194: It prevents you from resting

Chen Gang scratched his head: 'You're a University Student, I'm just afraid of holding you back. Now that we have the money, if we work hard, we're sure to succeed.'

Little Orange pouted: 'I don't want to go get a job. You have to take me with you. If it weren't for me setting up the group buys for you, this backwater place wouldn't get a handful of people in a year~'

Hearing the conversation between the Chen siblings, everyone burst out laughing.

Half an hour later, Gao Xiaofan glanced at Qiu Gu and Chen Gang who were drinking merrily, smiled, walked out of the room, and headed towards his own.

A glass of wine had made him a bit dizzy. He decided to go back and sleep first.

Back in his room, he couldn't be bothered to wash up and just flopped onto the bed, starting to snore not long after.

He didn't know how long it had been when Gao Xiaofan opened his eyes. The room light was off. Blurry-eyed, he glanced at the other bed and saw a figure leaning against the headboard in the faint glow of a phone screen.

'What time is it? Aren't you sleeping~'

'You're awake? I'm editing a video~' Qiu Gu's voice came from the side.

Gao Xiaofan lay in bed for a few minutes, realizing he probably couldn't fall back asleep. He sat up, turned on the light, and looked at Qiu Gu beside him.

'Seriously, you drank so much and have no reaction at all?'

'It's fine, I've never been drunk~' Qiu Gu yawned, his hands still busy editing the video.

Gao Xiaofan was almost speechless at his words. He himself had nearly passed out after just one glass, yet this guy, who had downed at least a whole bottle, was acting like nothing happened.

He got up, grabbed a drink, and gulped it down, instantly feeling more alert.

'You could just edit the video tomorrow, there's no rush~' Gao Xiaofan said casually, putting a cigarette in his mouth and tossing another to Qiu Gu.

'It's fine, I'm almost done~ Oh, by the way, should we cut out those two people from today?'

Qiu Gu placed the cigarette on the bedside table and asked without looking up.

Gao Xiaofan thought for a moment, exhaling a puff of smoke: 'Cut them out. Let's avoid getting involved in that kind of thing.'

Qiu Gu nodded and continued fiddling with his work.

'Oh, right, that guy's fishing rod and stuff are all here. You might as well take them to use.'

Hearing Gao Xiaofan's words, Qiu Gu looked up, thought for a bit, then shook his head.

'Don't like it. When I get the chance, I'd rather buy my own!'

Gao Xiaofan nodded, then looked at Qiu Gu: 'What do you think about giving these rods to our fans? Feels like we've never really given them any perks, right~'

Upon hearing this, Qiu Gu couldn't help but nod. It was true they'd never given out perks, though they were always good at Creating Hype.

'Then tomorrow. We'll do a rod giveaway in the livestream tomorrow. You can edit a teaser into the video.'

Gao Xiaofan stared at the ceiling as he spoke, wondering if the rods were too few and if they should prepare more.

Not long after, Qiu Gu rolled over, crawled onto Gao Xiaofan's bed, and picked up his phone.

'Done editing. I'm posting it now~'

After saying that, he fiddled with the phone for a bit, placed it on the bed, then got up, unscrewed a drink, and gulped it down.

'You watch it. I'm going to sleep~' Qiu Gu glanced at the phone—the progress bar was still mostly full—tossed it over, and lay down on the bed.

Gao Xiaofan caught the phone, glanced at Qiu Gu, and within three minutes, thunderous snores erupted.

That night, he suffered from insomnia. Having slept early, he found himself completely unable to sleep under the onslaught of Qiu Gu's snores.

The next morning, as dawn was just breaking, Gao Xiaofan, eyes lifeless, wandered downstairs to see when breakfast would be ready.

But reaching the downstairs, seeing the pitch-dark hall and the closed kitchen, it suddenly dawned on him.

If Qiu Gu was in that state, Chen Gang had probably drunk quite a bit too and was likely still sleeping.

As for Chen Gang and Chen Cheng, they weren't staying here to rest but in a small two-story building not far away.

Gao Xiaofan sighed, leaning on the handrail as he slowly made his way back upstairs. Qiu Gu's snores were so loud you could hear them from the first floor.

After climbing the stairs and about to enter his room, he saw the door next door crack open a sliver, with Li Yuer peeking her head out.

They looked at each other, listening to the snores from inside the room, and couldn't help but laugh.

Li Yuer smoothed her stray hair, her expression natural: 'How about, you...'

Before she could finish, Gao Xiaofan yanked his door open.

'I'm going to sleep. You should get some more rest too~'

Then the door closed. Seeing Gao Xiaofan's escape-artist-like demeanor from next door, Li Yuer bit her lip, let out a soft sigh, and went back into her room.

Gao Xiaofan buried his head under the pillow and pulled the quilt over himself, finally feeling like the snores had quieted down a bit.

He didn't know how long it was before he woke up, only to find the room already empty.

After washing up, he opened the door and immediately heard a commotion downstairs.

'No way, I don't snore~ If I snored, could Xiaofan sleep so soundly?' Qiu Gu's voice came from downstairs, full of conviction.

'Xiaofan already got up once this morning. You just don't believe me.'

'How do you know?'

'Because your snoring woke me up too~'

Gao Xiaofan walked downstairs while pulling his phone from his pocket to check the time. It was exactly 9 o'clock.

'Next time you drink, get your own room. Your snoring sounds like a construction site.'

Gao Xiaofan couldn't resist complaining as soon as he reached the bottom of the stairs, spotting Qiu Gu and Li Yuer sitting at the table eating breakfast.

Just then, Chen Gang came over carrying a bowl of steamed buns. Seeing Gao Xiaofan, he laughed heartily.

'Last night, I suggested getting Brother Gu another room, but he refused. Said he was worried about you being alone, hahahaha.'

Gao Xiaofan picked up a bun, stuffed it into his mouth, and started eating heartily, mumbling through the food.

'Not good, Brother Gang. Your soundproofing isn't great. I could hear Qiu Gu's snores from downstairs. Also, you can't just open late in the morning~'

The dinner last night had made everyone more familiar, and Gao Xiaofan was now joking around.

'Ah, back then I didn't have the money to do it properly, so I just made do. Once I get the money I lent out back, I'll fix it up properly.'

Chen Gang brought out two more bowls of porridge from the kitchen, placing one in front of Gao Xiaofan and the other for himself before sitting down to eat.

'As for getting up late today... hahaha, my bad, blame me. Since it's just you few in the shop now and no other guests, and thinking you all got up late yesterday too, I figured I'd sleep in a bit more.'

As he spoke, Chen Gang himself laughed sheepishly.

Gao Xiaofan sipped the porridge from the edge of the bowl and couldn't help but let out a contented sigh.

'Don't worry. I'll promote your place in the livestream later. When that happens, don't blame me for making sure you have no time to rest~'

Chen Gang smiled, not taking it seriously. His sister had mentioned once that Gao Xiaofan did livestreams, but since he didn't fish or follow those kinds of streams, he just took Gao Xiaofan's words as a joke.

No time to rest? That sounded way too exaggerated~