi looked rather disappointed.

"Shiyi, are you really short on money?" Bai Yuyou, standing nearby, asked.

"I'm dead broke. I'm going to have to get a part-time job again," An Shiyi said, lying on the sofa with her hands resting behind her head. After all, her monthly expenses were quite high, and now that she had given her pocket money to An Shiyu, she had very little left on her.

If she had known, she would have just shaved An Shiyu bald.

But maybe she could go pester the old man. Acting a bit spoiled should do the trick, right?

As for the uncle, that would probably work too.

Or doing some OX stuff.

While An Shiyi was scheming away, Bai Yuyou actually pulled out a card and handed it to her. "Here."

"..." An Shiyi cast a surprised glance at the bank card in Bai Yuyou's hand and then looked away.

"I don't accept charity from others. Are you looking down on me? I'm not some beggar."

"I'm sorry, I thought you needed money, so I was going to give you two hundred thousand to tide you over..." Bai Yuyou paused and moved to pull the card back.

The very next second, Bai Yuyou's card landed squarely in An Shiyi's hand.

"You're an excellent judge of character," An Shiyi said with a perfectly calm expression.

"I am a beggar."

"Yuyou, you shouldn't develop habits like this!" Tang Keke immediately interjected from the side.

"It's fine, I have enough money to spend."

"Are you some kind of foolish billionaire?"