No hope left.

The sun was scorching hot.

A sun that big hung overhead, constantly heating up your hair like a baking sheet.

This was truly a very irritating thing.

But an even more irritating thing was right beside him.

Xia Yueshan had been chattering away non-stop the entire way here.

Something about million-follower influencers, something about cosplayers, something about all sorts of messy game characters—Lin Yu's ears were almost growing calluses from listening to it all.

Raising a hand to dig his ear with his pinky, Lin Yu shot a sidelong glance at the still endlessly talking Xia Yueshan, and couldn't help but ask with some concern:

"Xia Yueshan, do you play Genshin Impact?"

"I play Naruto."

Xia Yueshan answered immediately without even thinking.

Hearing Xia Yueshan say this, the heart Lin Yu had in his throat finally settled back into his stomach.

Good.

This kid was completely beyond saving now.

Just as Lin Yu was secretly lamenting that he hadn't supervised the kid well enough and let him get infected by Naruto, Xia Yueshan also stopped talking about the anime convention. Instead, he curiously looked Lin Yu up and down and asked in confusion:

"Lin Yu, how come you woke up in your own room this morning?"

"If I don't wake up in my own room, where else should I wake up?"

Lin Yu expressed his inability to understand Xia Yueshan's question.

"Shouldn't you have woken up in my sister's room?"

Xia Yueshan said as a matter of course.

"Cough, cough!"

Lin Yu was so shocked by this question that he choked on his breath and coughed repeatedly.

After barely recovering, Lin Yu glared at Xia Yueshan and scolded him in annoyance:

"Kids shouldn't go poking around in adult matters!"

Faced with Lin Yu's reprimand, Xia Yueshan acted quite disdainful, saying:

"Still treating me like a kid?"

"I'm going to high school this autumn."

"I'm already a half-grown young man."

"Rounding up, I'm practically an adult."

Xia Yueshan's twisted logic made Lin Yu roll his eyes, and he scolded in annoyance:

"Hurry up and get out of the way."

"You haven't even dated anyone, what kind of adult are you pretending to be?"

Xia Yueshan argued back, his face full of defiance:

"Don't think that just because I haven't dated, I don't know anything."

As he spoke, his expression suddenly turned contemptuous. Looking askance at Lin Yu, he said:

"If you're weak, you should go take some supplements!"

"Damn it!"

"You little brat!"

His dignity as a man being baselessly slandered by Xia Yueshan, Lin Yu was furious and reached out to exchange a few blows with him.

But Xia Yueshan was already prepared. Bending down, he dodged Lin Yu's reaching hand and ran forward laughing.

Looking at Xia Yueshan's laughing back as he ran away, Lin Yu didn't chase after him.

Instead, he let out a silent sigh in his heart.

Having done that sort of thing, Lin Yu originally thought he had completely taken that step and become a thorough scumbag, never again to pace in pain due to his conscience like before.

But he didn't expect that when he saw Xia Muzhu again, he would still feel his conscience uneasy.

The bottom line really is a resilient thing.

Whenever you think you've broken it, it merely takes a step back and takes root again in an even lower position.

But since it has already begun.

Then there is even less reason to end it halfway.

Since he was already on the bridge, he might as well walk across it.

Anyway, this bridge isn't long.

It won't take long for it to end...

...

Lin Yu hadn't watched many complete anime series; most of the time, he just occasionally watched anime commentary videos on short video apps, so he didn't really understand anime characters at all.

Coupled with the fact that there were all sorts of weird and wonderful cosplays at the anime convention, Lin Yu recognized even fewer of them.

Take for example the Dendro Archon right in front of him, whose weight was heading straight for two hundred pounds.

If she hadn't been standing among a bunch of Dendro Archon cosplayers.

Lin Yu would have thought she was that elite monster from the Fatui that sprayed ice.

It could be seen that this kid Xia Yueshan really didn't play Genshin Impact. He had no interest whatsoever in the flock of female cosplayers in the Genshin section, and dove straight into the Naruto cosplay area.

Lin Yu followed behind him, strolling and looking around leisurely.

After looking around for a bit, Lin Yu couldn't help but shake his head secretly.

In such a large Naruto cosplay area, there wasn't even a single person who could accurately cosplay Tsunade and Hinata.

It really was disappointing.

But then again.

That kind of anime character figure is almost non-existent in real life, aside from the magic of modern technology.

So why use the word almost?

The reason is that there are always some people who are exceptionally gifted among the exceptionally gifted.

Like Xia Muzhu, for example.

Sometimes Lin Yu was actually quite curious.

Why did those things look as if they were completely unaffected by gravity?

Was it because of Sister Zhuzi's years of consistent yoga practice?

Or was it really just a natural gift?

Lin Yu couldn't figure it out.

But he didn't care anymore.

Why think so much?

Just enjoy it.

The character repetition in the Naruto area was extremely high.

Because compared to games, there aren't that many characters in the Naruto anime that can be cosplayed.

After watching for a while, Lin Yu felt bored and left.

He let Xia Yueshan play here by himself.

After wandering around the convention for a while longer, Lin Yu couldn't help but feel it was a bit dull.

Lin Yu had no interest in ugly cosplays.

As for the good-looking cosplays, there were too many people around them, squeezing so tightly that smoke was almost coming out, and Lin Yu was too lazy to join in.

He wandered a bit more, but the result was still the same, making Lin Yu even think about heading back to the hotel.

A crappy anime convention, what was there to see?

Just as Lin Yu was secretly complaining and even planning to go home, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a very familiar outfit, and his eyes instantly widened.

If he wasn't mistaken.

This look...

Seemed to be Akizuki Airi, right?

Golden twin tails, blue color contacts, two-tone zebra thigh-high socks.

Is this even allowed to be cosplayed?

Looking behind the girl cosplaying Akizuki Airi.

What Akizuki Marino, Yuki, Sayaka, Erika...

There was even the black-skinned and white-skinned twin queen elves from a certain legendary classic!

Are, are these allowed to be cosplayed?

What?

Why am I so familiar with the names of these characters?

I, I'm not a pervert!