“Your Highness, the Film Emperor… how about, how about acting cute?” The young lady twisted the hem of her clothes, suddenly growing bold.
【How daring! But I love it!】
【Hahaha, I suddenly want to see it!】
【The Film Emperor acting cute… hahaha, this lady is brave!】
Su Yuqing and Gu Zhan turned to look at He Suyan in unison.
He Suyan: “……”
“Can we change it to something else?” The smile on his lips stiffened slightly.
Acting cute? And she calls herself his fan—how could she even suggest such a thing?
The waitress shrank back for a moment, then straightened her posture, pretending to be calm. “Just this.”
【Hahaha, even so, this lady is awesome!】
【I’ve never seen He Shen look so stiff before, this is really interesting.】
【You Su Tang fans are truly something else!】
Su Tang is He Suyan’s fanbase, though he has no idea why they’re called that.
Under the young lady’s expectant gaze, He Suyan raised his hands, puffed out his cheeks, and acted cute.
Although he’d had to do similar things while acting, this was the first time on a variety show.
“Aww, I’m done for.” The young lady exaggeratedly clutched her chest.
【Thank you, miss, and your ancestors for eight generations! Screenshot, screenshot!】
【Sisters, even when He Shen acts cute, he’s still so handsome—divine looks from heaven!!】
He Suyan turned and handed the cue card to Su Yuqing. Meeting her amused eyes, he paused, pressing his tongue against his cheek. “Still not leaving? Want to stay for a feast?”
Gu Zhan stared longingly at the food. “That’s not entirely out of the question.”
“We still have time, let’s enjoy it first.” Su Yuqing couldn’t resist the temptation of delicious food either.
As an obscure eighteen-tier celebrity, no one was monitoring her figure or diet. In her past life, not being able to eat and drink freely had been one of her regrets.
Watching the two of them already heading toward the food, He Suyan: “……”
In the end, he couldn’t resist joining them.
The three of them essentially turned it into an eating livestream, keeping the live viewership consistently high.
…
After eating and drinking their fill, the three arrived at the practice room.
“Since you’re the first group, you can choose any practice room. Friendly reminder: each practice room has its own distractions. Good luck.” Director Lin’s voice suddenly came through the speakers.
The three of them, startled…
Su Yuqing crossed her arms. “The production team is really something.”
“Definitely something,” Gu Zhan nodded in agreement. “By the way, what song are we doing again?”
“This one.” Su Yuqing opened the cue card.
SHINY—
An English song, and one more suited for female singers.
Gu Zhan was the dance lead of a popular boy band, with above-average vocal skills. As for He Suyan, needless to say, he started out as a singer-dancer.
Now, everyone’s concern was Su Yuqing.
She was an actress, and it seemed… she didn’t have any particular strengths.
“This song might be challenging for you,” Gu Zhan frowned, speaking honestly.
“But with me and He Shen here, it’ll be fine.”
He Suyan remained silent.
Su Yuqing curled her lips into a smile. “Then I’ll take your words as a blessing.”
“What’s important now is choosing a practice room. What do you two think?”
He Suyan said, “Every practice room has distractions, so they’re all the same.”
“Then just pick one randomly?”
Gu Zhan nodded. “Sure.”
So the three of them randomly pushed open a door.
“……”
Director Lin gloated gleefully and picked up the walkie-talkie. “Switch the camera to the three of them.”
The audience would probably love to see their stunned expressions.
The empty practice room, aside from the full-wall mirror, had only one speaker as equipment. What stunned the three of them was the floor… it was an ice rink.
Su Yuqing twitched her lips, “Practicing dance on ice? I can quit the entertainment industry right now.”
He Suyan, “…Don’t be impulsive.”
Gu Zhan: “…”
—【Hahaha! Even so, I can’t help but laugh too. My He Shen is seriously comforting Su Yuqing.】
—【Honestly, I can understand Su Yuqing. Director Lin is really ruthless.】
—【He really wants Su Yuqing to get out of the entertainment industry.】
—【I agree with the comment above.】
—【Me too.】
The three’s following PD, under immense pressure, said, “Um, once a room is chosen, it cannot be changed.”
“…”
Su Yuqing scoffed, “So, the meaning of the ‘freedom’ theme is for us to improvise ourselves?”
They were only given a song, with no choreography.
There was only a day and a half left until tomorrow’s public performance.
“Heh, that’s right.”
Gu Zhan sighed, “Now I’m at a loss too.”
“However, you were originally going to get out… quit the entertainment industry anyway, so even if the public performance flops, it doesn’t matter, right?”
Su Yuqing lifted her eyelids, “No way.”
Her lifelong reputation.
He Suyan, “If we keep dawdling, the public performance will start.”
The two looked over to see him slowly making his way to the speaker, studying it.
Practicing dance on ice—
A huge challenge.
The following PD wiped sweat from his forehead that wasn’t there, “The live stream will be turned off during practice time. Looking forward to your public performance.”
Then he quickly cut off the live stream.
The production team had such a rule—although it was a full live stream, they still needed to edit footage for the platform to broadcast.
Recordings from the practice rooms would be edited separately for VIP paid viewing.
This was one of Director Lin’s money-making tactics, as well as a way to maintain mystery for the public performance.
The live stream being cut off left netizens feeling regretful, with comments flying across the screen.
Meanwhile, others were also tackling various challenges. Xi Yanhong’s group and another five-member group led by a female singer had also completed their challenges and reached the room selection stage.
“Director, the Su family called,” the assistant director said after answering a call, leaning in toward Director Lin.
Director Lin lifted his eyelids, “What did they say?”
“They want Su Yuqing to withdraw from this episode’s recording.”
“Wishful thinking. Tell them Su Chengxi has already breached the contract. If Su Yuqing withdraws too, they better prepare the penalty fee first.”
The assistant director chuckled, “I knew you’d say that. I already replied that way.”
He looked like he was waiting for praise.
Director Lin was speechless.
“By the way, the Jiang family has been making frequent moves and has already declared they will fully blacklist Su Yuqing.”
Director Lin thought for a moment, “What does Huatai say?”
“They haven’t made a statement yet.”
But it was only a matter of time.
Huatai had shares from the Su family. Although others were in charge, they couldn’t go against the Su and Jiang families. Abandoning Su Yuqing was inevitable.
Besides, Su Yuqing wasn’t exactly a valuable person anyway.
“No matter, let’s wait and see.” Director Lin wasn’t in a hurry to take a stance either. As before, Su Yuqing had no value for now.
In the practice room, Su Yuqing sat on the windowsill, seemingly slacking off but actually communicating with the System.
“Host, since you didn’t lie last time, I’ll give you a free piece of information.” The mechanical voice was as cold and emotionless as ever.
Su Yuqing paused, “Go on.”
“You’ve been blacklisted by both the Jiang and Su families.”
“…Isn’t this your damn fault?” A cold glint flashed in her eyes.
If it hadn’t made her expose that pair of scumbags in public, would she have been put in such a passive position?