Villainous Singer (7)
As soon as the words left her mouth, Song Xuyi felt some regret and inexplicably became nervous.
However, it was too late for regret.
When Lin Ruyu saw that Song Xuyi had agreed, a smile finally appeared on her face. She thoughtfully covered Song Xuyi with a blanket and after adding Song Xuyi as a friend on the light brain, she went to another room to contact her agent.
Song Xuyi sighed in her heart, but now that she had given her word, she could only try to accept this situation.
She had always been responsible in her work and now that Lin Ruyu had employed her, she thought about discussing work matters with Lin Ruyu when she returned, but before long, the sleeping medicine in the water she drank took effect. Song Xuyi felt her head becoming dizzy and finally couldn’t resist the drowsiness, falling asleep once again.
When she woke up again, it was already evening. Because she had rested well, Song Xuyi felt much better overall. Lin Ruyu was no longer in the room, and on Song Xuyi’s light brain there was a new transfer of money and a light shadow [holographic] message from Lin Ruyu.
The light shadow message was lifelike, with Lin Ruyu’s 3D image projected in front of Song Xuyi. Lin Ruyu’s brows were slightly furrowed as she looked at Song Xuyi, still seeming to carry a hint of “hating iron for not becoming steel” [meaning: feeling frustrated at someone’s failure to meet expectations]—
“I’ve already input your image into the door lock, so when I’m not here you can come to my room to operate these models, but you can’t bring anyone else in or tell anyone about this, otherwise it will count as a breach of contract.”
As she spoke, Lin Ruyu paused and slightly lifted her chin: “Also… I’ve been here several years longer than you, so if there’s anything technical you don’t understand, you can ask me through the light brain, I might know…”
Song Xuyi didn’t take Lin Ruyu’s words to heart, after all “different industries are like different mountains” [meaning: expertise in one field doesn’t transfer to another]. Song Xuyi didn’t think Lin Ruyu, as an amateur enthusiast, could learn these machines, but still replied with a “thank you” to acknowledge Lin Ruyu’s kindness.
Lin Ruyu seemed busy and didn’t reply to Song Xuyi.
Song Xuyi didn’t mind either, turned off her light brain and walked out of the room: regardless of what Lin Ruyu’s intentions were, her actions had indeed solved Song Xuyi’s “burning eyebrows emergency” [meaning: urgent crisis].
Due to Lin Ruyu’s special status, Song Xuyi knew that Lin Ruyu lived on the top floor of the student dormitory. Song Xuyi originally thought Lin Ruyu’s room layout would be similar to other students, but she hadn’t expected Kelin Academy to convert an entire floor into Lin Ruyu’s dormitory. No wonder Lin Ruyu wouldn’t let her bring others here.
At her own room’s doorway, Song Xuyi saw Luo Xi anxiously waiting. Seeing Song Xuyi appear before her unharmed, Luo Xi noticeably breathed a sigh of relief—
“Sorry, Xuyi, you know I don’t like checking my light brain during class, so I only saw your message during lunch, and by then Lin Ruyu had already rescued you and brought you back to school…”
“I asked the school doctor, your fainting was caused by overexertion, you really can’t stay up late like this anymore. You’re still young, growing your body is most important, there will be plenty of time to study hard later. Fortunately, you happened to run into Lin Ruyu who was at the museum scouting locations for her next album photoshoot. If you had fallen unconscious and ended up in the hands of the Bilin Star people, the consequences would have been unthinkable,” mentioning Lin Ruyu, Luo Xi’s gaze became complicated: “But you don’t need to be overwhelmed with gratitude towards her, she’s already gotten what she wanted…”
As she spoke, Luo Xi took out her light brain, where Lin Ruyu was trending in the hot topics. Luo Xi clicked on the entry, and Song Xuyi saw what happened after she fainted—
Lin Ruyu methodically contacted her agent to bring the car over, then left contact information with the museum supervisor, before carrying Song Xuyi to the car.
From beginning to end, Lin Ruyu never let go of Song Xuyi.
