1. "WELCOME IN! DINNER WILL BE READY IN A MOMENT."
2. "XIAO CHEN*, YOUR COUSIN IS IN HER ROOM, YOU CAN GO FIND HER TO PLAY."
3. T/N: Xiao is an informal way of addressing someone; it translates literally to "little", so it's usually used to refer to someone younger or a junior. Also an endearing way to refer to a child.
4. "OK."
1. The first time I was exposed to voice acting was during New Year's in my second year of middle school.
2. "SIS...*"
1. T/N: “Sis” meaning a female older cousin, not to be confused with a blood-related actual sister
2. "..."
1. "THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF MILES TO MEET, NO EDGE ON THE FACE OF THE HAND HARD TO HOLD, IT TOOK TEN YEARS TO REPAIR THE SHIP, A HUNDRED YEARS OF PRACTICE TO SLEEP ON A PILLOW,*"
2. T/N: Lyrics from chinese song '' aka 'Crossing Love', you can listen to it here: https://tinyurl.com/duqing
1. "What are you doing? Is it cosplay?"
2. "It's not!"
1. "I'm voice acting."
1. "Voice acting?"
2. "Yeah, you wanna try? It's very fun."
1. "I'm going to play this video in a moment. When it starts, try and imitate what the characters are saying."
3. "After you're done, I can play it back so you can listen to your own voice."
1. "It's a bit strange..."
3. "Do you want to try or not?"
1. "...I do."
2. "Then I'll dub the sister, and you'll dub xiao qing, alright?"
3. "Ok."
1. "Then get ready, it's about to start."
1. "Alright! The final step is uploading your recording to the internet... But you need a username."
2. "Xiao chen, what do you want your username to be?"
1. "My username..."
1. "Xiao chen, the "Chen" in your name is from "Chen xing.""
3. "In the universe, there exists a dazzling little star, called the morning star."
1. "...STAR, CALLED THE MORNING STAR, OR SHUI XING*"
1. "Then lets use..."
2. ""Shui xing""
1. "What's wrong? Did something happen to the voice acting club at your university?"
1. "Nothing happened. It's just that we just started recording a new audio drama, and everything was set,"
2. "But at the last moment, the voice actress for the main character flaked out."
1. "Why didn't she want to record?"
2. "It's because the project is a relatively large scale yuri audio drama... She said that she wasn't able to handle it."
1. "She didn’t have any complaints when I gave her the script! Now I’m stuck searching for somebody to fill in the role last minute!"
1. "..."
1. "Sister qiu, why don't I give it a try?"
1. "Huh? What did you just say?!"
2. "Xiao chen, I know that I usually let you help with recording audio dramas."
3. "But this... Isn't the same thing. Why do you want to help record?"
1. "Because I want to, is there something wrong with that?"
2. "No, nothing wrong."
1. It's just that, not everybody can accept a hobby just because someone likes it.
1. Have you heard shui xing's new work? Why is it that type of stuff...
2. Don't you know how degrading this is? What if it's a bad influence for kids?
3. I actually think it sounds pretty good hehe...
4. Sounds very genuine, I want more.
1. "I always feel like there's some weird sounds coming from the bathroom..."
2. "Is it yu chen? It seems like the voices come out whenever she goes in to take a shower."
3. "I've heard a rumor that she has several boyfriends and girlfriends that she has to call everyday..."
1. "Xiao chen, my rental application form just got approved. Why don’t you move in with me?"
1. Since nobody can "accept" it,
1. it seems that there was no point in talking about it in the first place.
1. It's just that...
1. "..."
1. At that time... why did I care that Chi Yu was actually listening to my audio drama?
2. Did she like it? Was she simply curious? Or... is it because she hated it, that she decided to give it a listen?
1. No matter what, I'm confident that ever since the beginning, she was able to recognize the voice of "Shui Xing."
1. Now that she thinks I'm not "Shui xing"... She'll probably
2. Gradually lose interest in me.
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