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Editor: whiteflare
For the girls in the online voice acting circle, in addition to having ten swift fingers, they also had a keen eye for uncovering secrets.
That’s why, when Qi Jing tried to get away with it with a “I was just teasing y’all”, all the girls in the group expressed their doubt and concluded there had to be someone else before the computer.
“The truth please”—all the girls unanimously called for the same thing.
Qi Jing looked at Shen Yan troubledly and asked, “Can we tell them the truth?”
This time, Shen Yan looked at him with a slight smile. He neither approved nor stopped him—he was curious just how Qi Jing would clean up the situation he created. “I’ll say it if you want me to; I won’t if you don’t.”
A lie would always grow bigger and bigger, ultimately crushing the liar.
Hence, Qi Jing raised a hand in surrender and said, “Those lasses are so clever that we can’t hide it from them—tell them.”
March Bamboo Shoots
: Who on earth is it? The truth, please! If you don’t answer, I’m going to call!
Ninth Lady
: It can’t be that he’s really been hacked, can it...
March Bamboo Shoots
: It can’t be... I just saw him leave a message on QQ two days ago.
Don’t ask for my return date
: The truth is. I’m a little typing assistant. ^_^
March Bamboo Shoots
: !!
Ninth Lady
: !! He spoke!!
iCookie
: !! So it really was someone else!!
Rolling Ball of Meows
: Pfft!! What’s that about a little typing assistant? Ah, it sounds so sweet ~\(≧▽≦)/~
I won’t survive if I don’t procrastinate
: Pfft, it’s already night time here, is the little assistant at Return Date’s home?
March Bamboo Shoots
: Eh eh eh eh eh... Doesn’t Senior live alone...
Don’t ask for my return date
: Return Date is temporarily staying at my place as he’s injured and it’s quite inconvenient for him to live alone. ^_^
iCookie
: Wow! Living together! ⊙▽⊙
Ninth Lady
: Holy heck!!
I won’t survive if I don’t procrastinate
: Holy heck!! Cohabitation!?
Rolling Ball of Meows
: (Covers face) So exciting!!
March Bamboo Shoots
: ...Holy heck, Little Assistant-kun... could it be... that you’re Senior’s boyfriend?
Boyfriend.
His junior, Ning Xiaoxiao, always knew where to find the key point.
Qi Jing was slightly taken aback, then he saw that Shen Yan’s fingers also seemed to freeze on the keyboard for a moment and felt like laughing. But his cheeks were so hot that he couldn’t even find the strength to lift the corners of his lips into a smile.
“That... You answer it yourself,” he mumbled in a hoarse voice with his head lowered, virtually burying his face into that person’s shoulder.
He dare not look at it nor even think about it.
His fingers subconsciously grasped the corner of Shen Yan’s sleeve; he didn’t use that much strength, but he also refused to let go. After all, that word was still a very vague and ambiguous boundary for them now. He was still feeling for his way himself as he progressed, and so was the other party—although they had held hands and walked through wind and rain together, they didn’t seem to have a particularly specific label attached to them.
He really cherished the person known as Shen Yan and the relationship between them... That’s why, he was still very cautious about everything, apprehensive to take each step, not daring to rush it.
Shen Yan gently took a breath and didn’t say anything, but Qi Jing heard him tap the keyboard a few times and sent a message.
I really want to look at the screen... to see what he wrote.
Qi Jing still kept his head deeply buried in the curve of Shen Yan’s shoulder, his thoughts going all over the place. After a long period of silence, he finally couldn’t help but turn his head to the side, peeking at the screen with one eye.
On the screen was a reply that he never would’ve expected.
A reply that was very much in line with Shen Yan’s style—
Don’t ask for my return date: I’m still under probation. ^_^
Qi Jing was slightly stunned when the words “under probation” reflected in his eyes, both of which rounded in surprise. He felt a warm current wash over him; it was a nice mix of sweet and sour.
At first, when they were in the taxi, it was like unripe plums which were more sour than sweet.
This time, the plums were fully ripe and the sweetness overpowered the sourness, seeping into his heart bit by bit.
“I’m slowly doing my best to work towards twelve points,” Shen Yan added in a murmur right by Qi Jing’s ears as he lowered his head. In that instant, Qi Jing felt as if his body had been lit on fire and was unable to make a sound.
Unsurprisingly, the entire group erupted at Shen Yan’s words.
March Bamboo Shoots
: Oh my goodness aaAAaaaaAah!!!! Σ( °△ °|||)︴
March Bamboo Shoots
: When!! I had no idea AaaAah!!!!
March Bamboo Shoots
: Little Assistant-kun—Ah, no, I mean Mr. Boyfriend Under Probation! Next time, please make sure Senior brings you along when we meet for dinner! This! Is! A! Must! ┭┮﹏┭┮
Ninth Lady
: Holy heck!! I can’t calm down!! I feel like a mother whose son is marrying out!! ┭┮﹏┭┮
iCookie
: Pfft, somehow something sounds off about Nine-Nine’s words... Regardless, I’m very excited as well! >///
March Bamboo Shoots
: I think his little typing assistant might be unavailable; that’s why he isn’t saying anything. ≧ω≦
Ninth Lady
: Pfffffft, it couldn’t be that he’s up to some funny business behind the scenes with Little Assistant-kun, could it?
March Bamboo Shoots
: That’s highly possible!! ≧▽≦
iCookie
: Hahaha, so sweet!
Rolling Ball of Meows
: So sweet! +1
I won’t survive if I don’t procrastinate
: So sweet! +2
Seeing that, Qi Jing cleared his throat and couldn’t help but sit upright to personally rebut them.
