Chapter 7: She is the Black-Clad Lucky Girl!

"Livestreaming your studies?" Sui Lingfang asked curiously. "What do you want to study?"

Before Jin Li could answer, she rattled off a list of instruments. "Piano, guitar, or guzheng? I remember there was a time you mentioned wanting to learn the guzheng to see if it would help with your songwriting inspiration."

As a member of a girl group, singing and dancing were the basics. Because of her poor health, Jin Li couldn't compete in dancing, so she could only try to excel in instruments.

Since she was already focusing on instruments, why not look into songwriting as well?

The current trend was for artists to write, compose, and perform their own music, becoming talented singer-songwriters.

Jin Li said very honestly, "No, I just want to study. Fang-jie, I only have a middle school diploma. I’ve actually always wanted to go to high school and attend university."

Sui Lingfang was choked for words.

This idea was so simple and unadorned; it seemed ordinary yet lofty, making it impossible for anyone to know how to discourage her.

Sui Lingfang wanted to tell Jin Li to forget it—that she’d be better off spending this study time thinking about how to retain her fans—but as the words reached her lips, the image of Jin Li’s sickly face flashed through her mind.

Fine.

She sighed, thinking of what the fans had said: It was already a miracle that she could stay in the entertainment industry, so why force Jin Li to do things she didn't like?

Who said celebrities couldn't have dreams of pursuing an education?

Nowadays, you needed a master's degree just to start as a celebrity; having a bachelor's degree didn't even make you competitive anymore.

"Alright, if it's about studying, I won't object. I'll come check on you when I have time, and if I'm busy, I won't. Jin Li, you—"

Sui Lingfang fell silent, and Jin Li waited patiently.

After several seconds, she said, "Take good care of your health."

Jin Li heard the sincerity in her words and said earnestly, "I will work hard."

Sui Lingfang: "...Don't work *too* hard."

"Okay," Jin Li replied seriously.

After hanging up, Jin Li cleared her mind for a few seconds and genuinely felt that this manager was quite good.

She wasn't one to procrastinate. She took her laptop to the living room, logged into her account on the Cat Paw livestreaming platform, and started the broadcast immediately.

New streamers always received a small boost in traffic, and Jin Li’s account was no exception. Before long, hundreds of viewers clicked in, and they were all surprised to see the streamer.

[Jin Li???]

[Jin Li actually started a livestream!]

[Jin Li, I miss you so much! When will we see you on stage again?]

Jin Li smiled at the camera. Today, she was wearing a simple long-sleeved dress decorated with fresh little daisies, with delicate white lace embroidered on the collar.

"Hello everyone, I'm Jin Li. I've signed a partnership with Cat Paw Live. I'll be streaming once every two weeks, but I'm quite interested in livestreaming, so if possible, I'll stream every day. Thank you all for watching."

Her voice was sweet, soft, and mellow. Even without looking at her, just hearing her voice was enough to attract a large audience.

Some netizens shared the link to the livestream. Jin Li watched the number of concurrent viewers jump from one hundred to one thousand, then five thousand, and then over ten thousand.

The number of viewers was still increasing, but she didn't want to wait any longer; she planned to start studying.

Suddenly, someone began spamming the same message frantically.

[Jin Li, I want to see you wearing black clothes with a black hat and a black mask!] X20

At the same time, a large donation popped up, and gift effects rained down across the entire site.

Jin Li glanced at it, her eyelids twitching slightly. This was the site's maximum donation of 100,000 yuan.

She tightened her little face, searched carefully through the screen settings, found the streamer settings interface, and turned off the "request gifts" function.

The spamming continued, but not a single gift appeared.

Jin Li said sternly, "You all work very hard for your money, so don't waste it casually. If this is your own money and you have extra, I hope you can look into supporting public welfare instead.

If this is your parents' money, whether it's your allowance or red envelope money, I hope you save it to use after you become an adult."

That comment was still being spammed, and by more than one person.

Jin Li thought for a moment and agreed: "I'll change my clothes for you to see, but this is the last time. Don't give me any more gifts in the future."

She left the livestream for a moment.

In the fan group, the wealthy "big fan" who had donated the 100,000 yuan was posting messages anxiously.

Lucky Clover: [What do I do? Li-bao seems angry.]

Jinli Big Treasure: [Li-bao has such a kind heart. She turned off the gift function directly. So cool!]

Jinli Second Treasure: [Li-bao didn't start streaming to make money. Which celebrity uses livestreams to make money? It lowers their status.]

Jinli Third Treasure: [So, is that 'Black-Clad Jinli' girl actually Li-bao or not?]

Lucky Clover: [I don't know. I've already called Chenxi, but the staff said they need to confirm it; they aren't sure either.]

...

Jin Li went to the bedroom and changed her clothes. It was the same black cat-paw hoodie she had worn not long ago, and the black hat and mask were already on hand.

She had a lot of clothes, but she didn't repeat outfits; she generally only had one set per color scheme.

Jin Li couldn't be bothered to dig out anything else. She didn't have an "idol burden," so she just made do with what she had.

Returning to the living room, she reappeared before the netizens.

Jin Li waved her paw: "Hello everyone. Let me tell you about my livestream content. I plan to livestream myself taking online classes and studying."

She paused, her eyes curving into a smile. "It's very ordinary, isn't it? But I've always wanted to study. My health has been a bit better lately, so I want to see if I can get into a university. I've always looked forward to entering a campus."

The comment section was flooded with exclamation marks; almost everyone was spamming them.

Jin Li didn't look into it closely, assuming the fans were just too excited, and lowered her head to study her online courses and books as usual.

She had specifically researched livestreaming techniques, splitting the screen so that half showed the online class and the other half showed her studying.

Jin Li didn't dare to get distracted, otherwise, she wouldn't be able to achieve the "twice the result with half the effort" effect, so she listened to the lecture intently.

Therefore, she didn't see that the livestream in her cheap phone was becoming increasingly laggy, and everyone was spamming those seven words—

[The Black-Clad Jinli girl!]

At Chenxi Entertainment.

Not long after hanging up the phone, Sui Lingfang went out on a field assignment to take an artist to run some errands.

She was the ace manager in the company; that second-tier actress He Yixuan was one of her protégés, and she was usually very busy with business.

If it weren't for Jin Li's special status, she wouldn't have considered going there in person.

Just ten minutes after leaving the company, another manager called in a panic, asking bluntly, "Jin Li is that 'Black-Clad Jinli,' why didn't you tell me sooner?"

Sui Lingfang:?

"What 'Black-Clad Jinli'?" she asked.

The other manager choked, then said helplessly, "Do you not check your social media or watch short videos?"

Sui Lingfang rolled her eyes: "I'm out on the streets running errands with Yixuan every day, wishing I could split one day into two. Where would I find the time to watch videos? It's not like you don't know how busy she is."

"But you can't ignore Jin Li just because of Yixuan! Jin Li is trending again, do you know that?" his voice came through the phone, deafeningly.