The System hid in a corner. “I’m doing this for your own good. Otherwise, in a month, you’ll…”
Su Yuqing choked back her words.
Just then, Gu Zhan called her. Su Yuqing looked over. “I have no objections. I’m fine with anything.”
Gu Zhan was surprised she had actually heard him. “How are your dancing and vocals?”
Rumors said Su Yuqing was nothing but a pretty face, with a long list of scandals and no special skills.
But after today, he instinctively felt the rumors couldn’t be trusted.
“First, tell me your ideas for the choreography,” Su Yuqing said, jumping down from the windowsill.
Her movements were cool and crisp.
“Just now, I discussed with He Shen. We thought since the song is quite upbeat…”
Su Yuqing nodded as she listened. Gu Zhan thought to himself, You seem to know what you’re talking about.
The original Su Yuqing naturally wouldn’t, but she did.
She had spent over a decade in the entertainment industry, putting effort into learning both dancing and singing.
After all, actors also had stages to perform on.
Knock, knock, knock…
Just as the three of them were discussing, a sudden knock sounded at the door.
“Come in,” Gu Zhan said.
“Miss Su, your family has an urgent matter and wants you to return home,” said Su Yuqing’s on-site PD.
Due to the live broadcast, Su Yuqing’s phone was in her hotel room and had long been turned off.
The Su family had called the program team.
There would be no live broadcast for the rest of the day. The live performance would begin tomorrow at 7 p.m.
In other words, the artists were free during this time.
Su Yuqing lazily lifted her eyelids. “I still need to rehearse.”
With that one sentence, the PD understood. He nodded and turned to leave. The director was right—Su Yuqing seemed to have become a bit smarter.
Director Lin’s exact words: If Su Yuqing had any sense, she wouldn’t leave at this critical moment.
“Su Yuqing, aren’t you afraid of the Su family…” Gu Zhan stopped himself as soon as the words left his mouth, realizing it was inappropriate.
If Su Yuqing were afraid of the Su family, she wouldn’t have said what she did on the deck yesterday. She had guts.
Su Yuqing twitched her lips at his sudden admiration.
She knew the Su family wouldn’t give up on causing trouble for her, but she hadn’t expected them to be so persistent.
In the afternoon, Su Chengxi entered the program team, claiming she would continue recording the first episode.
She bought marketing accounts to capture the moment she entered the set, building a wave of praise for her professionalism.
Her fans led the discussion online, with the top comments uniformly filled with phrases like “I admire you, sis” and “Sis is so dedicated.”
At the same time, the Jiang and Su families held a joint press conference, with Ou Yulan representing the Su family.
At the press conference, she expressed heartache, saying that Su Yuqing had been telling lies since childhood, perhaps because, as a stepdaughter, she had always craved attention.
Ou Ylan sighed deeply, her face filled with self-blame and shame. “It’s all my fault as a mother. I failed Yuqing from a young age… It’s my mistake. I didn’t fulfill my responsibilities as a mother.”
“This time, it was also because Chengxi received a villa as a birthday gift. Yuqing’s birthday is coming up, and she was throwing a tantrum with me, which dragged Chengxi and Chen An into it…”
“She’s my daughter. How could I not care about her? But she… sigh…”
The helplessness and dilemma of a mother, her self-blame, heartache, and disappointment were vividly portrayed.
Led by the hired trolls, the online sentiment quickly shifted.
Everyone began cursing Su Yuqing.
They said she was shamelessly seeking attention, harboring malicious intentions, and framing her own sister!
Slandering Jiang Chenan is utterly unforgivable!
Some also said that despite being pampered by the Su family for so many years, she remained ungrateful, even daring to compare herself to the Su family’s little princess. She was nothing but a burden, completely lacking self-awareness.
A habitual liar since childhood, even her own mother could do nothing about her—truly a born-and-bred deceiver.
The internet was flooded with criticism, and Su Yuqing’s Weibo was once again overrun.
However, she was unaware of all this, as she was busy practicing dance.
Gu Zhan exclaimed in surprise, “With your adjustments, it really does seem much better. The flow feels smoother now.”
“I never realized you had such hidden talents.”
Su Yuqing chuckled lightly, “It’s nothing, just basic skills.”
Gu Zhan: “…”
He Suyan raised an eyebrow slightly. “Practice for another hour, then rest.”
Neither of them objected.
Their progress was swift. In just about an hour, they had mostly mastered the song, and the remaining time was spent on the dance choreography.
With another full day tomorrow, it would be more than enough.
However, due to the ice surface, all three tried to stay in place as much as possible, yet they still kept falling repeatedly.
As for stage positioning, they would figure that out tomorrow.
After finishing their rehearsal, the three stepped out of the practice room into the hallway, where they happened to run into Su Chengxi and Jiang Chenan, who had just returned.
Since Su Chengxi had come, Jiang Chenan naturally accompanied her.
The moment they met, tensions flared.
Jiang Chenan’s gaze at Su Yuqing was nothing short of gloomy. “Su Yuqing, you’re quite something!”
“Little sister, you really went too far this time,” Su Chengxi sighed, her eyes carrying a hint of pity and reproach as she looked at Su Yuqing. “It’s also my fault—why should I compete with you? If you wanted the villa, I could have just given it to you.”
As she spoke, others who heard the commotion emerged from their practice rooms, just in time to catch Su Chengxi’s words.
“Tsk, a mere stepdaughter, and she dares to ask for a villa?” Xi Yanhong unleashed his sharp tongue, sizing up Su Yuqing from head to toe.
“Su Yuqing, if you want a villa, you can always come to me,” he said, his eyes glinting with insinuation.
Everyone present had been in the entertainment industry long enough to understand his meaning, and they all watched Su Yuqing with gleeful schadenfreude.
“Teacher Xi, Yuqing is my sister. I hope you’ll consider the Su family’s reputation and not make things difficult for her,” Su Chengxi spoke up in defense before Su Yuqing could respond, wearing the expression of a caring older sister. “Even though… even though she tends to lie sometimes, she’s still part of the Su family—my sister.”
She was determined to cement Su Yuqing’s reputation as a habitual liar.
Su Yuqing had often lied in the past, even fabricating her academic achievements, which had been exposed by others.
With a little maneuvering, she could easily turn yesterday’s events around.
“You treat her like a sister, but she certainly doesn’t see you as one,” a scornful voice suddenly rang out.
Xia Chuwei.
She looked at Su Yuqing with disgust, feeling a wave of irritation. Earlier that day, during the live stream, Su Yuqing had called her the “true royal” and insinuated that she bullied and marginalized her teammates. What nerve.
“Teacher Xia, please don’t speak of my sister like that. She’s just young,” Su Chengxi said, putting on an act of not wanting her sister to be criticized.
She bit her lip. “My sister is just still immature. I believe she’ll grow up.”
Then, turning to Su Yuqing, she spoke softly and gently, “Yuqing, why didn’t you answer Mom’s call? You have no idea how worried she is.”
All eyes turned to Su Yuqing, most filled with contempt.
Su Yuqing lifted an eyelid slightly, his profound gaze falling on Su Chengxi. White tea bitch, “Are you done performing?”