Don’t ask for my return date
: Please get your head out of the gutter. ╮(╯▽╰)╭
March Bamboo Shoots
: This tone... it’s Senior himself! Where’s Little Assistant-kun!! Where’s Mr. Boyfriend Under Probation!!
I won’t survive if I don’t procrastinate
: Did Little Assistant-kun go to rest? It’s probably not a good idea to keep bothering Little Assistant-kun with your typing. We are a group of chatterboxes after all!
Rolling Ball of Meows
: Yeah, yeah, are we troubling Little Assistant-kun?
Ninth Lady
: Why don’t we open a YY call and talk there? I also want to discuss the competition with Qi Jing. Though of course, that’s as long as we aren’t inconveniencing Little Assistant-kun.
iCookie
: Hahaha, I agree! Let’s go YY!
“Do you mind?” Qi Jing turned back and asked Shen Yan.
“No. It’s been a while since you and your old friends got together, enjoy your call.” Shen Yan got up from his seat and asked Qi Jing to move back in front of the computer. He also helped Qi Jing bring over the headphones before saying, “Just don’t call too late into the night. I’ll be in the study; call me if you need anything.”
Qi Jing nodded with a smile.
After Shen Yan left the room, he logged into YY and entered the call following the channel number given by Ninth Lady. It’s really been a long time since he last heard the voices of these few ladies and he cheerily greeted each of them.
As soon as he came up, Ning Xiaoxiao cried, “Senior! Please get Little Assistant-kun to say a few words!”
“Nope.” Qi Jing smiled like a little fox. “Didn’t you say you wanted me to take him out to dinner with you? To keep the mystery alive, you can hear him for yourself then.”
A miserable wail was heard coming from Ning Xiaoxiao across the internet line.
In order to put a stop to that lass’ desire to listen to Shen Yan’s voice, Qi Jing took the initiative to bring the topic back to the casting call of《Order to End the Heavens》, “Tell me about that dubbing competition; I’m sure there’d be a substantial amount of CVs participating in it, including many people I know.”
“Like Bronze Sparrow Terrace?”
Ninth Lady’
s words were unexpected but reasonable.
Well, he supposed, it’s not at all surprising that the Great God would take part in the competition.
Qi Jing could basically imagine the advantage that he would have when it came to live voting.
However, he was more curious about the roles chosen by
Bronze Sparrow Terrace
. “Do you know which three characters were chosen by the Great God?”
Ning Xiaoxiao answered his question without missing a beat, “His fan club... Ah, the one that I’m in... I think I saw people say that it’s ‘Qin Tuo’, ‘Emperor Chang’, and ‘Marquess Shunyang’. Especially ‘Qin Tuo’, the first male lead!”
iCookie
also chimed in, “Hehe, I’ve heard of that too. He seemed to really want the role of the first male lead.”
Hearing that, Qi Jing tilted his head in deliberation. After pondering over it for a while, he suddenly laughed and said, “If that’s the case, then I’ll try out for the role of ‘Qin Tuo’ too.”
Everyone was taken aback by those words.
“Senior! Why aren’t you thinking straight! You’re not suitable for this role, alright?” Ning Xiaoxiao screamed.
“Why huh...” Qi Jing narrowed his eyes slightly before continuing with a raised brow, “Probably because I felt so suppressed by him and his fans during the recording for《Trap》and couldn’t show them what I can do; I ended up voicing a 0.5 sultry Shou that was deeply despised by the fans of the novel. I don’t like that, so I want to get back at him in a competition with no holds barred.”
“You’re going to have a showdown with Great God Bronze Sparrow Terrace huh, Return Date! Pfffft.”
“Do you have to have that showdown with him with ‘Qin Tuo’? Ah... I’m so tired, I don’t think I believe in love anymore...” Ning Xiaoxiao wailed a second time.
“Because I know that my voice definitely won’t be able to take on ‘Marquess Shunyang’, so I can only use ‘Qin Tuo’. I could probably give ‘Emperor Chang’ a shot, but chances are bleak.”
Qi Jing knew full well the disadvantages he had. His voice was thinner than that of
Bronze Sparrow Terrace
, so there was no way he could try to match up with the other party’s deep bass and there was no hope of him winning in a fight for those majestic and imposing type of roles.
Although the voice requirements for Qin Tuo weren’t that good in his favour either, there was a hint of similarity between the character and his personality in real life. Therefore, he might be able to perform even better than usual.
“Frankly speaking, the character of ‘Fang Yisheng’ is completely my thing... Please voice that character...”
Ninth Lady
pursed her lips.
“I concur; I also think you’d be better suited for ‘Fang Yisheng’, Return Date. While your voice might be a little on the warmer side, it doesn’t really affect it that much so you can go for it,”
I won’t survive if I don’t procrastinate
chipped in her analysis, “Ah, or that NPC, ‘Liu Suyu’, though NPCs don’t have much room for display your talent... Or if not, how about that young, refreshing character ‘Lu Wei’? You can also try using falsetto for it.”
Qi Jing frowned, “For the other two roles that you suggested, the first I’ve done too much of and for the other, there’s just no way for me to act young. I’ve decided—I’ll sign up for ‘Qin Tuo’, ‘Emperor Chang’, and ‘Fang Yisheng’—these three.”
In this way, he would have at least two chances to compete with
Bronze Sparrow Terrace
.
Even though he, too, felt that he might not be suitable for these roles and had little chance of winning, the competition itself was just an avenue for him to have some fun and gain some popularity along the way. He didn’t need anything like getting into the industry and becoming a professional CV.
He just wanted to give it his best shot and leave with no regrets.
Lilies: Qi Jing is so A
whiteflare: I’d like to give Lilies kudos for translating all the competition entry information. There was so much! Wow!
(Qi Jing, we’re rooting for you!!)