“Now everyone’s praising her kind heart and love for her people, and her popularity on Bilin Star has risen again…” Luo Xi put away her light brain and said angrily: “Her status on Bilin Star is becoming more and more prominent, she has both fame and fortune, probably won’t return to Ruoshui Star anymore—”
“Actually, there’s more than one way to serve Ruoshui Star,” perhaps because “eating someone’s food makes one’s mouth soft” [meaning: receiving kindness makes one speak favorably], now that she had accepted Lin Ruyu’s employment, Song Xuyi found herself defending Lin Ruyu before she realized it: “She has created such great influence, people pay more attention to Ruoshui Star people, that’s why our activities on Kelin Academy get noticed, and we can maintain our current standard of living. Moreover, many of her songs call for peace, she’s actually helping Ruoshui Star in her own way…”
Luo Xi’s lips pressed into a straight line, and she remained silent for a long time.
Song Xuyi blinked, reflecting on whether she had said something wrong to make Luo Xi unhappy, but then she heard Luo Xi sigh—
“Actually, I understand everything,” Luo Xi turned her head away as if trying to hide something: “But back then she had such talent in robotics research, seeing her suddenly give up her former dream, I just feel angry at her lack of persistence, and my heart is unhappy…”
Song Xuyi bit her lower lip: she had heard more than once lately about Lin Ruyu wanting to learn robotics, and she wanted to tell Luo Xi that Lin Ruyu hadn’t actually given up on learning robotics, but Song Xuyi had promised Lin Ruyu not to tell anyone about this. She could only avoid eye contact while wondering in her heart: could Lin Ruyu’s approach to her really be because she wanted to learn robotics?
Song Xuyi wanted to explore the reason, but despite Lin Ruyu’s nice words, she didn’t appear again for the next month.
As the most popular singer on Bilin Star currently, without needing to search deliberately, Song Xuyi could see Lin Ruyu-related posts as soon as she opened her light brain: Lin Ruyu was now performing shows everywhere daily and preparing for a new album, having no time to return to Kelin Academy to learn robotics from Song Xuyi.
But after a month, Lin Ruyu’s salary was still paid to Song Xuyi on time, even half more than previously agreed.
Although knowing Lin Ruyu would become the biggest villain in the future, Song Xuyi had received her kindness, and objectively Lin Ruyu had helped her quite a bit. Feeling unworthy to keep receiving Lin Ruyu’s money, Song Xuyi didn’t accept it and returned it.
During this time, every night Song Xuyi would quietly climb to the top floor and open the door, using the models in Lin Ruyu’s room to study. Her practical skills improved dramatically, and after another elimination exam, Song Xuyi not only didn’t regress but achieved medium-level scores.
Seeing the surprise in the examiner’s eyes, Song Xuyi was incredibly happy, and a large part of this success was thanks to the equipment models in Lin Ruyu’s room…
Song Xuyi felt grateful, and also discovered that, whether due to oversight or other reasons, Lin Ruyu’s room didn’t have a cleaning robot. To repay Lin Ruyu and to practice her skills, Song Xuyi decided to make a cleaning robot by herself.
When Lin Ruyu transferred the money, Song Xuyi was debugging the cleaning robot: although Song Xuyi felt she had assembled all the robot’s framework correctly, for some unknown reason, the robot’s joints were spinning wildly and couldn’t be adjusted properly.
Song Xuyi hadn’t expected that shortly after returning the money, Lin Ruyu’s 3D call would come through.
Song Xuyi felt inexplicably guilty, one hand pressing down on the wildly spinning joints of the robot while the other answered the call. Almost as soon as the call connected, Lin Ruyu’s projected figure appeared before Song Xuyi.
“Little silly, why won’t you take my money?” Lin Ruyu looked like she had just come off stage, wearing a beautiful spaghetti strap dress, frowning at Song Xuyi. She seemed to want to pinch Song Xuyi’s face again, but being in projection form she couldn’t touch her, her outstretched hand passing through Song Xuyi’s cheek as a phantom—
“I’m not little silly,” although knowing it was just a projection, Song Xuyi still unconsciously tilted her head away while seriously refuting Lin Ruyu’s words: “I just believe in ‘no reward without merit’ [meaning: don’t accept payment without doing work], you haven’t been back this month, and I haven’t taught you anything, so I can’t take your money for nothing.”
Song Xuyi had actually wanted to object since the last time Lin Ruyu called her that, but she had fallen asleep then and hadn’t had the chance to correct this form of address.
“My name is Song Xuyi, you can call me Xuyi in the future.”
“Still saying you’re not little silly, not even taking free money…” Lin Ruyu seemed surprised by Song Xuyi’s response, mumbling in a volume Song Xuyi could clearly hear: “Well, I’m a bit older than you, so you can call me Sister Ruyu in the future.”
Though saying this, Lin Ruyu didn’t meet Song Xuyi’s gaze again, her eyes wandering until they fell on Song Xuyi’s other hand pressing down the small robot: “Xu-Xuyi, what are you trying to make now?”
Seeing that Lin Ruyu had finally changed how she addressed her, Song Xuyi felt relieved and explained her idea, while somewhat shyly indicating that she hadn’t finished the cleaning robot yet, and Lin Ruyu would have to wait a couple more days to see the finished product.
“Then can Xuyi take it apart and show me now?” After hearing Song Xuyi’s words, Lin Ruyu glanced at a robot in the corner, then blinked and looked at Song Xuyi, a smile appearing on her face: “Although this robot doesn’t seem fully formed yet, the fact that it can move is already impressive, I want to see its internal structure…”
Since Song Xuyi couldn’t find the robot’s problem and was planning to take it apart anyway, with Lin Ruyu’s request, she started dismantling it right away…
During the dismantling process, Song Xuyi was nearly blushing from Lin Ruyu’s exclamations of amazement—
“Wow! Xuyi, you’re so smart, you actually know how to set up such a path!”
“You’ve learned such complex programming, Xuyi, you’re amazing!”
“Xuyi, you’re really incredible, taking apart the robot so quickly…”
Song Xuyi never imagined Lin Ruyu would be such a “rainbow fart player” [meaning: someone who gives excessive compliments], she even suspected Lin Ruyu had transferred all the “rainbow farts” her fans gave her onto Song Xuyi—
Until they reached a certain sensor, Lin Ruyu’s eyes darkened, though her face showed interest as she blinked: “Xuyi, what’s this thing? It looks strange…”
Song Xuyi looked at the sensor Lin Ruyu was pointing at, about to explain, when her gaze suddenly froze—
She found the reason for the cleaning robot’s wild spinning—the sensor wires were connected wrong!
If not for Lin Ruyu’s prompt, Song Xuyi probably wouldn’t have discovered this for quite a while.
Song Xuyi gave Lin Ruyu a grateful look, explained the sensor’s purpose, then made notes in her notebook, reconnected the sensor correctly, and reassembled everything. This time, the robot worked smoothly—
Completing her first self-made robot, Song Xuyi was incredibly happy.
And apparently Lin Ruyu seemed somewhat happy too, as she looked at the excited flush on Song Xuyi’s face and once again transferred money to Song Xuyi’s account: “I want to learn about this robot! When I come back, you’ll teach me…”
This time Song Xuyi didn’t refuse Lin Ruyu’s money, but since she took the money, she naturally had to work, and immediately started explaining the robot to Lin Ruyu…
Song Xuyi didn’t know if it was because she was too tired or what, but Lin Ruyu wasn’t paying attention while learning, constantly yawning, and sometimes looking at her with a strange gaze. However, when Song Xuyi asked questions, Lin Ruyu could answer quickly, which made Song Xuyi develop a strong sense of crisis: Lin Ruyu was extremely smart, so she herself must learn more things to better teach her next time…
The author has something to say:
Lin Ruyu: What to do when the young girl is too honest?
Ah well, I’ll just have to pretend to be a newbie!
LP: Re-translated on January 17, 2025
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